LOL  Adelle has the same RD too -- I gave her his name
too.
As to mice, I have laptops and tend to use the touch
pad but I do have an optical mouse by logitech which is
cordless. The small antenna plugs into a free USB port.
When I say small, I mean it. It is considered a
traveling mouse for laptops. My hands are so small and
getting smaller each time my hand surgeon drives me
into the operating theater that it just fits my palm
perfectly. Without a cord in my way makes the thing
somehow lighter and easier to move around. Works for
me. The other thing I have learned is to use the mouse
both left and right handed. This works for all but the
most technical work which requires speed. Technical
work which doesn't require speed I can do with either
hand but the dominant one wins when speed is needed.
Got two of them now and both bought at CompUSA
http://tinyurl.com/4266w
although I am sure you can find something similar for
cheaper price. The size was what was important to me.
Some of these mice are so big that my fused left wrist
would never see the desktop for support. So I need the
mouse to be small enough to fit inside my small hand
allowing my hand to rest on the desktop. And my hand
has to rest flat because it is fused that way.
Anyway, what you really need to do is go try as many as
possible.
Duckie