Fiskars Razor-Edged Softouch Scissors: Relief for Thumb- and Arthritis-Pain Sufferers

More than two years ago, I started having pains in my hand in the fatty part of my palm near my thumb. It would come and go. At the time, I was a photographer and was constantly using my right thumb to press the button to take pictures of babies, toddlers, children, teens, adults, couples, families, etc. during the back-to-school and Christmas rush. We would be taking pictures non-stop on weekends. During the week, we worked alone, so that meant non-stop for me at times, and it started taking a tool on my hand. I would pull out my hand brace I had from years ago (when I had sprained my wrist) and wear that to work. It would help, and the pain would be gone for a couple more months. Then it would act up again during cold and humid weather. When my hand and thumb were feeling fine, I would go about my sewing, crafts, etc. as usual.

Well as most of you have read that my thumb continued to get worse. I think it started when my sister and I opened our own seamstress business. we had deadlines and would work till 2 a.m. and then I would go home to get some sleep, only to have to be at work at 10 a.m. to open the studio and take pictures for 8 hours. Then after work I would head over to my sisters and we would start designing patterns, pinning them on the fabric and cutting them out, and begin sewing. This went on for 11 months non stop. There were some times that we got some last minute orders for a show, so we would stay up until it got light out, or if I didn't have to work we would pull an all nighter plus sew into the morning. I would stay over at my sisters, we would nap and then get up to keep sewing, or cutting, etc.

Well my thumb just continued to get worse so I went to the doctor, and he gave me a cortisone shot and said to come back in 2 weeks if it hadn't worked. He also suggested that I get a scissors that I would only have to close and it would have a spring release to open itself. To save my hand/thumb from repetitive motion.