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My father related to me these events near the end of his life...
In February 1995, I had a curettage procedure after a miscarriage; when the doctor administered the anesthetic, he told me to take a deep breath and relax, and that's what I did...
To preface this story, I have Pulmonary Fibrosis...
I have been told I died three separate occasions...
I was undergoing aneurysm surgery...
I was in the middle of giving birth and in complete pain, when the pain just vanished...
This time it started in 2014 when I saw the number '11,11' everywhere and for weeks...
I live in a rural area, so I was cycling a few kilometers to school each day...
I was a Deputy in Oregon...
I went into the hospital in the first week of October 2019...
I was having a simple operation under general anesthesia, rendering me unconscious...
I remember being awakened from my sleep when my head start twitching and zinging uncontrollably...
