Hyperbaric
oxygen was a huge factor in my success. I continued with the
treatments in the monoplace chamber for over a year. I started with
60 dives, and then did 10-15 treatments each month as maintenance. I
infused my IV an hour before each treatment to maximize the effect.
I also did hot bath treatments before and after each dive.
Right in the
middle of my treatment, I decided to try a different type of oxygen
chamber, the multiplace (multi-person) chamber. It was less
expensive than the monoplace, and closer to home, so I tried it. I
wish I never tried it! My experience in the multiplace chamber was
not pleasant. First of all, I was with other people, and it was very
uncomfortable. You have to sit up and wear a mask over your head.
The mask kept leaking air out of the neck gasket and deflating on my
face. The other patients in the chamber were not instructed how to
equalize their ears, and my treatments were interrupted countless
times. You cannot rest, and forget about sleeping, that is
impossible in there. I got no help from those treatments; I got no
herx, and felt no effect at all.
I found out
later from my LLMD that in the multiplace chamber, I did not absorb
the pressurized oxygen through my skin, which is where spirochetes
like to hide. The hood had a design flaw, and it lost its potential
effectiveness through air leaks. Every single one of my multiplace
treatments were either delayed, or ruined by other patients who were
claustrophobic, could not equalize their ears, or complained about
the pressure depth and wanted to stay at 1.7 or 2.0 atm. I needed
2.4! It was very frustrating, and wasted a lot of time and money.
Before I knew the facts, I tried another multiplace chamber.
This one was a
bit different. There was only one other patient with me who also had
Lyme. We dove to 2.4 but it never felt like it. Again, no herxing,
no nothing! The mask was better than the hood at the first place,
but it still felt "whimpy." It is very frustrating to deal with the
lack of individual attention in a multiplace chamber. Treatments are
started and stopped so many times it can take hours just do a single
dive. Even though the multiplace chamber says you are at 2.4 atm, it
is more like 2.0, and I could feel the difference. I got fed up with
the lack of results, and went back to the monoplace chamber.
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