Well the day has finally come when we took out the TENS thing that my friend lent us. I was afraid to go near it. Didn't want to electrocute him.

Yesterday during his physical therapy appointment, I took it out to show the guy. He said "oh, this is great, us it wherever you have pain". I said "I have no idea how to use this thing". He took the hand-set part of it, opened it up, programmed it (I gather he set the pulse and the width and the timer thing). He closed it up, he showed me where to attach the electrodes and he said:

"get your own electrodes, you don't want to use anyone else's electrodes.

So he said 'just turn it on, give it to him, and let him adjus the dial he can turn it up further , but start at one.

So I bought 4 electrodes for $7.00 at the Medical Supply Store.

Today, I just put two on each of his lower calves (that's where they do it at the physical therapy place).

I turn the two little dials on the top and I started at one.

Alan said "give that thing to me," and he juiced it up to the last number. Which means he turned the dials as far to the right as they would go.

It went off after 30 minutes. He just asked me to put the electrodes on his lower back. So he's laying inside on the couch with these 4 electrodes on his lower back.

Now I have no idea if juicing it all the way to the right is what he's supposed to do but that's what he did.

I'll try it later on one of my knees. The guy said to me "you can keep this on as long as you need to".

So if anyone has success or tips as to where else I can place these (for example, Alan has neuropathy between certain toes), can I put these on the top of his feet?

Now that I know how to use these things, well I know how to use it!!!

Oh, I have an important question about my using it.

I have no problem putting it anywhere on my body (my arthritis), but since i don't like anything of a vibrating nature anywhere near my feet, well...when my feet burn, where do I place these electrodes? will it stop the burning?? or will it drive me nuts and vibrate my nerves??

I do not want that.

Thanks much