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I went out of the house that day wanting to die...
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For weeks I had been feeling painful tugging and cramping in my lower left abdomen...
I had sudden severe chest pain while sitting on a table next to my father...
I had a serious liver disease and I was taken to the hospital by my sister...
I went to bed after going to watch my husband play football, and when I got into bed, I felt a severe pain in my head...
Douglas H NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2837 Douglas H NDEs 6014 Experience Description The first time, I fell three stories and had some serious head injuries...
Before the experience I was vomiting and sweating, and then I passed out...
The doctor came in and talked to me...
My name is Martin and I know I have made many mistakes throughout my life...
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A day before this happened to me, I was in a bookstore in Orlando, Florida where I was living at that time...
I had been feeling ill and in pain for weeks...
I was loaded into the ambulance...
