Guest guest Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 hyperbaricoxygen a.. 120 I have had this group for several years Please join, hyperbaricoxygen@... Studies, results and people seeking answers. Chapter 1, HBOT, facts, fiction, etc. >> _NeuroHBOT@grouNeuroH_ (mailto:NeuroHBOT ) , > _HDOTherapyforAutismHDOTherapyforHDO_ > (mailto:HDOTherapyforAutism ) >> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 3:09 PM >> I cannot seem to get away from hbot in my efforts to go into >> retirement >> with my wife, Judy. I am going to share my feelings along >> with files I >> have gathered over the years. It has been a long journey >> and on one >> hand it seems as though we have accomplished very little. >> >> Some professionals will argue with me and say we have made >> great >> strides. In my opinion, the strides we have made have been >> done by the >> parents and caregivers in sharing their success with others >> which have >> kept our clinics full. This is a great stride because it >> has made hbot >> available to so many who would have never known about it. >> We have seen >> children and adults do wonderful things because of the >> results of hbot. >> >> In an effort to share as much with you as I can, I will >> begin with >> chapter one. So much to cover, so many unanswered >> questions, including >> the Canadian study, mild vs soft chambers, etc. It may be >> years before >> we have our questions answered but in the meantime, it is >> so important >> for all of us to swallow every ounce of pride, every ounce >> of ego, every >> ounce of " about me " , every ounce of " not >> admitting I am, or was, wrong " , >> every ounce of everything. You see, it is not about you >> or me or our >> feelings or fame, it is about a baby 2 years from now born >> with cerebral >> palsy or autism, or a teenager involved in an auto accident >> with >> traumatic brain injury and in a coma, or a grandmother or a >> daddy who >> has a stroke and is unable to function as a normal adult >> and possibly >> warehoused in a nursing home to be forgotten. It is >> about the moves >> we make now to unite, to share, to research, to fight, to >> pray, to do >> everything possible to stop the inner fighting, the battles >> for fame and >> fortune, and all the other shortcomings we have in order to >> work >> together to make things different for the next wave of >> newcomers to >> these lists looking for answers, looking for help. >> >> CHAPTER ONE: >> It is difficult to decide where to begin and in what order >> to do it in. >> I will need the help of other professionals and individuals >> on this list >> in trying to unravel the confusion of everything involved >> in hbot. I >> want a better understanding myself, the same as all of you >> do. This >> is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong, or the >> mistakes we >> have made, it is about our ability to unite and work >> together. First, >> let me make it clear to everyone that I am a born-again >> Christian who >> takes great pride and joy in knowing that I have a savior. >> I have been >> blessed in so many ways and God continues to shower me with >> his >> blessings. I am so thankful that I have learned how to >> " put it in God's >> hands " because that is what he wants us to do. When >> I look back at the >> person I was before my grandson, Garrett, was born with >> Cerebral Palsy. >> I will never forget the nurses coming into the hallway and >> telling us he >> is " not breathing " , his heart is " not >> beating " , but they are working >> with him. Judy and I along with a couple of others went >> to the floor >> right there in the hallway and on our knees called out to >> God for his >> help. We prayed to God for his heart to begin living, >> beating. We >> prayed our hearts out. 5 minutes later the nurse came out >> and informed >> us his heart had just taken its first beat but he was still >> not >> breathing. Once again we began praying, and we prayed. >> The nurse >> came out and informed us he had taken his first breath on >> his own. >> Thank you, Dearest God in Heaven. We knew where that >> breath of life >> came from. >> >> Since that time we have also come to know that if there was >> a hyperbaric >> chamber in that hospital and they would have put Garrett in >> it, he would >> be walking today. He would be talking, eating normally, >> laughing, >> playing like other kids. Most of you know what I am >> talking about. >> That was 12 years ago. As a result, we have come to >> understand that >> Garrett was one of the biggest blessings we have ever >> received. When a >> special needs child enters your life, it takes your focus >> away from >> yourself. It changes the way you look at things and >> people. It makes >> you appreciate waking up to the Sun that God put in the sky >> just the >> right distance from Earth to keep you warm, to