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NDERF 3035 Ned D NDE 6275
https://nderf.org/Experiences/1ned_d_nde.html
2005
2012
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In April 2005, Ned began experiencing strong abdominal pain while getting into his car, initially dismissing it as indigestion or food poisoning. Despite feeling weak and wan, he resisted his family's urging to visit the emergency room, promising to go the next day if not better. His family left for their holiday house on Friday afternoon while he remained home, spending the night on the couch due to pain and breathing difficulties. During the night he became disoriented, mistaking an alarm clock for a glass of water and repeatedly trying to drink from it. On Saturday morning he woke feeling better, but when attempting to get out of bed at noon, he was struck by an incredible bolt of pain from head to toe that disappeared almost instantly, leaving him in shock with sweating, nausea, and cold symptoms.
Believing he had a kidney stone lodged at the base of his penis, Ned slowly made his way to the bathroom to try to pass it. While standing at the toilet, he realized he was about to pass out and lowered himself to the cold tile floor. Though his memory is unclear, he somehow crawled from the bathroom to the hallway telephone, pulled it to the floor, and dialed his relative's mobile number - remarkable since he didn't consciously know the number and always used contact names. His relative amazingly answered despite being on a speedboat pulling someone water skiing and never normally taking his phone on the boat. Ned told him he thought he was dying and was about to pass out but felt no pain, feeling peaceful and floating. He had already passed out by this stage. The next thing Ned was aware of was looking down at himself from the position of the hallway's corner ceiling movement sensor, as if he were inside it observing his unconscious body below. Everything was still, peaceful, calm, and "almost ethereal." He thought that if this was dying, it wasn't bad at all but rather pleasant. His relative had called a neighbor who broke into the house and drove Ned to the hospital. Ned partially regained consciousness in the car, telling the neighbor he might not last the journey, though he wasn't particularly bothered by this prospect. He was no longer scared of dying. When he awoke in the Intensive Treatment Unit, doctors explained they had removed his intestines, washed them with 88 liters of sterilized water, removed about 14 inches of intestine, and "popped it all back in." The doctors told Ned that another hour would have meant death rather than surgery, as his major organs had already started shutting down and a lung collapsed during the operation. What he actually had was a serious case of colonic volvulus (twisted bowel causing obstruction), not the gastroenteritis the GP had diagnosed. Despite the severity - being told his body was already "shutting down" upon arrival - Ned discharged himself just four days later on Thursday and returned to work on his ship the following week. The experience profoundly changed his perspective on death, removing all fear and bringing a sense of peace about dying that persists to this day.
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Hospital
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Moderate Evidence
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Life-threatening colonic volvulus with organs shutting down, lung collapse during surgery
Clear OBE viewing self from ceiling sensor position, aware of ethereal peaceful state, conscious observations while body unconscious
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