TR: hyperbaric oxygen therapy
as some of you know, i've accumulated some tbi over the last few years. in an effort to reverse some of the damage, i was recently prescribed hyperbaric oxygen therapy. i had my first treatment yesterday afternoon and my second this morning. basically i go into a really thick, really big septic tank for 100 minutes and watch shitty movies with mildly retarded strangers. the first few minutes are the pressurization stage when the tank fills to 2 atmospheres, equivalent to something like 70 feet underwater. after that, i don a plastic hood-ish thing akin to one of those fancy hazmat suits. the hood thing fills with 99% pure oxygen and i breathe that in for the rest of the dive.
the nice lady who did my intake gave a cursory scientific explanation which was mostly over my head but i took away this basic understanding: the enriched oxygen supplied to my brain tissue promotes stem cell release which means healing or something along those lines. anyway, i'll be doing this twice a day, five days a week, for four weeks. i can't tell any difference yet but have experienced some tiredness and blurriness but both those things are apparently normal. once i get a little further along into this and start seeing some results, i'll report back. i had an spect scan done which showed the tbi a few weeks ago so hopefully i'll have a follow up scan to prove tissue restoration. pics to come.
