"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 |
I had 30 "dives" Hyperbaric treatments earlier this year prior to more surgery in April for Osteroradionecrosis where they removed nearly all of my bottom teeth and replaced my lower jaw with bone from my hip.
The surgeons believe that my "new jaw" and the area where my neck was dissected again is healing alot quicker due to the HBO and that having the HBO will also be a huge advantage to me when I can get teeth implants early next year.
Besides short term blurred vision from the HBO I had no other side effects.
Karen
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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