I agree with this. I a few times have been near death, once when I was in labour with my first and he got stuck at 7cm, they left me so long, it was either an emergency caesarean or we were both gone, the second time was with the third child, he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck which was pulling from the inside and caused me to bleed out badly, the final time was after I had my gallbladder removed, they made one of the incisions in such a weird place that it popped open whilst I was at home, I had never felt so unwell as I did and my brother said I went grey in the face.
All those plus the thought I had about my kids and death and leaving them behind is what triggered me to be scared about death, I live every day to the fullest as best I can now.