Once Again Kulani Has The Computer Fixed

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Registered: 05-12-2003
Once Again Kulani Has The Computer Fixed
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Tue, 05-27-2003 - 8:08pm
Due to the holiday weekend there was a delay in the power supply delivery. But I couldn't be on the puter anyway. After the chat I was last on I got up out of my chair to go to bed and could hardly walk. I couldn't support my weight with my arms on my crutches and my legs would barely support my weight. My bed is only about 15 feet from the desk and MY legs were in such pain. I didn't know what was going on. I finally made it to my bed but was unable to get into the bed. I couldn't even lift the phone to call my DD to come help me so I sat on the side and cried the rest of the night. When she got up to go to work she helped me into bed. I felt as though someone had taken their fists and beaten me up and down all of the muscles in my body. My hands and arms were so heavy and sore and were just getting worse by the minute. The only thing I could attribute it to was a new cholesterol med that I had started two days before called pravacol. I tried to reach the Dr but he wasn't in and finally called the druggest that has filled all my scripts since 1984 and asked him if just 2 pills could cause such a violent reaction. He said that he had never heard of one but to be on the safe side not to take any more until after I talked to the Dr. And it would take the same amount of days for the medicine to get out of my system as doses I had taken but he wasn't sure how long it would take for all of the symptoms to go away. Well by Sat I was at the hosp because my right ankle felt like it had a blood clot and was all hot and swollen and to make a real long story short after spending a week and a half in the bed with my legs elevated and forcing fluids I am happy to say I am pain free and no clots and can now be out of bed and the computer is once again fixed. We are going to unplug it after every use and not trust it to the power surge protectors and static protection plugs and all the things that they said to put on the stupid thing to keep it safe which by the way haven't helped so far. The only thing I am not doing yet is repacking it into its precious little cow box every night to protect it.Nesting in its styrofoam cradle. That is what I told the last technician at Gateway was the only thing I hadn't done to protect the stupid thing from breaking. The longest time a power supply has lasted is 3 months and the shortest time is 3 hours. So even unplugging it may not even help it because the time before last it broke while I was using it. If this one breaks I am calling the States Attorney and making a formal complaint against Gateway because it will be the 6th time in a year the power supply has gone out and the 7th time the computer has broken. Enough is enough. We are both on the mend and happy about it now and happy to once again to be able to come to the garden to share with you all and find out what you have been up too I am so far behind and may never catch up. I need to go to the Archives and read about what has been going on. I hate to find out if anyone has passed on and bring up sad times but I need to know so that I don't inadverdantly hurt someone by asking about a loved one that was ill before I was out of touch. I would like to know about the babies that were expected and find out if they all made it here safely, and how the are all doing. How the divorced and seperated children are doing, I am just so far behind. I feel like a newbie all over once again, for the third time. Well I have taken enough time for now. Love to all. Kulani

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 05-28-2003 - 7:46pm
Hi Kulani! Welcome back! You should have come back when you started to feel depressed!

I aggree with Val! about your computer, I also think it was some thing wrong with the connections inside of your computer to the powercord! I always leave mine turned on except when gone on vacation or a storm! We have an expensive surgeprotector on it. It is not good to keep turning your computer on and off all the time. that is why we have screen savers for the monitor! Hope you stay healthy! Hugs, SusieK
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Registered: 05-12-2003
Wed, 05-28-2003 - 8:57pm
couldn't the computer was broken once again and that was part of the depression. I am very new at this computer business and feel taken in by the Gateway company and haven't minced my words in telling them so lately. I just wish I hadn't let it get me down but it caught me at a vulnerable time of the year. I don't function well around the Holidays. No matter how hard I try they still get me down. I just don't have a good sound support system that time of the year because everyone is so busy doing their own things they don't have time for me and I slid under the radar. And it is all so overwhelming even after all this time. Losing my mom,dad, grandfather,and 2 children and a sister all between Thanksgiving and the 3rd of Jan not all the same year but all in the same time frame is hard to forget. No matter how hard I try to keep it away from the celebration it creeps into all the memories of the days. I just muddle through each year the best I can and some years it is easier than others. Last year was a bad one. Hopefully this year will not be so bad. Maybe I can keep this thing going and come here often enough to keep my spirits high. I can hope so anyway Love to all Kulani

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