Postby DianaBananas » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:45 am
I have known death. For 20 minutes, I was there and it truly is nothing to fear. I had a massive heart attack in August of 2006 and went into cardiac arrest on the cath table. I knew I was going.....I had looked at the video screen that showed they were in my artery with the catheter and wondered why the pain wasnt going away. Usually it went away as soon as they inflated the balloon. As my head began to roll to the right, I heard the Doctor screaming and freaking out....I had clotted. In that brief instant, I was gone. I wasnt alone on the other side...there was a male behind me and my first question was "did I die". Only one word...."yes". My next question was "what about my family"? The answer...."they'll be fine". All worry disappeared after that. I was still "me"....the pain was gone and I felt happy. It was dark and warm and I was being cradled, like a baby. After that, me and whoever was with me, took off, but that part I cannot remember clearly since they drugged me heavily. They had begun CPR on me and defibrolated me 17 times. I saw nor felt any of this. My upper GI tract began to bleed and my kidneys failed. I was totally absent and never felt any of this. I was amazed at how easy it was to die. The bad memory was coming back into my body. It felt like I was entering an uncooked piece of meat....cold and slimy and heavy. I did not want to come back, but for some reason I had to, I guess. I woke, the next day, in intensive care with a respirator. I remember the nurses telling me their greatest fear was waking up on a respirator. 3 days later I had another heart attack and 4 days after that, yet another. At the same time, I was going through a traumatic and cruel divorce and I wondered why I had to come back to face that. To this day I dont know why. I wanted to stay. I still wish I had stayed. Today, with all the pain I'm suffering, both mentally and physically, I still wish I had never come back. Suffering is monumental....for all people, everywhere. I never did understand why suffering was such an integral part of a human beings life....some of us grow from it....others are crippled by it. For my part, I am tired of it. It's been a rough week for me. Sorry if I upset anyone...dont mean to.