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In 2006, while undergoing a cardiac catheterization for an angioplasty, I was on the table and was able to hear the Doctor and nurse talking and every so often the doctor would ask me to cough or take a deep breath...
On 3/9/11 I entered the hospital for colon resection surgery [the surgical removal (resection) of a part or all of the large intestine (colon) and subsequent repair] and was discharged six days later...
In March 1993 I was living in Del Rio, Texas with my husband (we have since divorced)...
David G ADC Home Classification ADC 3233 David G ADC 6559 Experience Description The morning of her death (she was killed overnight), I took the call at home and had to track down my wife as she had already left for work...
When it happened, I was watching television...
I suffered from treatment-resistant depression and had followed a strict regimen of psychiatric care and numerous medications for two years...
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I had been gradually becoming short of breath over a couple months...
Portia NDE Home Classification NDE 3250 Portia NDE 5434 Experience Description I woke up and found myself standing to the right of the operating table...
Before I tell my experience, I felt it was important to tell of what happened leading up to my experience...
I grew up in the worst neighborhood in the city...
The following experience description was written in 2004...
Kelly C NDEs Home Classification NDE 3274 Kelly C NDEs 6611 Experience Description The first experience was in 1995...
