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I was having a simple operation under general anesthesia, rendering me unconscious...
There was everything and nothing; it was dark and light at the same time...
It was March 30, 2021, and I was going in for surgery first thing in the morning...
I experienced a NDE in 2015 after attempting to commit suicide...
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I had gone to a New York City hospital for a routine surgery but it was a new procedure...
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I had a prescheduled surgery for November 10, 2022...
It was 1975 or 1976 and I was 7 or 8 years old...
In May of 2022 my father had passed away at age 62...
I had purchased a 'spa night' for my best friend and I for Mother's Day...
I did not know who I was...
Put to sleep, floated to top of room and saw the nurse and doctor shaking me...
In 1989, I was driving a 1950 Chevy sedan...
