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For weeks I had been feeling painful tugging and cramping in my lower left abdomen...
The doctor came in and talked to me...
I must have been recovering from the double pneumonia or perhaps was still ill; I know this because my mother was obviously watching me quite closely or she wouldn't have been alarmed when she looked at me sleeping that morning...
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I had drowned and found myself in a dark place where I felt I was being pushed and pulled...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
Pamela M NDE Home Classification NDE 2858 Pamela M NDE 6032 Experience Description I have a story...
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I was 19 at the time of my 'near death' experience, which resulted from a fainting episode from receiving multiple injections of medication...
I remember this was the third time I attempted suicide...
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I was in labor...
That morning I arrived at the hospital and had a C section to deliver my son...
Jack S Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2878 Jack S Probable NDE 6060 Experience Description I started feeling bad in the morning and by the evening I had the chills...
I was taken to hospital, I had a bad cold...
