Hi folks!
Vicki, the device you speak of is called a TENZ Unit. I have one. It
runs on a nine-volt vattery. Depending how you set the volume
controls, That's what I call them, is the way the stimulation goes to
your back or other parts that you have pain.
Love,
Reeva Parry.
Legend has it that on Friday 8/2/2013 11:34 AM, Jackie Shepherd said:
>Phil, my husband Bill has a device, not sure what it's called, which
>has pads you place on places such as your shoulder or back and you
>can control pain with electrical impulses. He has a torn rotator
>cup and arthritis so bad that it has been hard for him to lift his
>arms to put his shirt on. This device relaxes the muscles and
>reduces the pain. Perhaps, if you have insurance,, it might pay for
>such a device for you. Also, maybe someone knows what that device
>would be called. I should know, having been a medical transcriber,
>though that was back in the 70s and I doubt they had anything like that.
>
>At any rate, I'll be praying for you. I know that the Lord will not
>let you suffer more pain than you can stand. He will always be there for you!
>
>Jackie
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>At 06:13 PM 2013-08-01, you wrote:
>>First, happy 137th birthday Colorado.
>>
>>My appointment with the back doctor wasn't all that encouraging
>>today. Basically, the x-rays they took today, plus the physical
>>tests they did, revealed my lower back is telescoping, that is, the
>>vertebras are all pressing downward. As they do, they are
>>pressuring the disks which in turn are spreading out, slipping to
>>the sides, and coming in contact with nerves which creates the pain
>>in all the various locations. The pain changes from the lower
>>back, into my hips, back of my legs, and all the way down to my
>>ankles. Each back episode, creates pain in multiple places but not
>>the same places each and every time. Also, the pain level my be
>>from mild to severe. They do not recommend surgery because it
>>would take a number of fusions of the vertebras to repair the
>>damage that is ongoing. They are recommending physical therapy in
>>order to learn ways of exercising to the point the vertebras pull
>>back from each other further and thus creating less pressure on the
>>disks. In short, learn to live with it. I was hoping it would be
>>a single set of vertebra that could be fused but that isn't the
>>case. The pain episodes will continue but hopefully, with the PT,
>>not as often and the exercises can be continued at home and should
>>help keep things in better shape; maybe. At some point, if the PT
>>is helping, I can go back and get shots in different places of my
>>lower back to help with pain management, if it gets unbearable,
>>that is, but only time will tell. Learning to live with pain is
>>going to be the name of the game. At least now I know. Certainly
>>not as encouraging as I would have hoped but knowing is better than
>>not knowing.
>>
>>Phil.
>>
>>Satan Has A God Complex
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