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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'...
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...
While stopped in the breakdown lane due to engine failure, I was rear-ended by a car doing sixty-five miles per hour...
Sara D NDE Home Classification NDE 1426 Sara D NDE 197 Experience Description I was about twelve or thirteen...
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I flipped, hit my head and landed in the water...
The day before my emergency operation I felt sick...
