I've been having oxygen therapy now for a couple of months so what have I found? Has it helped? What are the benefits? Well I'm going, once a week now, so that tells you something. Full of energy - Straight after a session, I often feel a bit sleepy. It is so calming inside the chamber, so quiet and a real opportunity for an hour of down time, reading, listening to music … [Read more...]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – Diary day three!
You might have noticed the oxygen treatment kind of stopped, after only two sessions. This wasn't through any other reason but that life got in the way. A week's holiday followed by chaos at home, manic amounts of work, exhaustion, car sharing and my poor little brain unable to coordinate how I would actually fit in, and get to, any treatment meant it slipped through the gap. … [Read more...]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – Diary day two!
After an amazing night's sleep I had another session in the oxygen chamber. I've been really impressed with the dedication of the staff at the MS Centre who give their time voluntarily to keep the centre going and it's already made me think I'd like to help out if I can. This time I wasn't such a novice but was still a bit nervous. I don't know the ropes yet and everyone … [Read more...]
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy – Diary day one
Imagine a space ship or a submarine with tiny round porthole windows and one of those wind open doors and you're getting close. The chamber can seat about four to six people comfortably on padded chairs Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been around for a long time, originally invented to treat divers with the bends, the chambers are now widely used across the UK at local MS … [Read more...]