April 29, 2022 Columns by Ed Tobias Remembering My First MS Symptom What was your first MS symptom? Mine ā the one that made me realize something was really wrong ā was my inability to squeeze the toothpaste tube with my left hand one morning. Of course, there were earlier hints of trouble. I was unusually tired while attending a business…
October 15, 2021 Columns by Ed Tobias 3 Things I Discovered at My 50th College Reunion My wife and I recently returned from a long weekend in upstate New York, where we attended my college reunion. It was a biggie ā my 50th ā and had been delayed a year due to COVID-19. The sun was shining, and it felt like spring for the three days…
August 21, 2020 Columns by Ed Tobias I Give the L300 Go a Mixed Review I’ve been walking with the Bioness L300 Go for about eight months, so it’s time to update everyone on how things are going. The L300 Go is a functional electrical stimulator (FES) that helps counter my foot drop. MS has damaged the nerve that carries the message telling my…
December 6, 2019 Columns by Ed Tobias I’ve Had Success with the Bioness L300 Go This Time Around I used the Bioness L300, a functional electrical stimulation (FES) device, for about seven years to counter my left foot drop. I strapped it to my leg just below the knee. As I began to take a step, it sent a low-intensity electrical pulse down a nerve that runs from…
December 18, 2018 Columns by Ed Tobias Thinking About Quitting My Bioness L300 The L300, made by Bioness, is a functional electronic stimulator. It’s a cuff that I wear just below my left knee. It stimulates a nerve that lifts my foot and helps keep it from dragging. When I first got my L300Ā in 2012, it was a blessing.
September 12, 2018 Columns by Mike Knight Out on a Stim: My FES Journey Comes to an End (Part 3) Third in a series. Read parts one and two. In March 2018, I began a personal research project ā quest if you will ā to assess how functional electrical stimulation (FES) devices might help me deal with the foot drop in my…
July 11, 2018 Columns by Mike Knight Out on a Stim: The Pros and Cons of FES Devices (Part 2) Second in a series. Read part one. The thing about functional electronic stimulation (FES) devices, at least to me, is waiting for them to engage. No matter how much I prepare myself, Iām still surprised ā on pins and needles, if you will ā…