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I was in labor...
Alexandre B FDE Home Classification FDE 2875 Alexandre B FDE 5375 Experience Description I was swept away by a wave on a Corsican beach and was saved by my father just before swallowing sea water...
I was suffering from an attack of kidney stones for the third time that week, and a new doctor came in and said, 'I'm going to give you the maximum pain reliever that you can take, for your weight: 250 mg of a mixture of morphine and Demerol...
I was taken to hospital, I had a bad cold...
It was all by strange chance that in August 2011 I ended up travelling to Beirut for a breast augmentation surgery, having been born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, with access to lots of plastic surgeons within my own city...
Karen NDE Home Classification NDE 2896 Karen NDE 6120 Experience Description I don't remember the day I was hospitalized, but the days before I was knew I was really sick...
NDE, but predominant experience happened a few days later during meditation-like state...
Possible NDE from sleep apnea...
Karen J NDE Home Classification NDE 2921 Karen J NDE 6150 Experience Description While under water and being pulled every which way by the rapids, I was really surprised that there seemed to be no time, no boundaries, just feeling...
On April 2, 2002 I was taken to the hospital for neurosurgery due to life threatening cerebral bleeding...
Before the surgery, I was taken to the operating room where my gown was removed and my arms were stretched out as the IVs were inserted...
Dahlia Y NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2939 Dahlia Y NDEs 6175 Experience Description My sister and I got in to a fight because she didn't want me to go with her to her friend's house...
