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Do you have tubes in your ears? If not you may need to get them put in. Many HBO patients need tubes in order to do their dives. Some HBO facilities insist on the patients getting tubes put in prior to beginning any dives.
Having tubes in your ears is not a big deal. Its minor surgery, some ENTs will even do it right in their office. When a patient has tubes in their ears, they must always wear ear plugs when taking a shower of getting into any kind of water.
When doing HBO, you should get checked prior to and after every dive by a nurse or the HBO tech. A doctor should be checking you once a week. In PA (probably everywhere), the doctor must be in the building whenever a patient is diving. I suggest you talk over your problems with the tech and ask if its a normal reaction. Ive done many dives and never had any problems except with my ears, that is until I got the tubes put in.
Since you are doing HBO for a dental procedure, you need to do the whole regime of dives. You goal is to avoid osteoradionecrosis which could turn into a huge problem if it would develop. Best wishes!!!
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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