Area Surrounding Mouse Pad-Left and Right-Suddenly Sensitive To Touch

I have a 13" White MacBook that is suddenly acting really odd. The area (left and right) surrounding the mouse pad has become almost untouchable. If I touch those areas sudden and varying input occurs.
I write code on occasion and noticed a few days ago that errors would pop up with bizarre text causing the problem. Now, even the slightest touch will cause problems...maybe a copy and or paste, a simple highlight of text, the enter key is pressed, etc....
My Mac rarely leaves the desk, so no damage has occurred to the hardware.
Another issue I noticed that started a few weeks ago is that the cursor will go away for a brief second or two.
Any ideas???
Thanks...RedRacer123
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.31f1
Serial Number (system): W8836AGxxxx
Hardware UUID: 9ABA4ECA-EC9D-5640-8D8F-ED2FA4309934
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Save your work, connect the power adapter and remove the battery. Does the behavior persist without the battery?
~Lyssa

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