Nancy M's NDE 221

Experience description: 

      The nurse and assistant were getting me out of bed for the first time following angioplasty.  The nurse asked me if I felt dizzy or nauseous.  I stood up and said that I felt a little nauseous.  That is my last conscious thought until I was jerked back and found the code team standing around the bed.  In that brief period while I was gone, I saw three or four people standing in the upper left hand corner of what I first described as a TV screen.  My field of vision was more like a box.  I could not recognize their faces, but they were all tall and slender.  They had dark hair and the woman, at least, was dressed in a style that made me think of the 1940's.  I have been in on several codes and know how this hospital runs them, and these beings were not the code team.  The nurse gave me a copy of my tracing showing the a systole.

Any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience:  Uncertain

      Explanation:  I had 5 mg of morphine 6 hours prior to the cardiac arrest and I received atropine IV to restart my heart.

Was the experience difficult to express in words?  No

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

      Describe:  This event followed angioplasty about 18 hours before.

What was your level of consciousness and alertness during the experience?  Unconscious

Was the experience dream like in any way?  no, it was a happening!

Did you experience a separation of consciousness from your body?  No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?  I had so little time with these beings that I don't remember any emotions.  I do know that I did not feel threatened or frightened.

Did you hear any unusual sounds or noises?  no

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?  Uncertain

      Describe:  The more that I reflect on the experience, it's possible that these beings were standing at the other end of a tunnel and I was to go to them.

Did you see a light?  No

Did you meet or see any other beings?  Yes

      Describe:  See above

Did you have a sense of knowing special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?  Uncertain

      Describe:  Shortly after I returned from the hospital, my husband was going to change the oil in his truck before a trip.  I refused to let him do it himself and I called and made arrangements for a garage to do it.  When my husband got home, he told me that if he had done this himself, he never would have found another problem with his old truck that would have left him broken down on the interstate.  I have had several things happen after that that are strange, but few with the consequences that the first one would have had.

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure?  No

Did you become aware of future events?  Yes

      Describe:  see above

Were you involved in or aware of a decision to return to the body?  No

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience you did not have prior to the experience?  Yes

      Describe:  see above

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?  Yes

      Describe:  It is so hard to put my feelings into words.  I now live every day with joy.  Death was not painful or frightening.  The Golden Rule is what I aspire to.  I know that I will fall short of this aspiration-I already have, but I will keep trying.

Has the experience affected your relationships?  Daily life?  Religious practices etc.?  Career choices?  see above

Have you shared this experience with others?  Yes

      Describe:  As a nurse, I have been very gratified with the response I have gotten from my peers.  I have told everyone about my visitors, because I believe that it is such good news.  I have found resistance from some of my friends.  I feel almost a force between us such as can be experienced when two magnets oppose each other.

What emotions did you experience following your experience?  Happiness, peace, and the unbelievably strong desire to talk about this over and over again.

What was the best and worst part of your experience?  All parts were good.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?  Yes

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 accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?  Yes