I think I may have another year before I suffer those symptoms.. I am hoping to get an embroidery machine next year. In the meantime though, I looooooooooove my embroidery threads that I use for other projects. I also just took a thread painting workshop last week, and i can see the reprocushons from it already!!! hmmm now that I think more about it, maybe I am in the first stages of it too... ooooooooooh nooooooooooooooooo!!!!