My mom has a tens unit she's had for awhile.

This numbness is driving me nuts, and it kind of hurts. I figured it wouldnt hurt to try the tens unit to see if did anything to help.

I got it out, found some clean electrodes, and put them on. Finally figured out how to turn the thing on, and....I think it's helping. Kind of stings a little bit, but the fact that I can feel something other than deep numbness on those spots, wow! It actually kind of feels good. It doesnt feel really powerful (I havent figured out how to put new batteries into the unit yet..these batteries are probably a few years old) but it seems to be helping.

Right now I have the black electrodes on my stomach, and the red ones on my right thigh. Those are two of the places where the numbness is really annoying. It seems to be working somewhat. Dont know if it's hurting me or not to use this, but I figure if it feels ok to me, it's not going to do me any harm.

I might try it on the side of my hip and back later on if I can figure out how to open the battery compartment to put fresh batteries in.