How close have you been to death?

[GraziLovesMary]

Too close... too many times...

[birdgirl73]

I was younger then that, and I recovered very quickly. They took me out of ICU quickly, mainly because I was feeling no pain. Which is probally because the pain I had before was so intense and crippling. I remember I had to literally throw myself off my couch and crawl to the bathroom. I was in the hospital for around a month and a half. Now I have horribly bad acid reflux, oh well, least im still here.

Yeah, if I hadn't had such a bad infection and needed the big second surgical cleanout, I'd have recovered a lot more quickly. You're right. Once you've been through that, it makes every other type of pain pale in comparison.

That's one good thing about mine. Part of what they took out with the second surgery along with sections of my gut was some of the bottom part of my stomach, so I no longer have any trouble with acid reflux at all. But I do have to watch out for food poisoning, and you probably might, too, if you ever got it. Scarred up intestines will stop moving things through and just come to a screeching halt sometimes when they encounter food-borne bacteria. I've had one subsequent trip to the hospital with a paralytic ileus (the paralyzed gut condition), and that's a near-death experience in itself. Glad you survived it, SantaClawz! Glad we both did. I had a colleague whose 22-year-old sister died of a ruptured appendix four years ago. She simply didn't go to the hospital soon enough.

[crudemood]

well once.. attempted suicide.
its weird. everything blacks out and that is the end.. but i woke up again a couple minutes later. i was so sure i had died.

[happiestmferoutthere]

As far as I know never. I've been very lucky. :jointsmile:
I'm also a huge chicken-shit and don't take too many risks.

[Delta]

One time when I was five years old I went riding big wheels with my buddy down the street. I went to the top of someones driveway that was steep so I could get some good speed. I remember going down it but then blackout. Come to find out a guy in a pick up truck didn't see me and ran over me. Not only did he run over me but my leg got caught in the fender well and he dragged me down the street and he could not hear me screaming because he had his radio cranked up real loud. Someone eventually came running out of their house and stopped the guy. I had to have reconstructive surgery on my leg and I lost alot of blood and almost died.

Another time ... ahhh damn nevermind that story is too long lol .

[tootsie roll]

Well, I had cancer. And it was stage 3, so I think thats a good one.

Stage 3 is rough. I'm so glad you are still here, beautiful and healthy!:thumbsup:

I've had one near experience when I was around 8 and dove in a pool that was shallow compared to what I was used to at our house. Fractured my neck.

The one time I did actually die was during a very rough patch in my life when many of the people I loved passed away. A parent then a boyfriend, a cousin , a 4 year old little buddy, lots of school friends and I finally just broke. When I finally came to, the heart paddles were right next to my bed. They had been used 2x.

I made it though! I am what they said I am, a survivor.:jointsmile:

[tootsie roll]

I almost died of cancer.

I spun out at 85MPH on a middle of a busy interstate. How I left unscathed I have no idea.

I was running across the street, and some car was a split second close to hitting me.

Well, that's my close encounters with death.

Wow. I almost forgot about almost being road kill once when I was little and not too bright.
I am so glad you are healthy now. I remember how bad you were feeling not so long ago.
:wave1:

[rantingsweed]

one time we were all riding bikes and everybody went across the street (intersection in a neighborhood) that had a bus route on it and i was behind them on my shitty bike and i just mobbed out past these bushes and across the street. As soon as i was starting to go out then i wasnt quite to the middle of the street but just enough to be on the other side of the bus. I barely made it across without getting hit(within a foot).

Another time i was at my moms friends house and she was babysitting us. She had 2 older sons, one being 3 or so years older so he was probably 16 at the time(her oldest son). We were playing football in the backyard and one of his friends was driving their lawn mower around and someone threw the ball crappily and i ran to grab it. After i picked it up and started standing upright i think another one of the kids pushed me or something(or it may have just been the mower) in front of the mower, but the next thing i knew i was getting ran over by the lawn mower. I only ended up with a little cut on my forehead and a couple other little cuts and bruises. Her son ran over and grabbed the back of it and lifted it up and moved it off of me. I was just completely confused and i literally saw little purplish/blueish stars floating around my head.

[DAY-DREAMER-MAN]

i got hit by a car today:yippee::rambo:

[happiestmferoutthere]

i got hit by a car today

How close to death did you come??!!