Nervo Senza Remote
 

Hi Chaps & Chapesses,

Now I don't know the technical paramiters in designing and manufacturing medical equipment, (because I am a bit thick) and I appreciate that a reassuring beep is rather nice when selecting the functions on the remote, but does it have to be as loud as the activation chirps of a 1980's aftermarket car alarm :eek:

Which brings me onto my next issue, it is huge! not exactly discreet or pocket sized, so this has led me into the rather controversial world of carrying a man-bag. Now I have never been afraid of my feminine side and have always been very comfortable with my sexulality, but i have yet to find a way to wear this man-bag without looking camp... no matter how much facial stubble I have going on.

And lastly the colour, who in their right minds decides "this remote needs to be a nice shade of 1990's computer monitor off white", maybe they have never seen a rainbow and are completely unaware of the myriad of colours available on this planet of ours :circlelove:

Wingy

Laughing
 

Wingy

You have me in stitches
I love to laugh
I got a belly laugh
As you describe it all
awesome
Me

Manbags, sexuality, and beards.....
 

Your killing me

gotta laugh
 

So necessary and also relieves pain.....

I was having a two hour conversation with my best friend and had to plug my phone into my 'charging stick"....we started a dialog about putting a USB port in my butt cheek connecting to my SCS battery...that way I could charge my phone on the go ...what a hit I would be at airports!!

Thanks for the laughter Wingy!!

HB

The blue trim
 

You forgot to mention the added whimsical blue trim...

I don't know why they made all the accompanying items so huge, the battery inside us is slim and sleek looking, yet the remote together with the chunky charger and its bright blue paddle makes for many an amusing double look when going through security checks.:eek:

Exactly Pam, that's what we couldn't work out either. No reason the remote can't be the size of something to fit on a key ring along with your house keys etc. Rae and I were only discussing this yesterday. As for whoever designed the pouch/strap setup for the paddle, I wonder if they have ever had to use one? Let alone use one in an uncommon position!!

Phil

Thanks for the laugh, this first week has been a bit of a relief, but also a bit stressful.

You forgot the coloured buttons! Of which my Nevro Rep immediately drew a BIG cross on the red button, saying not to use this button, and the red button on the charger. As for the size, my complex stereo remote is smaller than that. You can't even put it in a shirt pocket!

Man bag hey? Might fit in if I rode a Harley, but possibly not so well on my Suzuki. :D:D Might have to look at a small knapsack, that would also help protect my battery site.

Phil

I had to give up my Suzuki Bandit and Kawasaki as they were both a bit too top heavy for me in recent years, I now have a Maxi-Scooter and a little Honda Cub with a pit bike engine in it.... good for 60mph the little demon is :-)

I do find the Maxi Scoot a lot easier to handle and live with than my previous bikes, hoping to do my usual trip from the south of England, over to France, through Belgium and up into the Netherlands later this year, had to give it a miss last year as I was in too much pain, but fingers crossed for maybe September.

People do give me rather strange looks when I get off the bike, unfold my walking stick and hobble off, unfortunately the man-bag does look rather at home when I am on the maxi scoot, which really is not the bad boy image I was after :cool:

I can imagine the scene if i come off, bits everywhere and a paramedic trying to shove a Honda regulator into the gap created as my IPG made a bid for freedom, and after a motorcycle mechanic looking through his 2002 Honda manual trying to find out where this strange looking pulse generator is suppose to fit :D

Wingy

Pouch strap
 

Hey fellow Nevroettes, I have used the pouch thingy with its extra long Velcro strap maybe 3 times since December. It's an absolute pain and not even remotely useful and I find it's best to either slap it on bare skin and tie my dressing gown sash over it or wedge it between my jeans and belt. If I'm upright I can sometimes get 3 green bars, if I'm sitting 2 bars maximum and some days I get the dang orange bar and the beep beep beep. I have found the more pressure on it the less green bars but with my pain at an all time high I just can't sit or stand still long enough to get a quick charge so the beep beep can tip me over the edge sometimes.

I use the pouch most nights, but not without difficulty sometimes. Often have to get Rae to help. Part of the awkwardness I think is because of where my unit is situated just behind my left armpit. But with a little fiddling I can usually achieve 3 green bars. I'm hoping when things get back to normal that Rae might have time to make something more appropriate for holding the charge paddle in place.

I too use the pouch thingy with the incredibly long Velcro strap for charging and generally have no problem getting a permanent three lights up... although it can drop a bit when I go swimming :D

The other night I was in the kitchen, yeah i know and I'm a fella, must have been getting a beer out of the fridge or some other manly type thing, anyway all of a sudden 'beep, beep, beep', checked the unit - three lights, right I'll ignore that, where was I, 'beep, beep, beep', "What the hell is wrong with this thing? I exclaimed to Mrs Wingy. "I doubt there is anything wrong with it she said, now can you stop learning against my washing machine and upsetting the control panel, go and do something useful". Doubt it, I haven't done anything useful in the last 26 years of marriage, don't really want to start changing habits of a lifetime now!

So the moral of my tale is; best keep out of the kitchen to avoid confusion.

Happy days, Wingy