Re: TENS Units - to

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I went to PT about a year ago for myofascial massage and

getting the TENS unit.

I tried it for about a half a year and I didn't think it did much for

me, in fact in some ways it made the pain worse. I felt that it

mimicked the spasming of the biliary / pancreas system too

much so that my body / brain interpreted the electrical

stimulation as biliary spasms or something (just my theory). I

tried all the different settings and the different intensities and

even when I used the continous stimulation at low, medium and

high intensity I still thought that it felt like it was inducing

abdominal spasms.

But I really think it is worth a try as some people get relief from

this. I thought that the myofascial massage was beneficial as

well as the trigger point injections. According to my pain doctor

(and I believe what she says - at least in my specific condition)

there are so many components to pain from CP. There is the

deep organ pain that is caused by who knows

what...(speculation abounds on that one) and nerve entrapment

pain from surgery and scar (also referred to as abdominal wall

pain) and neuropathy from nerves being severed and crushed

during surgery, to adhesions forming that push and tug and pull

at organs, to muscle being damaged from the surgery and from

the spasming that occurs naturally as the body tries to " protect "

the pancreas from further injury (that is what the massage and

trigger point injections try to address), and on and on. That is

why the doctor and patient has to try many different things alone

or in combination to see what works when and for how long.

As far as I am concerned.......I am willing to try almost anything,

short of swallowing some grotesque cup of " medicine " (I am

thinking of that worm therapy that some doctors are prescribing

for IBS - there is no way that I could ever, ever swallow intestinal

worms - I don't care how much pain I am in!).

Hope this helps.......

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Hi Laurie: Good to hear from you and thanks for the info!! As an

aside does anyone here try to respond to messages and the ad at the

top of the page for $160,000 for mortgage loan or some such thing

come up and it sort of shakes the page but continues to do so while

typing the first line or so of a reply? I'm getting that and LOL! I

don't think I'm imagining it!! It stops by about the 3rd or 4th

line of typed text....very annoying!!

At any rate, I'm willing to try anything at this point as well so

will give the TENS unit a go for awhile and try and record the

effects so I can get an accurate picture of whether or not it's

helping the pain.

Now, that worm thing that you mentioned? Haven't yet heard of that

one....that is disgusting!! Is there a web site I can go to? Just

out of some sort of morbid curiousity I guess...as I sure as he**

wouldn't do it either...yuck!!

Thanks for the info