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Lainey64
Lainey64 Member Posts: 740
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

A friend of mine recommended that I get oxygen therapy treatments to help reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.  I went a couple of times when I was first DX and am thinking about going regularly.  It's pricey - about $40 for a 30 min treatment.  You get undressed and sit in this pod-like structure that is similar to a small sauna.  The heat is around 101 degrees (sometimes higher depending on hot you want it).  Very pure oxygen is pumped into the pod through a hose with a cup on the end of it that you hold over certain areas of your body.  Your entire body sweats and releases toxins.  I have read and hear often that cancer cells cannot survive in a highly oxygenated environment.  I was wondering if anyone else has done/tried this. 

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  • idaho
    idaho Member Posts: 1,187
    edited April 2009

    I have heard of it, and it makes sense to me, that is what radiation basically does- oxygenized your breast.  I wish I had a place to do that close by, I might  try it!  Let us know how you do...I remember one nurse on here making the statement that when they were done testing a biopsy for cancer- that to kill it all they do is turn up the oxygen! Tami

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited April 2009

    I hope to do hyperthermia soon with rads or chemo.  The science behind it....heat helps to oxygenated the tumor so the rads or chemo can get into a tumor that has built resistants to both treatments.  I love how medical science only wants to use  this info when they find a way to treat with it.

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  • Lainey64
    Lainey64 Member Posts: 740
    edited April 2009

    I had mentioned this to my oncologist when I first started chemo and he said I was free to do it although there was "no scientific evidence".  That seems to be the standard response to everything.. :)

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  • motheroffoursons
    motheroffoursons Member Posts: 333
    edited April 2009

    I found this on the internet, and it appears that this is a cure for everything.  I think HBOT is hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

    Claims about alternative uses of HBOT include that it destroys disease-causing microorganisms, cures cancer, alleviates chronic fatigue syndrome, and decreases allergy symptoms. A few supporters also claim that HBOT helps patients with AIDS, arthritis, sports injuries, multiple sclerosis, autism, stroke, cerebral palsy, senility, cirrhosis, Lyme disease, and gastrointestinal ulcers. Available scientific evidence does not support these claims. Because of that, the FDA has sent a warning letter to at least one manufacturer about promoting HBOT for unproven uses. The FDA considers oxygen to be a drug, meaning it must be prescribed by a physician or licensed health care provider to treat illnesses or health conditions.

    Try it as an alternative, but in my humble opinion, I would not bank on it without other studies.

    By the way, just breathing regular air results in about 98% oxygen saturation of the hemogloblin.  The oxygen inhaled in the chamber is not going to change the oxygen in your blood all that much.  However, I remember reading that at the olympics in Mexico City the air was thin and athletes used additional oxygen or something like that.  But normally, it is not needed.

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited April 2009

    Read about the use of HBOT and diabetic treatment of feet. They now can save feet that once have been amputated because of this equipment.  I know someone who used it with excellent results. If it can get into these areas I'm sure I can others.  I also would not just use this but it can't hurt either.  I've read many times that we do not breath deeply enough daily unless you are getting exercise for a hour or more a day that is making you breath heavily.

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited April 2009

    http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Treatments/Othertreatments/Hyperbaricoxygentherapy

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited April 2009

    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00077090

    Here is a trial using it for possible lymphedema management.

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited April 2009

    http://radiationnecrosistherapy.com/

    Here it is being used to treat damaged tissue from radiation.

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  • ShawnTherese
    ShawnTherese Member Posts: 2
    edited May 2009

    Hi,

    I'm receiving oxygenated blood treatments at Envita in Phoenix, simultaneously as I receive chemo (not on the same day - but as a supplemental treatment).   You can read about the Oxybosh treatments and the research behind it at their website.  The research articles are easily accessible in the research area using the password "Envita".

     www.envita.com

     Shawn

    DX 1/14/09, Stage 1, er-/pr-, hertu-, node negative, Grade 3

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