| 02-19-05
Thank you so much for all your
prayers. They are what have sustained me over these grueling months.
I finally got my email to work.
Have been struggling with this computer all this week. For some
reason an update on my e-trends program wiped out my Netscape
Browser and there was no way the techs at e-trends nor the engineer
for WebUnited could figure out why the new downloads of Netscape
wouldn't open nor my old CD Netscape. I have been forced to install
outlook express to run my mail box. It then turned into a nightmare
trying to get mail to go out on outlook. The engineer for my ISP was
able to get the inbox to accept emails in but for some reason I kept
getting "not a portal" error messages whenever I tried to
send anything and to make matters worse the darn error message ate
my emails like a dryer does socks! Now I am stuck with this lousy
little notepad window to write emails in instead of the beautiful
Netscape Composer. Rats!!!! I guess it is better than what I thought
my computer would end up as: A glorified game playing machine. I
have had to search through all my little scraps of paper in my desk
for email addresses that were scratched in long hand and tossed here
and there in my desk for that just in case scenario. Well it came
and now I am dealing with trying to build another email address
book. I now have your email address in my book. Not an easy
task to say the least dealing with a computer.
I am so glad Bill has
kept you all up to date on what is going on around here. I am still
waiting for a call from my Primary Physician with a referral to a
Rheumatologist. It is the consensus of some of the people who have
seen my slides that my immune system is attacking my lungs now and
they want to have me put on a newer immuno-suppressant drug. I may
have to live like a person in a bubble the rest of my life if that
is how things end up. Everywhere I go I carry a mask with me and
when I have to get into a close proximity with people I have to put
the darn thing on and walk around like Darth Vader...
Last night Bill took me to
Salerno's and they gave us a secluded booth where I could be free
from my mask. It was delightful and I winged it without my tank
although we had it in the car. I found that I was really ready for
it when we got out of there. At the time to leave and I stood up I
felt like my legs were rubber and my head had had to many drinks of
alcohol. I had a real buzz without the hangover the next morning but
I sure had a blitzen of a headache in the car until the oxygen took
care of business for me. I was really feeling like I could do
without it but my body told me otherwise. Thank goodness I have a 50
foot hose attached to my oxygen machine and can now be in contact
with the world here at my desk!
I have been up about as long
as I can take for a while so will have to close this out and get
back off my feet. I think I could do better if I didn't have to deal
with all my bone and nerve pain in my back and legs in addition with
my lack of air.
Please keep me in your
prayers and say hello and thanks to everyone.
Donna
Please visit my site at:
Thank you,
Donna Schmidtke 2149 N.E.56th.Place Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33308-2504
954 772-6123
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