Yesterday, Sean had a doctor’s appointment and I needed to accompany him as his sole legal guardian. The appointment was set for late morning so I did not have the 45 minutes to an hour to attach the tens unit to my knee. We also had cleaning appointments yesterday at our dentist where I was pretty sure that I was going to need to get x-rays of my teeth done. I didn’t want to have electric stimulation on my knee as an x-ray was being taken of my head.
Because of the appointments, I was unable to wear my tens unit yesterday. My knee hurt so much! It was a pain I was familiar with and that really stunk! Even though my knee was hurting so badly, I did not have a headache nor did I feel anxious.
Today, I was able to put my tens unit on so my knee is feeling a little bit better. I take Tylenol just as I turn it on but I’m just waiting for the headache that comes after I’ve had the tens unit on for a while and the anxiousness that will accompany me having the tens unit on for multiple hours.
I keep my tens unit on until the headache becomes too much to bare. Then, I turn a tens unit off so my knee will start to hurt and my head stops hurting so much. Why is it a trade-off that some part of my body has to be in pain?!