[TMIC] could this help?
My husband recently trailed a device to help his back pain and to help him be steadier on his feet! We are in the UK, so forgive me if you guys already know all about this! Its a bit bigger than a mobile phone and has wires and electrodes x2 which are placed near the top of the spine and near the bottom of the spine. It sends pulses from 1 electrode to the other. Its called Acticare. After using it for a week my husband felt that the pain was greatly reduced and that his walking got faster and steadier! He had to hand it back to the pain clinic after a week, and went home and ordered one via the internet, which arrived the next day. ( it was £200) Over the last few weeks he feels the benefit more and more. Of course you have to charge it and be without it sometimes, and than the pain is back to its usual levelbut you know that you can get the device back on and you will soon feel much better! You would have to have help to put the sticky gel pads on as they go right in the middle of your back! If anyone wants any further info please let me know and I will try and help! It was Harrietts e-mail that inspired me to share! Hope it helps someone. Kind regards Sally in the UK.
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Hi Everyone, I too get up feeling like I can do anything. I always start some sort of project ( cleaning house, clearing out a closet, decorating) and soon realize I "bit off more than I can chew" I tire so easily. Hence, I always have half of things completed. And a bigger mess than I sarted with. Oh well, I am starting to learn how much I can do before I get tired. Resting usually restores most of my energy, but not all. Lynn P. in Frigid RI - Original Message - From: Heather Pieter To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hi Everyone Hi there, I have not met Harriet but want to thank her for her ideas and upbeat feelings as well. She hit the nail on the head when she said that we can tend to feel our body image failing with clunky shoes, heavy limbs and in my case as one of the walking wounded - feeling like an invalid (when I'm not really - in my mind anyway). I hope to get my driver licence back soon when I am approved by the Driver Fitness and Monitoring people to use a left foot accelorator. Then I am hoping to go and try some water therapy at a lovely warm water swimming pool here in Calgary. I gave up the exercise classes a while back. Just got tired of the trek there and back in the Handibus etc. janh, You mention overdoing things at this time of year. This is my 3rd Christmas now with TM. I was hit by it Sept 2003. This year we do not have friends living with us to help decorate (as we did in 2003), and we don't have my husband's daughter and granddaughter living with us to help out (as we did in 2004). So overdoing it in the 'getting ready for the season' is not hard. I am finding that when I first get up in the morning after a good nights rest I think that I can do 'anything' and do it quickly. Of course once I start doing things I quickly become more tired (in my body from waist down where I am affected from T8 - T10) and my limbs become s heavy that I have to take frequent rests. I am going to write a note in my 2006 calendar to start preparing for the season a whole lot earlier (like at the beginning of November) next year. Sorry to write so long a 'note'. I am just musing this morning but should get in gear as my hubby and I have a little more Christmas shopping to do today and decorate the tree that has been standing in the living-room 'bare' since Saturday. It is one of the fake trees with the lights already attached but looks kind of sad with no ornaments or garland. Bye now, Heather in Calgary - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hi Everyone Harriet,It's so good to hear from you.and everything your shared was a positiveand an idea for some of us to pursue.It's great to hear you so upbeat!!Thanks for writing and keep us updated..this time of the year we need positive strokes as we're all so busy, and we can get down! so easily when we overdo.janh Stiolwater OK No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/199 - Release Date: 12/13/2005
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Hi Everyone, Yep, I am exactly the same way. Bite off more than I can chew. Before TM I did everything - very active - this fatigue has to be one of the hardest parts of TM for me. My mind tells me "yes - go for it" my body has ideas of its own. Therefore, I have half-done things all the time - and let me tell you, I'm one of those people who could never tolerate that before!! Life does change that's for sure. Naps are the only thing that keep me half-way sane. Blessings to all Linda in Bothell, WA -- Original message -- From: "Lynn Pouliot" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone, I too get up feeling like I can do anything. I always start some sort of project ( cleaning house, clearing out a closet, decorating) and soon realize I "bit off more than I can chew" I tire so easily. Hence, I always have half of things completed. And a bigger mess than I sarted with. Oh well, I am starting to learn how much I can do before I get tired. Resting usually restores most of my energy, but not all. Lynn P. in Frigid RI - Original Message - From: Heather Pieter To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hi Everyone Hi there, I have not met Harriet but want to thank her for her ideas and upbeat feelings as well. She hit the nail on the head when she said that we can tend to feel our body image failing with clunky shoes, heavy limbs and in my case as one of the walking wounded - feeling like an invalid (when I'm not really - in my mind anyway). I hope to get my driver licence back soon when I am approved by the Driver Fitness and Monitoring people to use a left foot accelorator. Then I am hoping to go and try some water therapy at a lovely warm water swimming pool here in Calgary. I gave up the exercise classes a while back. Just got tired of the trek there and back in the Handibus etc. janh, You mention overdoing things at this time of year. This is my 3rd Christmas now with TM. I was hit by it Sept 2003. This year we do not have friends living with us to help decorate (as we did in 2003), and we don't have my husband's daughter and granddaughter living with us to help out (as we did in 2004). So overdoing it in the 'getting ready for the season' is not hard. I am finding that when I first get up in the morning after a good nights rest I think that I can do 'anything' and do it quickly. Of course once I start doing things I quickly become more tired (in my body from waist down where I am affected from T8 - T10) and my limbs become s heavy that I have to take frequent rests. I am going to write a note in my 2006 calendar to start preparing for the season a whole lot earlier (like at the beginning of November) next year. Sorry to write so long a 'note'. I am just musing this morning but should get in gear as my hubby and I have a little more Christmas shopping to do today and decorate the tree that has been standing in the living-room 'bare' since Saturday. It is one of the fake trees with the lights already attached but looks kind of sad with no ornaments or garland. Bye now, Heather in Calgary - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Hi Everyone Harriet,It's so good to hear from you.and everything your shared was a positiveand an idea for some of us to pursue.It's great to hear you so upbeat!!Thanks for writing and keep us updated..this time of the year we need positive strokes as we're all so busy, and we can get down! so easily when we overdo.janh Stiolwater OK No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/199 - Release Date: 12/13/2005
