Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I lost my mom 12 years ago. Be thankful you were there with her when she passed. I had just moved to Japan when she died 3 weeks later. I was unable to say goodbye to her properly as one day she was conscious but I did not want to interrupt her because she was talking to my aunt in the hospital room. When I called back the next day, she had lost consciousness and I was unable to say goodbye. I couldn't suddenly fly to America to attend the funeral, either. I wish I could have been there. She was in constant pain due to her leukemia. At last she was free from the pain.
I’m sorry this happened to you. I said goodbye in my own way. I really don’t know if she knew we were there over the last few weeks. The past two months she declined rapidly and didn’t talk a lot.
Yeah, Mom had been in and out of hospitals so often that I didn't think much of it. She'd picked up a bacterial infection which led to a high fever. The experimental drug she was given shut her bowels down. My sister said that she became so bloated/emaciated before she died that it was a terrible sight. She told me I am lucky that I was not there to witness it.
The hospital lied and claimed that the cause of her death was leukemia, but tehcnically it was a combination of the bacterial infection she'd picked up at the hospital plus the side effect from the drug she was administered. So I am fully aware of hospitals lying about the patients they inadvertently kill in order to cover their asses. But knowing about that makes me a bad person because... Trump is LITERALLY HITLER or something.
It took a while before I could talk about her without crying. Just find comfort that your mom lived a good life and now her soul lies waiting for the day of resurrection when we are all united in Christ. You'll embrace her again someday.