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I was 11 years old and it was an extremely hot, Sunday...
Tara V NDE Home Classification NDE 1851 Tara V NDE 3907 Experience Description I fell off the back of a motorcycle because the man I was dating at the time hit the car in front of him...
I already had several surgeries with general anesthetics, (at least 5)...
Following a pharyngitis that wasn't healing, I woke up with a swollen face...
I went into premature labor with uncontrollable hemorrhaging...
I remember being rushed to the hospital five days after my daughter was born as I had begun to have very heavy bleeding...
I was a passenger in a small car...
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One day my father took my mother, sister and myself to my aunt’s for a day visit while he went to work...
As a preamble to this story, I want you to know that up until that moment (1981), I was used to swimming in swimming pools and quiet waters...
Amanda J NDE Home Classification NDE 1552 Amanda J NDE 21748 Experience Description I had taken over four hundred different pills and then laid down...
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It was my first time at the ocean at age seven and a day after a hurricane had been out at sea, warnings posted to swim at own risk and warnings also on radio...
Jean E NDE Home Classification NDE 2256 Jean E NDE 4492 Experience Description I was bleeding profusely, and the time went very slowly...
