TENS units are da bomb diggety. Just be sure that you dont A) fall asleep with it on, or B) take it through plane security without first removing the batteries.
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Firstworld rant: I have no internet at home. Stupid stupid internet company sends "software upgrades" to modems remotely, and the indicator that said upgrades are happening is that you lose your internet connection and the power light on the modem flashes alternately red and green.
Yours truly, in the middle of watching an episode of Harpers Island when this took place, immediately began diagnostic preceedings because OMG NO INTERNETS ON DAY OFF!!! and ruined everything. Now have to wait days for new modem b/, according to nice tech support guy who listened patiently while i cried [1], once software upgrade is interrupted it is dead forebber and ebber and i have to wait patiently for a new one in the mail. *sniff* Apparently, they do it at night b/ it will be "less disruptive." I firmly believe that an awful lot of ppl are awake at 3am and using their internets and ought to be warned of the cataclysmic tragedy awaiting them should they attempt to "fix" the perceived problem.
Ok, so i totally overreacted, and i do have internets at work, and don't have to pay bills for another week, but still super annoying. AND even though i was only using the net for entertainment purposed, there are plenty of people who use net access for valid, legitimate work purposes at 3 am. Of this i am certain. And for them i protested.
[1] i was tired, cranky, in pain, and right in the middle of a climactic scene. Annoying!
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TENS units are da bomb diggety. Just be sure that you dont A) fall asleep with it on, or B) take it through plane security without first removing the batteries.
I knew about the first one. I'll have to remember the second. Why batteries, though? I mean, if they think it's a bomb, do they think that lack of batteries will keep it from going off? There are plenty of places past security to buy batteries, aren't there?
Much like travelling with a ....personal relaxation device.....there is the possibility of unexpected and suspicious buzzing from one's luggage when traveling with batteries installed.
Hil, I'm so glad you found something to make the pain better.
ION: wow, I ran today.
I had something to hand in today, SPSS related. I forgot it at home, and planned to do it again in the 40 minutes after class to make it to the deadline, only had as much concentration as... Oh, look, bunny!
Someone told me I could use his outputs. I looked at it, looked the same as mine. I handed it in.
5 minutes later, I felt so guilty to the point of actual sickness. I went back, pulled it out of the lecturer's cell, ran back home, took my paper and handed it in, an hour later.
I just couldn't do it. Even though it's the same thing, and I knew I did it myself the day before, I just had to hand in my own paper. I knew it was wrong.
Also, someone I know got bad medical news in a bad timing, and that makes me very sad. Not something that kills, but something very expensive that alters one's quality of life.
It's possibly giving me either cancer or superpowers, but right now, I really don't care. And, hey, superpowered shoulder might be cool.
Heh. I love TENS. Sadly it doesn't have the pain-relieving effect for me that I hear it does for others, but it's much fun (tingle, fizz, tingle).
Shir, best wishes for your friend who's received bad medical news. I hope they have access to good treatment. And good on you for handing in your own paper.
OK. I belong to a research e-mail list run by my university department. A professor whose work I adore is involved with a studentship in pretty much the area I want to do my PhD in. (He also happens to be based in *London* - dear God, the fantastic thought of no more commuting to Leeds.) He's asked prospective students to e-mail. How does one write an e-mail saying something along the lines of "You're great - your department's work is cool - give me a studentship please?" and also make it sound like I know what I'm talking about? I've got a good proposal, but dude do I suck at knowing the appropriate rules of social interaction. In this or any other official situation.
Is a TENS machine similar to what they use at the chiropractor's?
Happy Birthday to askye!
Yay for TENS. It is very good to read that it is supplying relief.
many chiros use a more complex TENS unit - it's basically four patches hooked to wires that delivers an electric signal through certian muscles (depending on where the patches are applied) and sometimes provides pain relief by confusing the brain with electric signals that it somehow interprets as "significantly less pain" rather than "wierd tense tingle". It is magic. I heart mine on the days/nights when the pain prevents thinking, much less more complex activities like standing or walking.
A TENS machine was one of the options for pain relief during childbirth. (We went with the drugs.)
