| Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18 Member | OP Member Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18 | Please help....My husband has completed 17 dives and his 20th will be on Thursday. His surgery for the extractions and 8 implants is scheduled for 4/30 which is 10 days after his last dive. The HBO clinic he is going to is telling us that the Marx protocol calls for surgery to take place within 5 days of the last dive while our oral surgeon says to stick to the protocol of 20 before and 10 after and that the elapsed time does not matter. I have tried to find the answer but I thought some one might now the answer to this. We dont have insurance and have paid the HBO clinic close to $8K already and they want another $1800 for 5 more dives. We may be living on the streets soon but he will have a nice set of chompers. lol
Traci ******* Spouse to Lew (59)(5 family members DX) SCC IVA/T1N2M0 BOT DX 9/08 /Tonsillectomy(cl)/ TX 12/08 (TPF)x2 /RT x35 w 7 wkly (Taxol, Carboplatin, Erbitux) Finish 4/09 / Port /no peg lost 105lbs/ 2/10 CT clear/HBOT x30/all teeth out and implants placed www.asilentepidemic.webs.com | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 | Traci,
I had my teeth pulled last year and followed the Marx protocol. I finished my set of 20 and the following week had my teeth pulled, 3 days later I finished up the last 10 HBO. I have not heard anything about a time frame except that it all should happen within a short amount of time. Ive done alot of dives and dont think a couple extra days would be a big deal. Wish I could tell you I knew for sure if it made that much of a difference. Im sure someone here knows the correct answer.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 6 | I asked my HBO tech. He has been doing HBO for 30 years, so he knows his stuff! He said it would not be a big deal to have a couple extra days lapse. Of course it should be done as close together as possible but it is alright for a few more days. He had one case where the person did HBO in April, got the teeth extracted and came back in Sept. to finish the last 10. My HBO tech said it sounds like it must be the facilities protocol.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | |
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