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Boy, am I glad I use my " abacus " for all my email. Since the up-to-date

IBM is in my son's room I don't use it routinely. My old 486 (55 mhz) with

4MB Ram is what I use to do my basic email, graphics and wordprocessing.

Most viruses are designed for Win 98 and up and wreak most havoc on

MicroSoft programs (Explorer, MS Word, etc.). Me I use Corel WordPerfect

6.0 (which does not read MS templates and therefore does not engage the

template-based viruses. I use Eudora for email and Netscape as a browser.

The other computer is firewalled to the max and my son deals with all that

nasty stuff. I am quite content with the abacus for communication

purposes, doesn't always pay to upgrade. The Abacus has not had a down day

due to viruses ever. The other computer " baby " has all the bells and

whistles and allows me to work on my webpage and stay up-to-date on

programs, but even on " baby " I use Eudora for email , Opera (a Norwegian

company) as a browser (very secure) and WordPerfect for wordprocessing, it

feels safer and I like to have the little guy make some money on new

technology too.

Had my Neurontin upped today, hope that will make eating less painful.

Bought two cheap 'mood rings', one for each hand to help monitor my body

temp, perhaps if I can recognize the rise and fall I can dress more

appropriately and avoid the spikes. Sitting here typing it dropped to

black from the mauve it was before I sat down - so I won't sit so long,

keep it moving. OT coming tomorrow with nutrionist, they're arranging a

swallowing workshop at the ALS clinic for me as well. Things are finally

getting dealt with, just had to find one good Doctor to help me move it

forward, glad I did not settle for less. My son seems to be improving, I

think it weighed heavily on him that I was not getting any help. My

daughter's friend leaked it to her that Jayde, her boyfriend, is shopping

for a ring, he surprised her this morning with a huge bouquet of flowers

for St. Nicolas, I think she's in good hands.

Lolah are you still out there? You sounded so sad in your last email,

darlin', you have friends here, don't suck it up, stay connected, we care.

My relatives can really suck too, my sister and mother were not on speaking

terms for more than twenty years. Just lately my mother and I visit each

other every week and have a lovely time. The people I am closest to,

however, are people I have found and adopted into my life, you can choose

friends, not relatives. A good number of my closest friends are people

I've known only since my illness started, but you have to get out there and

be open and available to others. If you advertise someone will answer the ad.

Wishing Anne a speedy recovery from her surgery. Take care, all of you.

aletta mes, vancouver, bc canada

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