Hi Michelle,

I, to date, have done 45 "dives" of HBO and it hasn't caused me any issues with swallowing. What it HAS done is everything the doctors expected it to do, which was to allow me to heal without infection. Hope it works for your husband.
Minnie

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.