Have you ever felt yourself close to death?

[GraceAbounds]

Have you ever felt yourself close to death? I have on several occasions.
Here is a short account of the most recent time that I came close to death. It happened yesterday:

Yesterday was a most beautiful day. The weather was perfect. My oldest son had a football game that I was apprehensive about him playing in because his knee was still healing from his last football game. Not wanting to be overprotective I agree'd for him to play.

One of our friends we had not seen in a long time came with us to the game. I was studying for a final exam, sipping on a cold soda, chatting it up with all of my friends, etc. while the team was practicing and warming up for the game. It was turning out to be such an enjoyable time.

I took a sip of my drink and something was in my mouth beside liquid. Thinking it was a piece of broccoli or something (maybe my kids did not wash the dishes good enough) I tried to hack it back up. I spat in my hand what I thought was broccoli. It wasn't. It was a bee. And it was still moving.

Suddenly I was in a lot of pain. I could feel my tongue and throat swelling up. The bee had stung me in the back of my tongue and throat. I was rushed to the hospital where they immediately took me back to a bed, got an IV in me and started administering fluids and vial after vial of medicine.

The medicine, while making the swelling go down quickly, it started effecting my heart and lungs. So different meds were given. I thought I was going to die. My body was shaking. The only way I could calm down was pray and let the Lord wash over me.

I'm thankful to be alive today. It has been a rough 24 hours.

Have any of you have times that you came close to death? Care to share? Did it change your life in anyway?

 

[Peter Parka]

Yes I have and no, it hasn't changed my life in any way.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I guess when I fell down a small mountain me and my friend were climbing, I felt I was going to die cuz it was so far, but once I stopped moving and it was over it was a lot better. It didn't change my life tho..

 

[debbie t]

i almost died giving birth to my daughter ,it was quite an experience on top of giving birth which in itself is pretty life changing.
a lady who had had ten children said to me after without knowing this..did you look death in the face ,,i burst into tears ..i did.but precious gifts cost dear,and i look at her everyday and thank god i lived ,she lived and i have the pleasure of her,made even more intense because of the experience.

this pic was taken 2 days after her 16th birthday...this is loooking life in the face.

 

[SRC]

wow .. I got a yellow jacket to the mouth once .. after leaving my Dr. Pepper sitting on the fence railing down at the horse pen lol .. I'm not allergic though, so the sting just hurt like a SOB, no hospital stuff.

YIKES THO!

And yes I have had a near death experience, but I didn't realize just how close until after i was at the hospital and the Dr. told me. It did change my life. I often wonder what would have happened to my son had i died.

It was very sobering.

 

[Pudding Time]

nope.

 

[thrawn]

can't say that i have

 

[redsMULLT1]

A few times. Changed for a little bit but eventually shook it off.

 

[Doveshit]

A few times. Changed for a little bit but eventually shook it off.

That seems to be what usually happens. The person's in love with life for a few days, then forgets about it.

I can't say that I've ever had a brush with death.

 

[Dana]

I was when I was born but I can't recall it as I was an infant.

 

[SRC]

can't say that i have

you're just trolling on the lying hiway lately :24:

 

[redsMULLT1]

That seems to be what usually happens. The person's in love with life for a few days, then forgets about it.

I can't say that I've ever had a brush with death.

Thats pretty much it. Happy to be alive for awhile and then day by day you work yourself back to where you were before.

 

[gLing]

There have been a few times I have made salsa so hot that when I took a bite, I felt death bite me in the ass.

 

[SRC]

There have been a few times I have made salsa so hot that when I took a bite, I felt death bite me in the ass.

I think that happens about 20 minutes later, right?

 

[gLing]

I think that happens about 20 minutes later, right?

That depends on the lethality of the salsa. Some is so lethal that it makes your butt clench instantly right before you die.
Others kill you later in the middle of the night...

 

[thrawn]

you're just trolling on the lying hiway lately :24:

While I have been close to death I have never felt like it.

 

[SouthernTxGirl]

I was involved in a home invasion when I was living in Houston,Texas. They did some messed up things but to this day I still wonder how I got out alive.

 

[redsMULLT1]

Thats crazy

 

[gLing]

While I have been close to death I have never felt like it.

So when the Centauri bombarded your home world you were the only Narn that did not feel he would die?

 

[thrawn]

So when the Centauri bombarded your home world you were the only Narn that did not feel he would die?

You realize I am probably the only one round these parts that has any clue what you are talking about...


I fell about a hundred feet off of a cliff and screwed up my left arm pretty good. I spent a week in the hospital, most of it unconscious. But I never felt like I was near death or was going to die.