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My experience happened 54 years ago...
The experience is hard to convey into words, so I'll do my best to describe...
On 12/04/2020, I underwent surgery to repair an injury to the tendons of my rotator cuff...
Pneumonia as baby; when 3 my Godmother brought me to her knees and hugged me...
I was at the hospital having a sodium blocker test to see what was wrong with my heart...
I had 2 NDEs a few days apart in early August of 1997...
I was having open-heart surgery...
It should be noted that I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea many years after this experience since the experience...
The day of my OBE is one I can remember as though it just happened...
I woke up from surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU), looked at my husband and squeaked out, 'I never dreamed before while under surgery...
I was due to have six teeth removed (no idea why at six years old), and I remember the mask being placed on my face and the smell of the gas...
Describe the Experience: When the doctor told me I was dying...
