re: Have you ever almost died?

Yup, CJ5 rolling in a cotton field, was fugly

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3 massive heart attacks and a 12” zipper down the middle of my chest so yes. Yes I have.

I actually saw a light. Now I don’t know what that light was-maybe the overhead light in the ER, maybe some spiritual light or maybe the bat signal but I sure as hell saw a light.

7 solid days in the CICU but I feel half my age now. The Dr.’s Khan are rockstars and they along with the St George Fire Department and EBR EMS saved a dead man and I am forever grateful.

Three times that I recall:

1: Fell in the Ross Barnett reservoir when I was 5-ish. No problem, except that I couldn't swim, and no-body-fat young-me sunk to the bottom. 60 years later, I still remember the fish looking me like WTF.
2: Same situation as the OP: choked at a wild-game restaurant. No one noticed, and I self-hacked out of it. Left with quickness, and no more strange meals for me, thank you.
3: Decided to drive my new car pedal-down up on the Perkins Road onramp to I-10 WB. No problem, except that there was a car dead-stopped in the narrow section behind where Parrain's is now. In the slow-moving moments before I would have slammed into it, I remembered a recent Rolling Stone interview with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. where he described how he got out of a wreck by hard-throwing the wheel to the left and then to the right,

I did; I survived; and have been a NASCAR fan ever since.

Didn’t know it in the moment but I was almost carbon monoxide poisoned in December. Sister coming over and “smelling something” saved my life.

Atmos came over, detected a gas leak but couldn’t say from where. The only gas appliance in my house is the HVAC, so I figured I’d start there. Lifelong family friend happens to that for a living, so I had him come over and inspect it. Unit was not burning up all of the gas, so carbon monoxide was being dumped into my house via the floor vents. My friend ran his detector through my house, and was measuring 1200ppm of carbon monoxide (800ppm is considered deadly)


He called me and asked if I believed in God, I said yes, and he said, “good you better be thanking Him”. He told me the measurements and how lucky I was, and needless to say I now have a brand new HVAC unit and a carbon monoxide detector in each room of the house

Went trout fishing with my dad, we both got into deeper, more swift water than was safe for waders. We got separated. Mine filled with water and began to pull me down, got into about 8 feet of water then I passed out. No idea what happened next but I regained consciousness on the river bank with my dad standing over me. I would have died without him

A couple of times on wet roads I came close to seeing the other side.

Unfortunately I’d have to order you DoorDash any time soon. But my plan is to retire in exactly 2 years, allowing me to travel and visit family in Houston. I haven’t forgotten about you. I promise.

Hit black ice at full speed a few days ago on the interstate. 70 mph, did a 360 and went sideways through the median on to the other side. Vehicle didn’t flip and no cars were on the other side. But it passed by slowly with clear and semi-calm thoughts of “well, this may be it” and “you’ve got to be kidding me… like this?”

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. I haven’t forgotten about you. I promise.

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