Marge S., from New York, wrote: When I was doing dietetics, I used a mainframe computer for hospital menus to do nutritional analysis of regular and special diets. Now, as a PTA President, I use it for meeting agendas, correspondence, and for monthly and annual records. Also, I’ve done different award certificates.
Anonymous Mother wrote:I use a computer for several things in my home. The most important is for a calendar program that helps me keep track of Doctor’s appointments, school holidays, birthdays, a to-do list, and all that I need to be reminded of each day /week / month. The particularly good feature is that this calendar links to a contacts file, with names, addresses, and phone numbers, making it easy to attach relevant information to my appointment times. In our home, we also have a computer database to track our videos and baseball autograph collections.
The word processor on the computer I find helpful for keeping lists of medications, allergies, or things-to-do, as well as for writing letters or stories. When I have insomnia, I’ll sometimes use it for playing games.
I also find the Internet and electronic email groups invaluable for searching out medical information and a support group for coping with my daughter’s chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia.