Re: anyone hear or have done this?

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Yes Debbie, hyberbaric oxygen chambers. That was it! Thanks

Judy

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Thanks ...I'll check out that website you mentioned. From what you

describe, this puts a whole new light on the subject.

Judy

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I did 3 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen treatment in December. My doctor wanted

me to do 12 sessions in a row, but it was too costly and the daily drive was

too much for me. I did notice that after 3 sessions my " sick " feeling from my

myositis was gone- but it came back in a week and could have been a

coincidence. This doctor says he has had great results with an MS patient, and

also with

a 1 year old child who has a mysterious muscle disease. The child was

crawling and able to swallow after treatment and couldn't before. This doctor

also

said it is showing great promise in stroke... neurons previously thought to be

dead and lost forever can apparently be revived. I'm still on the fence...I

didn't give the treatment a fair shot (10-12 sessions) so I cannot say for

sure...

Emma

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Hi Judy

This doesn't ring true to me. I've been in hypabaric chambers, they

are big bulky indoor submarines that are pressurized to 2+ atmospheres

pressure. I have not seen anything indicating this is an approved

therapy for autoimmune arthritis, and it is costly. Check out

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbaric_oxygen_therapy

There are not that many hyperbaric chambers in the US. I think there

are 2 in all of California. There are companies selling portable HB

chambers for home use, but they use pretty low pressure levels. The

two biggest uses for the technology are carbon monoxide poisoning from

smoke inhalation and osteonecrosis.

best regards -

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hyperbaric oxygen chambers? I have read about these.

rheumatic anyone hear or have done this?

Hi group,

In last Sunday's papers, I saw an ad from a local Dr's office highlighting a

treatment called " Hyber...... " (can't recall the full word now). It specific

ally said it was used for people w/RA, MS and other autoimmune diseases. It

aroused my curiousity and I called Monday and the Dr told me the patient goes

into a chamber with an oxygen mask and the 100% inhalation of oxygen reaches

the tissues at a cellular level taking down inflamation and steering the

immune system to the right track. I asked if it attempted to eliminate signs

and

symptons and his answer was " no " ....goes to the root cause.

I did some internet research and it backed most of what he said with some

conditional factors where a person should not do it. I am definitely skeptical

and wondered if any of you have done the " oxygen " thing, maybe this particular

procedure?

thanks

Judy

PS Next wk I'll ask my holistic dr what he knows about it.

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Hi group,

There is a medical hyperbaric chamber in Melbourne Australia where they

treat disease. I know they write their results in medical journals.

There is also a hyperbaric chamber in our state hospital. I don't know

if the treatment has anything to offer rheumatic illness, but the

downside seems to be that it is prohibitively expensive - thousands of

dollars.

Chris.

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> Thanks ...I'll check out that website you mentioned. From what you

> describe, this puts a whole new light on the subject.

> Judy

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I have done many hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments and truthfully believe

it helped me. And yes, it was very expensive.....Still in remission for SD.

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Hi group,

Thanks to all of you who posted regarding hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Just

yesterday in the mail I rec'd a huge packet from the office I called re it.

(he's an MD).

Of course, there was lots of supportive evidence for this and the science

behind it sounds believable. I plan to do more research.

....and yes, it is expensive, as many of you noted. His charge is $100 per

session (1 hr), a 10% discount for 40 or more, and the average amt is anywhere

from 20 to 50 sessions. It's all done at his office. And also, of course,

insurance does not cover it, excect under certain circumstances.

Judy

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Here is something you can either take or leave, since it is totally anecdotal.

We used to have a pool but since my son is allergic to chlorine and I don't like

it much, either, my dh bought a non-chlorine based product called Baquacil to

use instead. I discovered that when I spent an hour or so in the pool every

evening (I have lupus soevenings for me in order to avoid the sun), I felt

better. I couldn't understand why since I wasn't really exercising ( I would

maybe swim a lap or so but mainly just liked treading around in the deep end or

floating on my back and looking at the stars). Then I discovered that Baquacil

is hydrogen peroxide based and my doctor thought that probably my body was being

oxygenated and that was why I felt better.

Unfortunately, I lived in MO at the time and was lucky to be able to use the

pool 3 months out of the year (I could stretch it to 5 if I wanted to pay a

fortune for heating it). So I was limited. I moved to Tucson, AZ recently and am

waiting for our house to be done (hopefully the first). Couldn't afford a pool

initially but have enough yard to put one in later. We will have a jacuzzi

right away,though, and I plan to use a hydrogen-based productin it.

So, if you have a pool or jacuzzi, but might try this. Baquacil is a bit more

expensive than chlorine, but not too bad. There is also a second hydrogen-based

pool product and I can't remember the name of the jacuzzi product at the moment

(a lupus lapse) but your pool/spa supply place would know about them.

Lindi

Re: rheumatic Re: anyone hear or have done this?

Hi group,

Thanks to all of you who posted regarding hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Just

yesterday in the mail I rec'd a huge packet from the office I called re it.

(he's an MD).

Of course, there was lots of supportive evidence for this and the science

behind it sounds believable. I plan to do more research.

...and yes, it is expensive, as many of you noted. His charge is $100 per

session (1 hr), a 10% discount for 40 or more, and the average amt is anywhere

from 20 to 50 sessions. It's all done at his office. And also, of course,

insurance does not cover it, excect under certain circumstances.

Judy

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