It is possible to experience dying, at least partway, and live to tell about it. A friend of mine was DOA at the hospital from anaphylactic shock, but they were able to revive her. She experienced floating up and looking down at her physical body. When she felt herself coming back, she was at first really angry because it hurt like hell!

How often does it update?

That’s typical of auto-immunes. Symptoms are so general that it’s only after the initial crisis is survived and every other possibility is crossed off the list that the diagnosis is made.

We estimate I’ve come close to death four or five times by now. Most of the time we realized this through hindsight. When I was sick, everyone was too busy keeping me alive and it was only afterwards that we looked back and said, “Craaaaaaaaaaap!”

I have been *extremely* lucky in my life. When I first became sick, 99% of all diagnoses were done during the autopsy. It’s now 23 years later, and I’m sill here. Aren’t modern meds amazing.

Oh, and I have no idea what happens after we die. And I don’t care. *This* world is what’s important.

And yes, I’m crying like a baby. You want to comment on that? Go ahead.

Eli.