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.)
Hubby loves his TENS unit, except when a lead comes loose from one of the pads and the charge wanders through his body instead of going to the other pad of its pair. He had me try it once, and I couldn't cope with the level he uses it on. It's like an odd massage.
