With the "privacy laws" lots has changed! And, lets not forget the ungrateful idiots that have wiped out their parents savings with POA's. That is what has caused so many changes. I am getting through all this and am very lucky my dad can still sign. Most of the money is in his name so I can get it out to pay mom's nursing home bills, but it has been a challenge! I now have it all worked out so should not have too many more hassles. Our investment guy told me today that I am not the only one complaining about the mountain of paperwork that needs to be done to take care of parents! LOL! Some thing our attorney adviced me to do also was to change the primary benificiary on my dad's IRA's. That way if, heaven forbid, some thing happens to him the remainder of the money will not go to the nursing home for my mom's care. Makes sense and that way I will have a few pennies to take care of my brother and his special wants. Oh, that is some thing else, we also have it set up in the will that when my parents are gone my brothers share will go in to a trust for him, therefore keeping it out of the hands of the nursing home.

I have not owned an evoluent but I did try one and did not like it as well as the wow pen.When I decided to go with the vertical style mouse I did major work on figuring out which one to go with, my research and time paid off. I have NONE of the complaints listed, If you have a really big hand maybe the pinky would be an issue not at all for me. This mouse has a rubbery soft material on the area where your fingers go which provides a very good grip I love the feel of it.I have never used a mouse pad with mine on my desk which is a laminate wood type surface it glides fine and I have never seen a jiggle?? I would wonder what kind of surface they were trying to operate on. The impression may be that it takes more pressure for a left click but in reality it does not it is due to the way your finger is on the button, on a regular mouse you are pressing straight down with your finger on this mouse you are more pressing down while your finger is in a side ways position just like it is when shaking hands. I have really bad arthritis in my hands and fingers and I do not have any problem using it, in fact I have a hard time when I have to use someones mouse that is the regular kind now. I have no idea what they mean by intensities??? Personally I do not feel the price of this mouse is high, any good quality product is going to cost close to this price, I have found it for a range of prices so be sure you do look and search, I found it for multiple prices on amazon alone. I am sure not every person is happy I can tell you from myself and my husband we will not be using a regular mouse again, I have purchased 4 of these and every single one has been excellent. The fact that I have gone from having to wear a brace on my hand and arm at all times to not having to wear one at all and all I did was change my mouse is worth so much more than I paid for these mice.

Sorry to hear Chammi's having a tough time recuperating. Red Bank is excellent. My sister has used Red Bank for chemo for her late pug and was very pleased with them. We usually use Garden State Veterinary in Tinton Falls- our vet has a good working relationship with them. Spencer the chocolate lab and Katie the shepherd mutt are sending doggy tail wags for luck - and we've all got our fingers and toes crossed- lots of energy flowing here for Chammi. Helene (always glad to find more than one - we Helenes know how hard it is to get our name pronounced correctly- but that's material for another thread!)

"Alcohol can cause one to loose control of his good sense and inhibitions whereas smoking and obesity do not." I have to disagree with this statement. After taking care of many smokers, I've seen their good sense go out the window when it comes to smoking. They have to go down for a procedure or scan, "can I go smoke first?". Having surgery or lung biopsy, "can I go smoke?" Just diagnosed with esophageal cancer, "I have to go smoke". I've had patients who light up in the room because they are too weak to take themselves out to smoke, even though they know they aren't supposed to smoke in the building. I don't know how many times I've gone to start an iv antibiotic and they HAVE to go smoke before I do it and want me to come back later. Same with the obesity thing. I had a guy who was having open heart surgery the next day, have his friend bring him a Big Mac and giant fry. That's not rational thinking. I've had extremely obese patients who have their families bring them all kinds of snacks to stash in the drawer so the patient has easy access when they aren't there. These men are bed bound and could never get up and get it themselves. Same with diabetics who eat all kinds of crap all day long. They know they shouldn't but they can't help themselves. Or it's the only thing they feel they can control in their lives, I don't know. But it's not helping them and they know it, yet they keep doing it.