FREM'd

It felt like science fiction: attach 16 electrodes, 8 on each leg. Concentrate as the kinesiologist turned up the current in 2 electrodes at a time. "There." As soon as I could feel the sensation, I let him know. He dutifully recorded each level where sensation began in my legs for each electrode. Then he left me to be "FREM'd."

Each session lasted around 40 minutes; first my legs, then my arms. There was no pain involved. I simply sat and read a book during each treatment, and then I left too.

And it was true: after the first treatment, I DID notice a difference: the tingling in my hands stopped, for the first time in 2.5 years.

Still, I was skeptical: the tingling was an annoyance, and least of my concerns. I was more focused on pain relief, and that did not yield at all after session one. But I booked 9 more.

After all, what did I have to lose?

Beam me up, Scotty.