Good luck on your surgery Mr. Fissure!

My wound care doctor is looking into it in Dallas Texas. It may take a week of treatments. Here is the FAQ on their website for the hyperbaric chamber wound care treatments. Its used here in Texas for wound care and sports medicine healing.
Q: What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or Hyperbaric Chamber Wound Treatment?
A: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a non-invasive procedure in which the patient is placed in a chamber containing 100% oxygen at pressures of more than one Atmosphere Absolute (ATA) - the atmospheric pressure at sea level, 14.7 pounds per square inch. Pressures from 1.5 to 3 ATA are typically utilized, and most hyperbaric treatments last about 2 hours.
Q: How does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy work?
A: Because of the increased oxygen and the increased pressure, hyperoxygenation physically puts 10 to 20 times more oxygen directly into the body's tissues. This results in a number of physiological mechanisms which produce many therapeutic effects.
Q: What are the effects of Hyperoxygenation?
A: Angiogenesis: As HBO physically dissolves extra oxygen into the blood plasma, it promotes a process called angiogenesis - formation of new capillaries into wound areas. This aids the treatment of anemias and ischemias.
Bacteriostasis: HBO inhibits the growth of a number of anaerobic as well as aerobic organisms. It also enhances the the processes of the body's own disease-fighting factors such as leukocytes, and these two effects complement one another.
Q: What are the effects of Increased Pressure?
A: Reduction in gas volume: Higher pressures produce an effect described by Boyle's Law - gas decreases in volume as the pressure on it increases. At 3 ATA, free gas trapped in the body is reduced in volume by two-thirds. Air embolism and decompression illness are successfully treated in this way.
Gas washout: Oxygen tends to wash all other gasses out of the body. Under increased pressure this process is more efficient, so HBO is extremely helpful in treating carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning.
Vasoconstriction: High pressure oxygen causes constriction of the blood vessels, decreasing edema and intracranial pressure. This effect is useful in burns and crush injuries.
Q: How does HBO therapy feel?
A: Most patients will feel no differently than they would at home in their beds. They can listen to music or watch TV, talk to family members, or simply take a nap. At times during the treatment, they may experience a sensation of fullness in the ears as their eardrums adjust to the pressure changes, but there are a number of easy ways to remedy this.
Q: How many treatments does HBO typically involve?
A: Treatments are individualized for each patient, based on the condition and their particular response to the therapy. Some emergency cases require only one or two treatments, while wound healing cases may take 20 to 30 treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
Treatments are administered once or twice a day for five to six days a week, on an in-patient or out-patient basis.
Q: Will health insurance cover the cost of hyperbaric medicine treatments?
A: Yes. You can find more information at http://cms.hhs.gov and
http://www.uhms.org/reimbursement.htm
Q: What after effects does HBO cause?
A: Naturally, like all medical treatments, HBO presents some risks, but it usually has no after effects.
Some patients report a "crackling" in their ears between treatments. This is easily relieved in the same manner that the ears are cleared of pressure changes during treatments. Some patients may experience lightheadedness immediately after treatments, but this usually passes after several minutes.
In rare cases, patients may develop temporary changes in eyesight. Altered vision usually returns to normal six to eight weeks after the end of treatment.

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Sorry for the graphic wound pics. This doctor is down the road from me. His website tells alot of what he does but is graphic. Just want to warn you. The chamber is to the far right hand corner of the front web page.
http://www.wound.com/
Thanks
Bernard

Thanks so much Bernard. I am so glad that you have a doctor who is willing to look into this with you. Are you wounds from the surgery not healing or is it the inflammation? I have what looks like chronic inflammation around the surgical site. It something even touches it it gets all red.

I appreciate you posting the info. It could really help someone. Maybe me!

i have the same thing. I have gone through 2 surgeries and it gets better then the wounds pop open and then the madness starts again. I have a team of doctors under care. One colon surgeon, 2 GI's, 1 wound specialist. I have not met the wound care specialist. My surgeon and GI's both recommended me to this guy. This guy is trying to get the hyperbaric chamber covered under my insurance. It could take one session a day for several weeks. Until i meet the specialist i will tell you what he says. Let me know if you need any advise. Sounds like we have the same thing. I have been tested for everything under the sun and the chronic inflamation for some reason keeps popping up. I have a n autoimmune dissorder that henders the healing process internal and external.
Sorry for the missspells.
Let me know if you have any questions
Thanks
Bernard

bernard - i also have chronic anal inflammation and am at my wit's end. no surgeries have helped or changed anything. my inflammation problem is a small spot about an inch or so inside the anal canal (according to my CRS) and apparently that's what causes pain allday everyday. what is your pain like?

Thank you to everyone for your support and the advice. I will give an update after my surgery on the 16th. Good luck to everyone who are dealing and struggling with similar issues, this is the reason we are all here.

We'll be here! We're all in this together.

I am glad Bernard shared his story and gave an update. I think he will be a pioneer here as he is trying new healing techniques.

Please keep us updated!!!

Right, Tootie, we're all in this together. Hopefully, there will continue to be new and better treatments for many maladies (including butt issues). When our butts are 100%, are we still going to be playing these games??? I think I now know the origin of your nickname.
Tootie, I hope you are having a good day. I just found out today that my doc's nurse also takes an A/D. I think most people don't talk about stuff like that or digestive and butt issues. And on a positive note this same nurse is going to disperse ATP materials to various persons in the hospital for me.