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Originally Posted by AnnieLee
Hi Diana, Thanks for the welcome. What's HBOT? I don't think I know what it is or at least don't recognize what the letters stand for. I'm glad to be a part of a support community. Been supporting other people with RSD some time now, through a place that is a chat room that's always open but in the last few months has had less people in it than used to be--last year it was a pretty active room with good ongoing support). I'm not new to RSD--almost five years now--but I'm one of the luckier ones in the sense that it is not all over my body. And my hand aren't affected, so I can type, and I do have one better leg, which helps give me a leg to stand on... 
I've been to the UK and I love it. A good friend of mine just went to the UK and she'll be there a while. She loves it, too, more than any other place on earth. Where in the UK do you live? (not trying to ask for specifics, just generally what area--I know about internet security and all that good stuff).
Take good care, and thanks for writing back so fast!
Annie |
Annie,
HBOT stands for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. That is oxygen under pressure in a Hyperbaric chamber. It was orginally use for divers who got the bends, or decompression illness when diving. Now HBOT has been a treatment for burn injuries, stroke, ms, cerbral palsy, and RSD to name a few. The oxygen under pressure floods our extremites with badly needed oxygen, increases stem cell production therefore aids in healing. You can do research on HBOT there is plenty out there. I orginally went to Canada for my first series of 40 dives. I have had two series of 40 dives in the US and now have purchase a chamber of my own. I have full body RSD swince 1989 and my life is better with the HBOT.
I don't live in the UK, I just visit. My husband is from England and his family lives there. HBOT is also a treatment for RSD in the UK.
I hope you are doing well today. I look forward to visiting more wiwth you. If you have any questions....ask away.
Take care,
Diana