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I had Lupus, and at the time I was in the hospital for a kidney infection...
I'm in a very, very dark place (frighteningly dark), but I know to look for a light, and I find one off in the distance...
I was supposed to be under sedation for heart surgery, I was, according to the team working on my physical body...
My first thought was that I was looking up at the bluest sky and fluffiest white clouds I had ever seen...
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'...
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...
While stopped in the breakdown lane due to engine failure, I was rear-ended by a car doing sixty-five miles per hour...
I flipped, hit my head and landed in the water...
