David W NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

The morning after my bypass surgery, when the fog from anesthesia and morphine was lifting,  I started to hum "Nantucket sleigh ride" by Mountain.  I hadn't heard the song for almost thirty years.  then I started to remember looking down on an open chest and a heart laying there still.  then I saw two probe like things touching the heart and the memory stopped.   after a week when I went to have half of my staples removed I asked the surgeon if he played Mountain in the or.  His response was the question "looking down or the light"  he said that many of his patients have reported these events and yes indeed he did play a mountain CD during the surgery.

Was the kind of experience difficult to express in words? No      

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          Yes    

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    as my heart was not beating and right before it was restarted.

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    More consciousness and alertness than normal

If your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience was different from your normal every day consciousness and alertness, please explain:            as my heart was not beating and right before it was restarted.

Did your vision differ in any way from your normal, everyday vision (in any aspect, such as clarity, field of vision, colors, brightness, depth perception degree of solidness/transparency of objects, etc.)?  No      

Did your hearing differ in any way from your normal, everyday hearing (in any aspect, such as clarity, ability to recognize source of sound, pitch, loudness, etc.)?
            No      

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     Yes

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            curiosity

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          No      

Did you see a light?           No      

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No      

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    No      

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          Yes     the song I remember was being played during my surgery

Did you see or visit any beautiful or otherwise distinctive locations, levels or dimensions?           No           

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   No      

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?     No      

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No      

Did you become aware of future events?       No           

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?     No      

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     other than my doctor it was a few weeks later and the basically thought I made it up

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience?    Yes            coast2coast am

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was probably real    it is just too vivid not to be real and my surgeon confirmed at least the music part

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    no,  the whole thing is just a very vivid memory with no emotion attached to it

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            again it is just too vivid of a memory

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           No      

Have your religious beliefs/practices changed specifically as a result of your experience?            No           

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No                  

Did the questions asked and information you provided so far accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?         Yes