My brother accidently died last year in a foolish attempt to get his keys back that he had locked in a storage shed.

I am a failed suicide. From this I have had a near death experience.

I fell into a canal in France and almost drowned. I could not swim and kicked my way to the other side. I was 9.

I have totaled two cars.

I almost froze to death in a snowstorm. Twice. Once when I was six, once when I was 21.

I put out a fire in my house about twelve years ago and scarred my lungs a bit.

I know three people who have been hit by lightening, and lived.

I had West Nile Virus.

I know someone who died from a varient of Mad Cow disease.

I've had friends who died from AIDS.

I think I'm doing well, surviving.