All: I thought it might be a good idea to use one thread with our concerns and problem.
Medhelp has been such a blessing to all of us, and I thank them, and hope some of these suggestions would help express our concerns with the new layout, and together, maybe we can come up with some compromise.
1) The left column is fairly empty. Consider expanding the actual forum posts (appears more in the center of the page now) into this area of the setup, so the post and the responders are not so close together.
2) The photo box next to the user appears "on top" of the post and takes up a lot of space and blurs the subject line because it places them too close together. Suggest allowing the mouse hovering feature over the name and poster (as it was before to the left) in order to make this more suitable for the eyes.
3) The subject line was in a list format previously (without the pic, etc). This allowed the eyes to actually see the topic/comment or question much more clearly. The above suggestions may allow for this feature to work for us again.