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The pain intensified from mild to severe in less than an hour...
I had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic I was taking...
I had gotten into an argument with someone that I've known for about a year while he was driving, his friend was in the passenger seat, and I was behind the driver in the back along with another friend of mine...
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I went into a sudden coma as I was walking along on the street...
I had a near death experience several weeks ago (May 1999) as a result of attempted suicide...
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August 28th, 2005...
The day it happened I remember writing a note to my husband's parent's pastor telling him to watch over my husband...
Phillip M NDE Home Classification NDE 1176 Phillip M NDE 3240 Experience Description See below...
I was in a relationship with an abusive man who was very jealous and possessive...
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Steve H NDE Home Classification NDE 1184 Steve H NDE 3253 Experience Description I said, 'I can't die...
I was accosted, stabbed repeatedly and shot twice in the spine...
Some time after I went 'under' for the surgery, 'I' experienced a focused perception of being both just above and out of my body...
