Alaska Mike, thanks for your reply. Medtronic recommended 2 atmospheres or 33 feet. The Doctor and technician both wanted to go to 2.5 atmospheres in order to treat the CRPS better, but Medtronic recommended against it. We are doing 40 dives, well ... that was just today increased to 50 with a possibility of 60. We are supposed to get the pump filled every 2 weeks while in HBOT treatment.
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Originally Posted by ALASKA MIKE
Do you know how deep in feet or ATA (atmosphere's) you are diving to?
I know the Medtronic pumps usually limit scuba diving to 33 ft because they say as pressure increases, pump flow decreases. Have you felt like your pump delivery has changed? I have talked to a few doctors who say Medtronic is being very safe with that depth and actually think you could dive to recreational limits in scuba but I never got a clarification on that.
I have a pump in me so that is why I put HBOT on hold until I learn more. I do know from other friends with severe CRPS that you must dive much deeper than the HBOT systems you see athletes using before UFC fights or NFL games. Those systems are usually 1.3 ATA max. My friends reported that they were treated in 2-3ATA and sometimes much deeper like 6 ATA. did they start you between 1.4-1.6 ATA?
I doubt you would feel different this early on because most of my friends did not feel a difference until after 20 dives and then some of them repeated 6 months later at 40 dives because they did not feel much different from the first 20 dives. They did feel better after the second set for some reason. none of them no why but are glad they tried a 2nd time.
I hope you get some relief from this and thanks for reporting to us about how you feel each day.
Mike
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