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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...
When I was three years old, I had to have surgery to repair my urethra tube...
I was riding on a snowmobile and I hit a tree stump that I didn't see...
I was in the room, but not in the bed...
I was lying in the hospital bed watching the doctors and nurses working on me exactly as if I was conscious...
As a teenager, I often spent time with my friends at a public outdoor pool...
The day of my OBE is one I can remember as though it just happened...
On April 2, 2002 I was taken to the hospital for neurosurgery due to life threatening cerebral bleeding...
Before the surgery, I was taken to the operating room where my gown was removed and my arms were stretched out as the IVs were inserted...
