 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,406 | I'm curious about the HBO treatments. I don't have any dental issues at the moment and have always practiced what my dentists have told me is excellent dental hygiene. But you never know.
Specifically, like many of you I've had damage to my ears (in my case the right one) from RT. I can't equalize... that is, my ENT told me not to try it. I'd been a diver so know about how to do it (and there went my diving career...). But I'm concerned that if I ever needed to go under 1 atmosphere I wouldn't be able to, hence HBO wouldn't be an option for me.
Am I assuming correctly that to do any HBO dives you need to clear your ears, aka the Valsalva maneuver?
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 14 years all clear in 6/23 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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