Hi there. I was mostly housebound for a number of years, and the Internet saved my sanity. I am now back in good health and have a life--working and going to school and such--but a great deal of my social life is still in cyberspace. I prefer using forums to one-on-one emailing, and I *hate* chatrooms.

It is very difficult to keep sane in the absence of companionship. I am fortunate in that I'm married and we also had a housemate/my caregiver during my time of illness, but that was still far from enough human interaction for me.