#tens

[pencilbrony]

The mundane has become unbearable

[impressive-imperfection]

It’s been great having a name for the pain I’ve had my entire life…naming means I can step back from the life-draining-medical- cycle of:

Experience pain ➡️ see my GP ➡️ bloodwork ➡️ Normal results ➡️ refer to specialist ➡️ more bloodwork & expensive tests ➡️ normal or inconclusive results ➡️ Specialist, “Don’t know, sorry.” ➡️ Me: weeks wasted, still in pain, & now with a bunch bills 💸 ➡️ pain moves ➡️ cycle repeats 🔄

I’d apologize for being dramatic, but chronic pain without a cure is a drama. For example, I’m currently in a flare cycle where intense fatigue and lower back pain are center stage, with hand and joint pain swaying in the chorus. Meanwhile neck, upper back, and shoulder pain are in the pit conducting the play and inciting headache & migraine to swoop in like The Phantoms of My Fibro, to stop the show and knock me on my ass.

Anyway, I’m looking for non-medication pain management options that I can use with my meds. I’ve been seeing info on TENS machines for fibromyalgia. Has anyone used one before? How did it work for you?

[trsbella-23]

[jhsharman]

everyone's girl watching at Riverdale Beach

And Betty takes up on Veronica's approval.

I think that is one of those claimed to be "out of context" panels that really isn't. I guess the story doesn't go in the direction you want it to? But with this as a background, it does clear up from whence comes the misunderstanding behind this story:

[popculturetarot]

‪The Ten of Pentacles is getting everything in this world, unlike the Nine which requires you to sacrifice for what you want, but with the Ten you get it all...‬

[versacethotty]

no way this heaux hit a dip, got up and karate chopped WOOD in under 20 seconds. like fuck drag we need you on tekken 💀😭

[djag2007]

My heart reacting to TENS muscle simulators.

[thebearcametoo]

Some fibro thoughts:

I am in my early 50s. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 10 years ago but have had symptoms and on and off treatment for those symptoms since my early 20s. For the last 10 years I have had naproxen prescribed and omeprazole prescribed to try and protect my stomach. Previous to that I didn’t have a PPI prescribed alongside my NSAIDs. Last year I was diagnosed with small stomach ulcers (an incidental finding when checking for other things) and my naproxen was stopped. So for the last year or so I have continued on gabapentin (slowly titrating the dose upwards to compensate for the lack of naproxen. I also take paracetamol 3-4 times a day. NICE (UK health guidance) means they won’t prescribe me opioids. So my pain relief options are limited.

The naproxen worked really well for me and I have really really missed it. A little while ago I got a referral to the pain clinic and had a good long consultation with a specialist pain doctor. I was hoping for another medication option. There isn’t one. I already have dry needling once a month and this or acupuncture is one of the things they suggest. He also suggested a TENS machine. This has made a huge difference. It’s still not as good as naproxen but it’s so much better than before.

The ‘prescription’ for the TENS is to use it on the sorest parts of my back, neck thighs etc for at least 20 minutes four times a day. He said to turn it up until you can’t bear it and then turn it down one. I thought I would find this hard to manage enough times in the day but I’m actually using a lot more than the minimum. There has been noticeably less stiffness and pain in my pelvis. I still haven’t quite cracked using it on my shoulders in a way that helps and doesn’t overwork the muscles but I’ll get there.

I can sometimes go a day without it but any longer than that I really notice the difference. I crave the electric shocks 😄

Obviously my kids had to have a play with my TENS when I got it. There was a lot of screaming from teen 1 but teen 2 really likes it.

All in all I highly recommend.

[15tarlit5kyline]

Do you remember?

It's been 15 years.

[pestpruf]

Consider Marc's Rehe im Walde II.

[anxiousleftist]

Is there some sort of machine like a TENS unit but for my whole body at once. I want to v i b r a t e

[fieriframes]

[Tens of thousands of people show up from all over the world to check it out. And talk about people coming from all over the world to check something out, I hear this place is gonna rock the house.]

[popculturetarot]

The Ten of Cups is Happiness, not momentary happy, but Aristotelean Happiness, the culmination of your life as a whole is great, you have a wonderful spouse, the house you wanted, success, your dreams are fulfilled and you see the light of how great your life is.

[mrsterlingeverything]

I want art masters degree