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This experience happened in the middle of the night...
When I was 23 years of age, I opted for minor surgery, which required general anesthesia...
That night I suddenly felt ill...
I fought with all my strength to stay conscious as I suffocated, because I thought if I passed out, he wouldn't stop and I would die...
I was diagnosed with esophageal IV cancer on November 11, 2020...
After I passed out in x-ray, I was put into an empty semi-private room...
At the age of 34, during my service as a Combat Medic in the US Army, I became pregnant with my first and only child...
I feel so tacky saying this since it's so stereotypical, but there was always a bright white light...
I was at the dentist office for him to pull the first two jaw teeth on both sides of my mouth...
I had been caring for my terminally ill mother prior to her death...
First of all I will NEVER fear death...
I went to bed on that night in 1995...
