RE: HBO

March 2, 2008

Dear Peggy,

My daughter did HBO for lyme at a center in Deerfield Beach, FL. At that time

my inusrance paid for some of the treatments (United Healthcare). Our

experience at this center was great! They were very professional and kind and

knowledgeable about treating lyme disease with HBO. My daughter had a total of

70 treatments in two segments of 40 and 30. The tank was state of the art and a

single occupant tank. It has been over 4 years since her treatments and she is

doing quite well overall. I credit the HBO with " putting her over the top " and

perhaps saving her life.

Sheila

@...: peggyblumhagen@...: Sun, 2

Mar 2008 12:51:09 -0800Subject: [ ] HBO

Thank you Steve and :I appreciate your responses. I did get ahold of the

HBO center in Garden City but they said that Lyme is not an approved diagnosis

for HBO (they are a wound center). Do you have any ideas where I could find an

HBO center that would take my insurance? Also, I've heard that we can buy

individualized units to use at home. Have you heard of this?Peggyjk k

<win6060@...> wrote:Hi Peggy,my daughter did hyperbaric O2 for 6 weeks in

a monochamber when she was 4. B/c she was so young, the hospital asked that I

accompany her in the chamber. We (both have Lyme) felt great. She had no more

pain in her body and her labs were perfect. I have heard from her LLMD that the

effect, however, is not long lasting. We " messed " up the gain we made by

celebrating after her treatment by going up to a very high mountain ski resort

and she got very very ill. We didn't realize it at the time but her body was so

used to going below sea level, that when we went to 8,000 feet above, she got

really sick and landed in the hospital. We were able to do the hyperbaric at a

hospital and paid for by insurance b/c we were treating another condition

(osteonecrosis caused by years of steroid use).Thanks,----- Original

Message ----From: Olkowski <solkowski@...>To:

Lyme Treatment@...: Saturday, March 1, 2008 6:58:30 PMSubject:

RE: [ ] Dr 'sPeggy,I do not know if hyperbaric Oxygen

will help with your kids skin.We used it with fairly good success.Along with IV

antibiotics, it helped my son to look better and feel better.The hyperbaric has

to be to 2 atmospheres for, I believe, 60 - 90 minutes. We did this 5 days a

week for 8 weeks.At the end of that time, there was improvement.2 atm

necessitates an individual chamber. To save costs, some centers offer a larger

group chamber, but these do not reach to the level of 2 atm. Lyme affects

different people differently, and, I believe, consequently, different people

respond differently to the same treatment. In each individual, lyme symptoms wax

and wane. Our son had improvement from HBO, it lasted several months, after

which he began to feel more ill, but not as bad as when he started.So, in

conclusion, I am glad that we used HBO. It had a positive effect on our

son.However, it is not a cure all.Steve____________ _________ _________ __> To:

> From: peggyblumhagen> Date: Sat,

1 Mar 2008 08:49:33 -0800> Subject: Re: [ ] Dr ' s>>>

Hi>> I have four children with Lyme. A question that I have is about the skin.

My youngest daughter has variations of color happening in her skin on her arms

and it distresses her.>> Also this same daughter had an episode of severe jaw

pain so bad that the dentist did a root canal but there was nothing wrong with

her tooth.>> Do you have any ideas what might be wrong?>> Do you think that

hyperbaric oxygent treatment can help kids?>> (ages 14, 15, 19, 22).>>

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March 3, 2008

Thank you Sheila:

How did your doc present or what type of dx code did he give to get the HBO tx

approved? We have United Heath Care (cobra) paid by the State of Kansas because

we qualify for Medicaid and its cheaper for them to pay the cobra than all the

bills.

I had aetna last year and they were great. My previous employer changed my

insurance company on Jan 1st. United Health Care is busy trying to deny all of

our claims that were previously accepted (shots, IV's).

I'm glad to hear that HBO helped. It gives me some hope. I hope to get this

under control and killed (if possible) before my teen girls consider marriage,

since it is sexally transmitted.

It has been one of the most traumatic experiences of my life to find out I had

Lyme as well as all my children.

Thanks for your encouragement and support.

Peggy

" S. Lederman " <sm_lederman@...> wrote:

Dear Peggy,

My daughter did HBO for lyme at a center in Deerfield Beach, FL. At that time my

inusrance paid for some of the treatments (United Healthcare). Our experience at

this center was great! They were very professional and kind and knowledgeable

about treating lyme disease with HBO. My daughter had a total of 70 treatments

in two segments of 40 and 30. The tank was state of the art and a single

occupant tank. It has been over 4 years since her treatments and she is doing

quite well overall. I credit the HBO with " putting her over the top " and perhaps

saving her life.