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Mellen-Thomas Benedict’s Near-Death ExperienceI had started withering away and lasted till February 1982.I was withering away steadily, following doctor’s orders that“you will be dead.”Then a crisis moment came when she said—she just fromthe bottom of her heart one day—she just tried and tried toget me to pray for my soul, and I completely lost it on her. Icompletely let her have both barrels, one end to the other,about her stupid God, stupid religion, stupid prayers.And I musted up enough strength to storm out and slam thefront door and I got as far as the end of the sidewalk and itdawned on me, “where are you going? This is the end of theroad.”That’s the longest walk I ever took. Turning back aroundand going back to that door. I just knocked on it once andshe opened it. She was right there, and she said “come in,do you want some milk?” because at that time, milk wasabout the only thing that I could take in.And she took care of me, but she never asked me to prayagain. She respected my wishes. Despite the tough case Iwas, and the bad attitude I had, she took care of me.Angela: How on earth did you get her to agree to whatyou got her to do about your body?Mellen: Well, it was very interesting—I was clueless. Itwas mostly her idea. Because she knew about these things.The first thing we did was create a living will. Because Ididn’t want to be resuscitated. I didn’t want to be hooked up© Mellen-Thomas Benedict 2008 • 14 • & Angela Treat Lyon 2008Mellen-Thomas.com • All rights reserved • Protected Internationally • EFTBooks.com