StrokeSurvivorBlog

Below are a few brain injury facts. Even though I’ve read these things before, it’s a good reminder of the challenges my husband faces as a result of his acquired brain injury caused by stroke and subsequent seizures. This information helps me to adjust my expectations of him to match his abilities. The brain controls [...]

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 [...]

Seizures and driving don’t mix, and with good reason. About 22 years ago a teenage boy got into his car and drove out of the Pulaski High School parking lot on his way home. Five minutes later, his car jumped the curb and ran onto the sidewalk and left a path of destruction as five [...]

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 [...]