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The pain has ceased...
I sat on my bike, in front of the car that was about to run me over for what felt like hours, having a little conversation with myself...
In the last couple of years before Christmas 2006, I'd lost my husband, home, horses, dogs, and my car...
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Ricky W Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2494 Ricky W Probable NDE 4892 Experience Description I tried to rescue an eight year old friend of mine from drowning, and he took me down under the water...
Ken M Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2497 Ken M Possible NDE 4896 Experience Description I was surfing in Carlsbad, California in the early morning before work...
After a night of celebrating while watching the Montréal Olympic games, my friend and I left to go home...
On 10/08/2010, I was involve in a very bad car accident...
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I observed the body surrounded by a surgical team, then the hospital from above, then the hospital surrounded by wintering cornfields...
After the doctors could not revive me, I found myself above them in the corner of the room...
I was going in and out of consciousness during the examination and when I was in the second operating-theatre I suddenly found myself surrounded by very bright light, where there was really no way to tell up or down...
Following a sudden aortic dissection, I was urgently operated in a specialized center...
On January 27th I had an appointment with my cardiologist at 2:00 pm...
