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I was 18 years old...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
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...
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...
Lysa NDE Home Classification NDE 2884 Lysa NDE 6110 Experience Description I was sleeping in the ward I heard lady patients calling for nurses because I was making funny breathing and choking noises...
It was January 22nd 2006 when I, my brother Tony and our brother-in-law Mike were run down by a speeding drunk driver as we walked home from a night out...
A special thanks to Elaine for transcribing this NDE as Ray told it to her...
Karen NDE Home Classification NDE 2896 Karen NDE 6120 Experience Description I don't remember the day I was hospitalized, but the days before I was knew I was really sick...
All I can remember is music that was kind of in the back ground that was almost like notes within notes...
I had been really sick...
Jack M NDE Home Classification NDE 2934 Jack M NDE 6168 Experience Description My first sensation was being in an environment I didn't recognize...
I was sitting in class at university with my leg wrapped around the leg of my chair, and when I got up for a break, I had a strange sensation in my left calf...
