How can you tell you’re getting old?
For me – it’s the toys that excite me!
In my 20s it was an electronic breast bump that saved my boobs... and a digital thermometer I could put on my kids’ forehead instead of in their butts…
In my 40s it was surprising my husband with his own "Lil Red Corvette" (sing it like Prince!) and treating myself to a Mercedes E350.
Now – in my 60s – turns out the toys that excite me the most are medical devices!
Yep – I’ve spent days... weeks... even months researching the right TENS unit… infrared sauna… and now – my newest passion: Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber!
Now I’ve written about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT – not to be confused with all the AI ChatBot rage!) for decades but it wasn’t until about a month ago that I actually experienced the healing effects of HBOT. Here’s what happened...
On an early January morning – I woke up and could barely move my right shoulder. I couldn’t put my right hand behind my back – and to my horror – I couldn’t put my bra on by myself.
The pain was excruciating.
I really became worried because this was the same shoulder that I had rotator cuff surgery on in 2009. Healing from that surgery was one of the most painful experiences in my life. So painful...
... I often say I would rather go through 4 natural childbirth deliveries back-to-back than to endure that year-long recovery of the 70% tear of my rotator cuff.
Now I’ve been living in the North Georgia mountains for 8 months now but I have dragged my feet when it came to finding good doctors in the area.
So when my friend Michelle saw how much pain I was in – she drove me directly to her chiropractor, "Dr. Aimee" (pronounced DOK-TOR EM-AY 😊)
Several X-rays showed an impingement was most likely causing the problem. So Dr. Aimee went to work on me.
I could feel some improvements with the weekly chiropractic treatments and daily exercises I was given – but I didn’t feel a MAJOR change until my fiend Debra invited me to her house to try HBOT. Soooo glad I listened to her!
My first HBOT session felt a little surreal.
Butt first – I wiggled my way into the soft chamber that looked like a NASA spaceship capsule. Then I laid down and put an oxygen mask over my nose and mouth. The chamber was about 32 inches wide and 92 inches long so I had room to move. Then...
... I zipped myself up. There was a head rest and blanket for me to feel cozy. A clear window area kept me from feeling claustrophobic. And I had my cell phone with me – so I could listen to music... check emails... write... or do whatever I want. In my case – I mostly slept!
Then a funny thing happened about one hour into my treatment.
I REALLY wanted to move my right arm in a circular motion. Yes – the same right arm that would hurt if anyone touched it. I just felt this need to just move it. And when I did...
... I didn’t feel any pain. Then I hugged myself really hard and I didn’t feel any pain in my right shoulder.
