pinkberrykay, I can sympathize with you. I, too, am putting it off. I've had a torn rotator cuff for a little over a year.

This is an educational thread.

I'm a retired Nurse practitioner, on occassion we would have to remove sutures, one of the covering doctors always wanted to see the patients who came back after surgery with him so he would remove the sutures. He was an avid fisherman, so it was a joking struggle for which one of us would keep the scissors & hemostats. LOL And of course we would always soak them in an antiseptic before running offf with our prize.

I hse a pair or forceps to stuff doll fingers and toes. Just grasp a bit of stuffing twist it around the points and push into finger. Then release the grip and pull the forceps out. Perfect little fingers.

I use forceps to hold the sewing machine needles when I change them. No fingers blocking my view, and no dropped needles.

I use my forceps to guide fabric through the machine. They are small and I can see around them. I love them and also my hemostats. I use them often. I put a piece of tubing on the end so they don't tear my fabric in my plastic bin. They are awesome.

My DH just had open heart surgery! The surgeon wired his sternum together and the skin was closed with glue (no stitches or staples) and no new tools for me!!

Brilliant! I have trouble with this - more on some machines than others. I had bought a special little plastic tool by Simplicity for setting needles but I never know where it is. The hemostat is always nearby. :)

Forceps could maybe be used on a serger to thread the needle, do you think?

I'm getting woozy....