 "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 |
After I was diagnosed with severe Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) I started HBO treatments immediately. I went to a large facility that seats about 8. I am claustrophobic but after a couple of dives I got my head around it and kept my mind busy playing scrabble or watching TV. I didn�t have dramas with my ears but my eyesight became blurry after the 3rd week (15 dives). The onsite Doctor said blurred vision can be a short term side effect. Unfortunately my eyesight didn�t return to pre-HBO days and was permanently damaged. ORN is a shocking disease. HBO treatments are painless.
Good luck!
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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