Karen, if you do the rotary cutting before you go in you can sew when you feel up to it.....you will be able to sew long before you will be able to rotary cut (trust me)................wish we lived closer, I could help you.....do you have quilter friends that live close ? My Nephew and his Wife and family are in San Marcos, which is why my DD took me visiting there last week, but they are not quilters (yet). Holding good thoughts and prayers, especially tomarrow !