I can't afford not to buy a new keyboard

I have this wireless keyboard I've had for years that I have a love/hate relationship with. It has some special buttons for the photo program I use and they don't make it any more, so I have refused, up to now, to buy a new one. The problem is that the CTRL key wore out long ago. This is problematic because I use the CTRL key a lot when I organize my photos. I will get like 20 selected and when I go to select the next one I will lose all my selections because the CTRL key will stop working. It's so frustrating, but I keep trying over and over. If I hold it down hard enough it will usually work. But about a month ago I got especially mad and threw the keyboard in the general direction of my office door. Unfortunately, it hit the door not once, but twice putting two keyboard-sized holes in it and then flew into the hall where it put a small dent in my wood. But, I picked up the pieces and a little tape and super glue later, I was back to work. Fast forward to tonight. I had been working on a website for several hours and was tired and hungry. The CTRL key had been giving me fits all night and there was this commercial for Carter County Dodge that kept coming on the radio and inching me ever so close to insanity. The CTRL key failed for about the tenth consecutive time so I took the keyboard firmly in both hands and drilled it ever so destructively into the floor. Oh, you should have seen it. Keys went everywhere. After a break and realizing that I had to get the site done and didn't have a backup keyboard, I starting reassembling. It was like a puzzle, really. I have yet to find the right SHIFT and the F10 button, but ehh... those aren't that important anyway. My trusty keyboard and I will power through... at least until I can get to Staples tomorrow to replace it. I really don't think I can afford not to. And, now you know my dark side... astonishing little patience with computer peripherals.