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6 weeks after my knee replacement and I thought I made a huge mistake. The swelling wouldn't go down. Some days the pain felt worse than before the surgery. I'd lie in bed staring at the ceiling because I couldn't get comfortable no matter what I tried. I'm 62. Thirty years as a nurse. I knew recovery wasn't going to be easy but I wasn't prepared for this. At my follow up I completely broke down. My surgeon mentioned going back to cortisone shots. More cortisone shots. After everything I'd just been through. That night I went down a rabbit hole in knee replacement support groups. I kept seeing people mention TENS therapy. Saying it helped with the pain and swelling more than anything else. That the electrical stimulation was doing something the ice and the compression and the pain meds just weren't. I knew what TENS was. We used it in the clinic. But the machines I'd seen were always wired up and complicated. Not something you manage easily when you can barely get off the couch. Someone in the group mentioned a wireless one called Vibit. Apparently really easy to use with no cords. Just clip it on, press a button. That's it. I decided to give it a shot. First night I slept five hours straight. Hadn't done that since before the surgery. Two weeks in the swelling had come down so much I called my surgeon's office just to check everything was okay. My physical therapist asked what had changed because my range of motion had jumped. I told him about the Vibit. He wrote it down. Three months later my surgeon said if I can keep managing the symptoms this well, to only come back if things get worse. 30 years in healthcare and I found it in a Facebook support group at midnight. Make of that what you will. This is where I got it if you want to learn more: