Stroke Survivor Blog

It’s easy for caregivers to get discouraged, and that’s the way I feel right now. Not because Steve’s stroke recovery is slow, but because he won’t try to get better. I try to motivate him and get him connected with others struggling with the disability caused by stroke, but he uses their long-standing disability as [...]

Steve’s HBOT treatments are nearly completed. He won’t be doing the full 40 recommended sessions, because he doesn’t want to spend nice days inside of the chamber. He is discouraged because he hasn’t seen a more dramatic change, so he wants to give up. Part of the reason there hasn’t been more of a change [...]

Steve is improving with the hyperbaric oxygen therapy. So far he’s had eleven HBOT treatments. His ears don’t bother him any more, and he has shown some improvement in his stroke recovery. He’s also getting some pain relief in his leg, especially in his knee. One big improvement I’ve noticed is in the way he [...]

Steve had his seventh hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment today after taking Monday and Tuesday off to allow his ears to recover, and he had NO ear pain. In fact, he didn’t even wear the ear plugs, because I forgot to bring them along. But he did well without them, so hopefully the barotrauma is [...]

Steve has had six hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatments, and he has experienced barotrauma, which is ear pain caused from the increased pressure.

A few months ago, Steve was watching late night TV and saw a commercial about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and how it can benefit stroke survivors. I had already gone to bed, so he wrote down the information and put the note on the kitchen counter so I could make the phone call in the [...]

What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)? Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Hyper (high) baric (pressure) oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the inhalation of 100 percent medical grade oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressure. This is equivalent to breathing 100 percent oxygen underwater from depths of 33 feet or more. HBOT is a simple, non-invasive and painless [...]