The physical therapist opened the case of the TENS and set it to:

Pulse Width - 220
Pulse Rate 50 (It's a ProM-300 unit.

In the middle under TIMER there are two thingees and both of them are set to 30. So I gather they are both set to 30 minutes. What the pulse width and rate is, I have no idea.

The only reason that we have the TENS unit in our possession is that my friend's mother gave it to her daughter, and she lent it to us.

Alan still has neuropathy between his toes, and his feet burn (all the time as he puts it). It's only the intensity that changes (like with the weather).

If the weather is about the change and it's going to rain, he will say "oh my feet are doing a dance".

Then after the hard hard rain, he goes 'ah, I feel nothing".

Now if you all think that this TENS unit is not going to make a difference, I'll tell him.

One time, when he saw Dr. Theirl, Dr. Theirl told him to put the TENS unit on his lower back because he felt that's WHERE ALL OF ALAN'S PROBLEMS STEMMED FROM.

Only no one else agreed with him and every single doctor he saw said "it's not your back".

Then he had the spinal tap and they found protein in his spinal fluid. And I know that you can have more than one thing going on.

So TENS is a blocker??

Well, when he goes to the Physical Therapy, they put some electrodes on him, then they put some big kind of pad over his leg, they turn on the juice for 15 minutes, and he's in heaven. They put the electrodes on the bottom of the right calf. (the leg where he had the surgery). (I kind of thought this gadget was a souped up TENS UNIT). Then they do some ultrasound, then the guy comes in and massages his lower calf. I have no idea why they do this, but Alan loves it. I have told them that Alan's leg does not hurt. They know exactly where he has neuropathy. I believe this physical therapy has much to do with him stretching the muscle in his calf.



God, I can't believe how stupid I really am compared to all of you.

So does this TENS thing help with the burning in the feet (for diabetic neuropathy)??

And if Alan does get cramps from this gadget, do I put ice, or do I put warm compresses?

JUST WENT IN TO CHECK, AND HE'S OUT LIKE A LIGHT. He must have loved this thing because he's sleeping like a baby. Exactly how he slept during the physical therapy appointment.