Re: Re:Where can I get reliable SPECT scan/HBOT/SPECT eval?

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If you get HBOT though, you won't need to be in a nursing home anymore.

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>Medicare will pay for HBOT for TBI, only if your in a nursing home !!! It is a

shame that the nursing home lobbies have so much control. If you do choose to go

this rought, just be careful of the nursing home you choose. I am a 15 year

survivor of anoxia, and spent the worst year & 1/2 of my life in nursing homes.

My memories of the homes I stayed in, are worse then my car accident &

rehabilatation. I remember most of that, and the group homes take the cake.

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Say hello to Dr. Rockswald for Brad and Manila --- he went to school

in Henning, MN with my dh and sil in the 50s. haha

It has been my understanding that he was researching mostly with patients

who were brought into the ER with brain injuries and doing the HBOT within the

first few hours and days. I'm not sure how he stands on using it for long

term brain injuries.

J.

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Hi--Thanks for your comments, to each of you who have made suggestions. I am

avoiding the nursing home option, as I have spent enough time as a physician

treating patients in a nursing home setting to see much to be enthralled about

regarding that option.

Because the Rockswolds are at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, I

thought that was the most logical option to explore further. I did my residency

at Hennepin County, as it happens. I called the neurosurgery clinic today, and

on the strength of having my neurologist's prescription for an evaluation for

HBOT, I was given an appointment to see Dr. Galen Rockswold in February.

I'm not yet sure what this means, as the scheduling clerk was apparently not

sure whether Dr. Rockswold would be in agreement with my agenda, which would be

to get a SPECT scan/HBOT therapy/repeat SPECT scan initially, followed by HBOT

course of therapy.

I'll keep you posted!

best regards,

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> >Medicare will pay for HBOT for TBI, only if your in a nursing

home !!! It is a shame that the nursing home lobbies have so much

control. If you do choose to go this rought, just be careful of the

nursing home you choose. I am a 15 year survivor of anoxia, and spent

the worst year & 1/2 of my life in nursing homes. My memories of the

homes I stayed in, are worse then my car accident & rehabilatation. I

remember most of that, and the group homes take the cake.

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Hi ,

Well, it looks like you're right. I got a call from a nurse who works with the

research team, and she suggested an appointment with Dr. Rockswold, the

daughter, who is a physiatrist, if I go to Hennepin. But she also said that she

thought that Dr. Rockswold did not believe HBOT was useful for treatment out of

the acute stage.

It was interesting to me that they measured oxygen uptake on their patients by

means of an arterial line and a jugular line, which would give them an

extrapolated value, and haven't used SPECT scans.

I guess it's on to " Plan B. "

best regards,

Re: [ ] Re:Where can I get reliable SPECT scan/HBOT/SPECT

eval?

,

Say hello to Dr. Rockswald for Brad and Manila --- he went to school

in Henning, MN with my dh and sil in the 50s. haha

It has been my understanding that he was researching mostly with patients

who were brought into the ER with brain injuries and doing the HBOT within the

first few hours and days. I'm not sure how he stands on using it for long

term brain injuries.

J.

************ **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

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I emailed you before about the reasonable price of the treatments we are

getting for our son in CA. Today I have been looking feverishly for the name

of

the doctor in Fairfield, CA -- near AFB who specializes in the

treatment of autistic children with HBOT and I believe has his own or ready

access

to SPECT scan for those patients. I don't know if you are in a position to

travel but I will continue to hunt for this info. He doesn't work with adults

and Cameron has an anoxic brain injury and is now 26 so I didn't save it.

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Thanks, .

I appreciate your note.

best regards,

Re: [ ] Re:Where can I get reliable SPECT scan/HBOT/SPECT

eval?

,

I emailed you before about the reasonable price of the treatments we are

getting for our son in CA. Today I have been looking feverishly for the name

of

the doctor in Fairfield, CA -- near AFB who specializes in the

treatment of autistic children with HBOT and I believe has his own or ready

access

to SPECT scan for those patients. I don't know if you are in a position to

travel but I will continue to hunt for this info. He doesn't work with adults

and Cameron has an anoxic brain injury and is now 26 so I didn't save it.

************ **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

http://body. aol.com/fitness/ winter-exercise? NCID=aolcmp00300 000002489