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I woke up with a feeling like heart burn in the middle of my chest at 6 am...
I had to go into hospital for an operation on an abdominal hernia which was quite severe as it was several years old and was quite bad...
Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
I was sleeping and dreaming...
Conditions around the time of the experience: Brief interludes of asphyxiation/apnea due to violent episodes of heavy coughing probably caused by allergic reactions to pollen that spring, reactions which were much stronger than at any other time...
I was on vacation with my mother, father, a friend of mine and her mother in Kentucky...
I couldn't catch my breath, I heard the doctor say, 'Let's get that baby out of there...
Chris H Probable REM Intrusion Home Classification Probable REM Intrusion 1553 Chris H Probable REM Intrusion 3494 Experience Description I was exhausted and hit the bed intent on getting some sleep...
During basic training in the army I became sick which was later diagnosed as a pneumonia...
I was standing on a pier four inches above a body of water...
1973...
