Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | I second what Christine said. HBO can be done more than once. It help me tremendously. I could not eat anything before going in there, now I am eat soft foods. My HBO Dr even told me that I may need to come for me HBO if I get more non-healling ulcers. The vision, I did experience some issues, but that have now gone away. That is a temporary issue. It was well worth it, to be able to get off all the pain meds. I do not have any mroe exposed bone.
Angelia 31 at Dx. DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth, T1NOMO, T2N1M0 TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09 PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement PEG/PORT: 11/09 TX end: 02/01/10 PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear PEG Out: 06/21/10 Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN Baby girl born 11-30-12
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