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I was swimming in the lake on a very hot summer day (I was not a good swimmer then nor am I now) and I got tired and thought I was close enough to shore that I could stand up but unknown to me there was a very deep drop off...
My appendix ruptured...
I have already posted an experience recently about remembering my Pre-Birth experience...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
Michaele S NDE Home Classification NDE 2823 Michaele S NDE 5363 Experience Description I was driving my 9 year old daughter home from the dentist and she was sleeping on the seat beside me...
I had open heart surgery, and even though I had died on the table, and even though things were just not feeling right to me, I was sent home...
For weeks I had been feeling painful tugging and cramping in my lower left abdomen...
I had a serious liver disease and I was taken to the hospital by my sister...
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...
My name is Martin and I know I have made many mistakes throughout my life...
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I had been feeling ill and in pain for weeks...
I vaguely remember feeling very ill and being put to bed (they did not bother so much with hospitals in those days) feeling very miserable, hot, and that my chest hurt me...
