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In 1992 I had lung surgery...
Candy B NDE Home Classification NDE 1394 Candy B NDE 254 Experience Description I had a hysterectomy...
I had a car accident and was pronounced 'dead'...
Okay, here is my experience to the best of my ability to convey it; the circumstances that led up to it; and the thoughts and feelings in the weeks following it...
Ten days after the birth of our second child, my husband and I had a planned evening for just the two of us...
My father was an alcoholic and quite violent...
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I was simply having my wisdom teeth out -- a simple operation taking ten minutes...
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...
The day before my emergency operation I felt sick...
As I lay in the emergency room, I hovered over my body looking down at myself...
Although lamentably true, the following story may appear as though I sat up a few nights concocting it, or could blame it on a bad experience with mood-altering substances (substances that I used to refer to as “recreational drugs” -- most of which were no...
