Janet N's NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

            It was on Monday, September 3rd,  I went to work as usual and felt as if I was coming down with tonsillitis, so I went to the pharmacy bought over the counter pain killers. I went home and lay on the couch, after an hour I decided to go gaggle on some salt water. That was the last thing I remember doing. The next time I found myself conscious I was in the emergency room with needles all over me and breathing aids.

That's when I came to and found myself in the emergency room; I could not talk. I just blinked and I heard the doctor say "wait I think she is breathing" I was injected thousands of needles and I felt as if my heart would explode. I had difficulty in breathing. Later after the doctors thought I would live, I removed the oxygen mask from my mouth and told the nurse that I couldn't feel my legs. She tried pinching me but I could feel nothing. after a while she had to call the doctor to check on my senses and muscles. I later got well but stayed at the hospital for quite a while. the nurses and doctor told me that they tried everything and thought I would never make it as by the time we reached the hospital I was almost dead. After a week I was discharged. But my legs were still swollen. I was later told that I had pneumonia combined with malaria and typhoid.

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

At the time of this experience, was there an associated life threatening event?          No      

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    When I heard sounds of my brother screaming

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal every day consciousness and alertness?    Less 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:            When I heard sounds of my brother screaming

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.)?
            Yes     I could hear voices as if they were very far yet they were close to me.

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            afraid, frightened. at some point I felt comfort and calm

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          No       I just saw it coming to me but I went back before I could go into the tunnel

Did you see a light?           Yes     I saw like a small hole getting bigger and the light getting more and more bright

Did you meet or see any other beings?           No      

Did you experience a review of past events in your life?    No       yes, immediately after I could breath on my own, I was afraid of breathing as I thought I did not deserve to. I learn d to value the breath of life.

Did you observe or hear anything regarding people or events during your experience that could be verified later?          No      

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?   Yes    

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

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? Yes     I did not cross the boundary

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     at first I was afraid nobody would believe me, but after a week I told my mother and then my family. they were shocked and others thought I was making it up but later they believed me. since then they all value the breath of life and some who did not believe in the after life believed it.

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

How did you view the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened:            Experience was definitely real    I was still in the hospital and I had a lot of time to recollect my experience and I was also dreaming about it days later.

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?   

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            because the sights still appear on my dreams and also during the day I remember flashes of the happenings.

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?            Yes     since then, I look at life from a total different perspective. I started reading the bible especially revelation which talks more about what I experienced. I got closer to God

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     I have narrated everything that happened to me during that time and after.