Sanz Probable NDE

EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION:

            It was in the course of the surgical operation after the anesthesia, normally I shouldn't have felt anything (Previously I already had 4 surgeries) but suddenly I felt a very strong pain in the chest, as if my heart was taken off from my body and at the same time, a continuous sharp sound like a buzzer. Then the pain stopped as well as the sound, and I was sliding down a kind of black hall with a light at the bottom looking as a cotton material or steam appearance (difficult to describe) I didn't see any presence but heard voices as if several people were whispering together (male and female): here she is coming, she is coming...and suddenly another voice, a male voice, much louder and with an authoritarian tone said : no it's too early. That's it.

When I woke up from my surgery I was sick and my back was very painful. The day after the medic brought me to the exams room to have a long heart examination. The memory of my experience was very clear in my mind but I dared not tell people. I was afraid people thought I was crazy. Once I met a friend who told me that the phenomenon was well known. 

My experience is much shorter than the ones I read on the NDE sites but I can tell it still is very clear in my memory. I apologize for my English.

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     I was pregnant (75 days) but the medics had not detected it was an ectopic pregnancy, (In spite of hemorrhages and numerous medical exams) till I was taken in emergency to the hospital and had a surgery

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness?    At the start

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:            At the start

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.)?  Yes     The field of vision was very restricted, so was clarity, colors (only black and white) end the perception of solidness was inexistent

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     ability to recognize source of sound, the first voices sounded as if they were far and the second one as it was nearer

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

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            unpleasant at the start due to the horrible pain I felt then strange feeling

Did you pass into or through a tunnel or enclosure?          Yes     I was sliding along a black tunnel with a bright light at the end

Did you see a light?           Yes     the end of the tunnel was full of light

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?          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     the space was restricted to the tunnel

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?     Yes     In 1996 so 12 years later I experienced one night in full countryside what is called an UFOS approach

Have you shared this experience with others?         Yes     it took me several years to share this experience with close friends. It is thanks to the first friend that I heard it was quite frequent. The people to whom I told my experience were not influenced in any way, just puzzled or confident in medical explanations as anesthesia reactions or psychological reasons.

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 probably real    Through my thoughts over I decided that everything was due to the fact I certainly woke up during the surgery (problem of anesthesia) and the voices I heard were those of the nurses and surgeons and medics trying to reanimate me

Were there one or several parts of the experience especially meaningful or significant to you?    At that time it was not meaningful to me. However the experience disturbed me and I was thinking over a lot.

How do you currently view the reality of your experience:            Experience was definitely real            whatever the reasons my experience was real but I still wonder about the cause

Have your relationships changed specifically as a result of your experience?           Yes     From that experience my way to cope with life has changed. I felt more confident face to life's up and down. I was able to face troubles with more courage and force. My view over the world changed too and I think my sensitivity regarding mankind misery raised

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      

Is there anything else you would like to add concerning the experience?        24 years after I still think over that experience and I am still willing to discover others' experiences but I have progressed at all regarding the cause of it

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

Are there any other questions we could ask to help you communicate your experience?   as I experienced an UFOs approach and read a book regarding a U.S. survey about NDE people and UFOS witness (quite interesting), I think you may ask people about a possible UFOS experience