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I woke up with a feeling like heart burn in the middle of my chest at 6 am...
I had to go into hospital for an operation on an abdominal hernia which was quite severe as it was several years old and was quite bad...
I was lying face first on the living room floor after having one of my many grand mal seizures and my boyfriend picked me up and laid me on the couch while my grandpa called the ambulance...
Rebecca P Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1356...
I was having a 'simple knee surgery...
My first thought was that I was looking up at the bluest sky and fluffiest white clouds I had ever seen...
I was walking in the park with a friend on a nice cool breezy summer night...
I'm not totally sure about this...
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...
The day before my emergency operation I felt sick...
Although lamentably true, the following story may appear as though I sat up a few nights concocting it, or could blame it on a bad experience with mood-altering substances (substances that I used to refer to as “recreational drugs” -- most of which were no...
I was playing in my auntie's room with my cousins when I decided to climb up the window to see what it looks like...
