Bogs goes electronic.

[Blogwitch]

Hi John, long time no hear from you.

I actually had a failure yesterday. On Wednesday I gave it the full monty. I had gradually built up to it, as suggested by the quacks, and got my first four 1.5 hour sessions in, and it worked great.

I was due to help Stew yesterday afternoon with his boiler, but by the time I had got to his shop on my buggy, even with the tens unit, I was in no fit state to stand up, never mind help him.

The tens unit masks the pain, not fixes it, and because I had done so much on Wednesday, there was just too much pain for it to overcome by the time my body caught up yesterday, even with excruciatingly uncomfortable settings on the unit.

It is going to be a matter of finding the correct work regime for me to follow, so that whilst under the numbing effect of the tens unit, I don't overdo it.

It's good to hear thought that these electronic devices can help in some cases and good to hear that it is helping someone from the forum....

Don't get me wrong John, this is my last hope, and it has given me pain relief beyond my wildest dreams, for the first time in over 35 years I can feel no pain as such. But there is always a down side, and with me, it looks maybe like one day no pain, the next, a bit more than usual.

Friends are taking us out today, so I will give it another go on the full monty, and then see what it feels like tomorrow.


John

 

[HS93]

John my recollection of using them is more power is not always the best you have to get a level and freqency (pulse) to a level that works I always found a lower level gave more relief, when they are not as powerfull as they where these days since they can now be bought over the counter the originals ones where only available in the UK if they where perscibed by a specialist, I think I told you I had an incident when i knocked the controles and could not turn it down as I did not have enough control to do it.

peter

 

[Blogwitch]

Peter,

I remember you telling us about that episode, and we all had a good laugh at your misfortune.

Yesterday, I tried every mode at all settings, low and high, and still it was not enough to subdue the pain I was feeling, but after a few more hours of good rest, I had recovered enough for my morphine patches to take control.

As I said, I think it is a great unit, but I must prepare and restrict myself so that I don't overdo things while under it's influence, I don't want a repeat of yesterday.

Today, everything is back to normal and it is doing a great job.


John

 

[Apprentice707]

Hello John,
I am so pleased that you are getting relief after so many years of pain. I too am ex-RAF and I hope they played a part in your recovery, if not that is a disgrace. Best wishes for the future and welcome back to a great hobby.

Regards

B

 

[ozzie46]

Hello John,
I am so pleased that you are getting relief after so many years of pain. I too am ex-RAF and I hope they played a part in your recovery, if not that is a disgrace. Best wishes for the future and welcome back to a great hobby.

Regards

B

Unfortunately John passed away a few years ago.

Ron