Hello All who responded to my thread, What to do about carpal tunnel syndrome. I learned from that thread that it might not be carpal tunnel but tendonitis.

I lowered the laptop by taking it off the bedtray I'd been using and placing it directly on my lap.

I finally made an appointment to see a physician (tomorrow morning) after a month of hoping the pain would get better all by itself.

But here's the deal. My laptop isn't a "real" laptop -- it's a 17" desktop replacement that weighs 10 lbs. When it's on my lap, it pulls on my back-hip, which is an old injury with highly controllable pain. I wind up walking like I'm 80. I bought a cane on Friday to help me haul myself in and out of my recliner, where I type, and the car, etc.

There is no room in the apartment for a desk. Plus, even in my ergonomic chiropractic desk chair, my neck pain quickly becomes unbearable in a regular desk-typing set-up.

What I need is some kind of tiny lap table with little legs that are no higher than the width of my thighs, so that the computer will be supported by the legs, but not too high like on the other bed tray table.

Any suggestions for something I can rig up at a reasonable cost?