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I was brought into the ER by ambulance...
The day had been an emotionally difficult one, as my mother had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer...
It was the end of my pregnancy which had been problem free but, after the last gynecological appointment, I started to bleed...
NDE at 6 years old: (Thanks to Barb Schmidt and Meera Jacka, Australia, for the Translation) I had to undergo a tonsillectomy...
I went out of the house that day wanting to die...
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I had been feeling ill and in pain for weeks...
I had drowned and found myself in a dark place where I felt I was being pushed and pulled...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
I was in labor...
Maria GP Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2874 Maria GP Possible NDE 5378 Experience Description I had been in pain for many hours and could not achieve dilation...
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...
