Re: Newbie who loves computers
Belated apologies to everyone who posted here some time ago.
I went off on holiday to Greece not long after posting here. We went for a whole month, as it was meant to help our daughter recuperate, as she has been suffering from PTSD since Januarey 2015. The holiday turned out rather differently though: I was unwell at the beginning and then - about a week before we were due to return home, my husband developed double vision. Once home, we embarked on a 2-month journey to find out what was wrong with him, going from a suspected slight stroke to discovering he has a tumour at the back of is head (just below the brain) to believing that it was the return of the very early melanoma he had removed in January 2015 to - eventually - finding out that he has got myeloma. He is about to embark on a 40-week course of chemo, as well as 5 sessions of radiotherapy.
As you can imagine, we are all struggling to cope with the situation. I do not think that any of us were in a particularly good place mentally even before all this happened. I personally was struggling more and more to accept the fact that our daughter did not seem to be making the progess I had hoped for in getting back to living a normal life. Now we have to deal with these other horrendous happenings too.
My husband cannot drive at the moment because of his double vision, so all the things we used to do together pretty much stopped overnight. I am finding it so hard to readjust. And we have all these awful months of gruelling treament ahead of us. It has been such a shock, especially as my husband was always such a fit and healthy person.
Anyway, just thought I would explain why I 'disappeared'. I see that Leia - who I knew previously and who was my only 'friend' on here - has deleted me, probably because of my non-appearance. I suppose I partly understand that, although I do feel that in such circumstances it is always wise to find out the reasons before jumping to conclusions.
Anyway, thanks to anyone who reads this; I may well be spending some more time here during the long months ahead.
Channeal
PS Have only just seen your post, Zaphod. Thanks for answering. I will hopefully get a chance to talk to you some more about computers in the future.