21 OCT, 2004 - 1600 CDT Hello Dave... Good luck with your surgery tomorrow. Many years ago, I damaged the tendons across the top of my right hand in a work-related accident. My hand was put into a light-weight cast with my index finger immobilized. I had to learn how to hold a pen and still produce a reasonably legible signature and I block-printed everything else - a habit that is still with me today. Computer keyboard typing can be done with only one or two fingers of each hand. My father was an extremely fast four-fingered typist. As for CW, make or borrow an oversize key and bolt it down. Then you can still send "heavy-handed" Morse code. :) - Dick, W9GIG