Wahoo! That did it!!!
Many thanks as this is going to make some doctors happy.
Next question - how can I use a text file of addresses?
I have to send different files to about 15 doctors and I have the text file created.

this is an example:

folder,email
doc1,doc1@yahoo.com

I am betting I need to change line one in the text
and I know I will need to change the '$MailItem.To = "recipient@@domain.com"' to point to the file, but I cannot find the post regarding this - I saw one out there somewhere.. dangit.

Also there are multiple attachments:
$attach[0],
"$home$folder\(current month)\"+$attach[0],
$attach[1],
"$home$folder\(current month)\"+$attach[1],
the $home and $folder are previously defined.
should I just use

$MailItem.Attachments.Add($home$folder\(current month)\*.*)
??

Thanks a bunch!!