Vicki G NDE

Experience Description

I remember my mom saying to me 'You always do things the hard way.' I was in a viewing area above the operating table. I was watching the doctors work on me to bring me back. When I woke up, I had a big bandage on my belly. My face was so swollen, I was hardly recognizable. There were family and friends there because they thought I was dying.

It's not so much my out of body experience that has bothered me. It's my health that has me concerned. I feel like I must have an autoimmune disorder but all of my blood tests are basically normal. I had so many unexplained symptoms that weren't getting better and felt horrible. I'm 61 and feel like I'm 80. My 80 year-old mother is in better health than I am. I just feel like since that happened to me that my health hasn't been the same. I don't have an entire week where I have good days 7 days in a row. Just as I start to feel good and have energy to get things done, I don't feel good and don't get much done.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: Fall of 1998

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes Surgery-related Life threatening event, but not clinical death I was hemorrhaging internally after a hysterectomy. They noticed I barely had a pulse and gave me 4 pints of blood simultaneously; one in each arm and one in each jugular vein to bring my blood pressure to normal. They cut me up the middle to find where I was bleeding.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Neither pleasant NOR distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? No I lost awareness of my body

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? Less consciousness and alertness than normal. I don't know; it was 26 years ago

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? I think I was most aware when my blood pressure was very low. It was like I was above everyone watching.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? Everything seemed to be happening at once; or time stopped or lost all meaning. I was dying. I was bleeding internally, my mom was freaking out because I was gray and there was no pulse. Nurses were calling for doctors and the nurses were working on me. I was rushed into the operating room. It happened so fast and seemed like time just stopped

Were your senses More vivid than usual? No

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. It seemed like watching a play where spot lights were on me. The rest of the room was faded out

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I don't really remember hearing anything clearly. It was like being in a busy establishment with many people talking.

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere? No

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? An unusually bright light

Did you see an unearthly light? Uncertain Because I was taken back into surgery, I thought at first I was seeing the operating table light. But, upon reflection, it could've been an unearthly light.

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I was confused

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Incredible peace or pleasantness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Other Christian

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? No

What is your religion now? Christian- Other Christian

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? No

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? No

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? No changes in my life

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Uncertain. I don't think I realized at the time what I had experienced.

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience less accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes People have said 'it's possible.'

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was probably not real. I thought I was probably dreaming

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was probably real. After reading about other people experiencing out of body type experiences with a near death, I started to believe that it was real

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Yes I had a reiki session one time, and it brought it back along with visits from two deceased relatives

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