Yes, that’s my bra strap. Why are bra straps so scandalous? OMG! That woman is wearing a… BRA! (faint)

My doctor is massaging my insurance companies to pay for me a good TENS unit.

I have been using the electrical stim at physical therapy for a little over a month and combined with some simply stretching exercises to help build strength and flexibility, my awful lower back pain is mostly gone. Woohoo!

My therapist sent me home with a loaner unit on Wednesday and I’ve been playing with it ever since. I love it. It takes some trial and error to get it to stick in the right places, but it’s helped quite a bit.

And it’s something I can have on my person at all times — not just at home (hard to keep a gel pack on my back all day) — that interrupts the pain signals, meaning I can reduce my pain killer use correspondingly. The fewer narcotics I take, the better. Especially with that full-time desk job I will be starting in a couple weeks.

But I am a naughty girl. I have been browsing Etsy for a cute and stylish case to carry it on my hip…