A former coworker of mine had carpal tunnel in both wrists that she had to have operated on. It took her a year to recover from each one (they did them individually). It can be pretty devastating, especially if you work with your hands. My problem (being a graphic artist) isn't carpal tunnel - yet. I used to get screaming pains in my right elbow (I'm right-handed). I couldn't for the life of me figure out why until one day it dawned on me that I would press down so hard when doing pasteup - cutting out the elements actually - that I was screwing up my elbow. It used to hurt so bad that sometimes it made me cry at night because I couldn't sleep. Thank the Lord we switched over to computer layout! LOL. You'd think that something as low impact as computer work wouldn't cause anyone any harm, but there is plenty that can harm you, all the way from carpal tunnel, to problems with shoulder and elbow joints, back problems and even some cases of brain cancer from constant exposure to the radiation from computer monitors (I don't think that's the problem it once was). Even your eyes suffer. So much for a "safe" job...lol. Laurie