provide >> energy, to make >> God's plants grow in their beauty and abundance for us >> to look at when >> we arise. Oh, what a glorious and wonderful God we have. >> Garrett may >> never walk, he may never talk, and he may never take his >> first bite, but >> he can smile with a ray of sunshine that only God could >> produce. He can >> set in his wheelchair and understand every word I say and I >> can >> recognize his intelligence while strangers look at him in >> pity, not >> knowing the thanks we give to God for such a wonderful part >> of our >> life. Garrett has had over 300 sessions of hbot, it has >> saved his >> life. He is still very fragile but what a joy. I am not >> going to >> turn this into a religious forum but I want no >> misunderstandings on what >> my faith is or how proud I am for it, or how thankful I am >> to God for >> giving me something to believe in and for sending His Son >> to die on the >> cross for me. And I will continue to pray for those who >> have never >> experienced and may never experience the wonderful joyous >> life I >> experience as a result. >> >> I know that many of you are thinking back to when your >> child was born, >> or when you got that first diagnosis of autism, or when >> that accident >> happened, or the events surrounding that stroke, or >> whatever your >> circumstances are that brought you to this list. I >> remember when my >> daughter, , came to me before Garrett was 2 years old >> and asked me >> if I had heard of HBOT. I had but I knew very little about >> it except it >> was expensive. She asked me if I would investigate it and >> I agreed, but >> I told her it was just another ploy to get money from >> parents who were >> desperate to help their child and would do anything at any >> cost. As I >> investigated further and called parents who had actually >> done hbot. I >> began to realize they were seeing results, some mild but >> some were >> amazing. So I decided that if they were spending this kind >> of money and >> not angry about it but trying to raise more money to do it >> again, it had >> to be working. We began fundraising and finally took >> Garrett for >> HBOT. Then we took him again. Miracles? None. Major >> improvements? >> What is a major improvement? For some it would be walking >> and >> talking. For me, it was seeing my grandson hold up his >> head without >> help for the first time. It was seeing him raise his hand >> and wave with >> a smile to me. It was seeing him sleep for over 2 hours >> without waking >> in pain from the spasticity of his muscles. He slept all >> night for the >> first time in his life. It was seeing the dark pockets >> disappear from >> under my daughters eyes. I knew that God had provided his >> wonderful >> creation of oxygen to Garrett and a way to deliver it to >> those areas >> which were doing without. >> >> I only tell this story to very special people. So I guess >> you are all >> very special people as parents and caretakers and how you >> view it is >> entirely up to you. After Garrett's second round of >> HBOT, I began to >> think about what a great business this would be. $200 per >> treatment for >> a little oxygen. Wow. 2 per day, Wow! I began to >> investigate >> setting up a facility. But I found out how expensive it >> was and how >> difficult it was and that it was totally out out of my >> reach. My >> finances were very limited. In 1989, I became very sick, >> and it was >> thought I may have liver cancer or some other >> possibilities. They all >> proved negative and I was diagnosed with chronic fatique >> syndrome. I >> had broken my back on a four wheeler in 1985 and I had been >> in some very >> stressful management and consulting positions which all >> added to the CFS >> diagnosis. I became disabled and began to work my way >> back to an >> acceptable level of health. I was beginning to feel pretty >> good and was >> getting some of my capabilities back and broke my back >> again in 1997. >> By 1998, I was going bankrupt, owing $70,000 in credit card >> debt >> alone. I had some real estate but was going to have to >> sell >> everything. Once again, I went to God in Prayer and he >> answered. He >> made available to me some real estate and I bought it. No >> money down, >> credit going bad, etc. I told God I needed a dozer to >> build roads, >> gravel to put on the roads, etc. I had no cash. God >> provided >> everything. I built a development, held on to my other >> real estate, >> paid off my credit card debt and built a retirement >> account. I had >> promised God I would answer his call for whatever he had in >> mind for me. >> >> On Jan. 5, after deciding it would be impossible for me to >> open up a >> HBOT clinic and totally giving up the idea, I had a dream. >> It was in >> technicolor and so real I woke up with my heart racing. >> Judy got up and >> was leaving to go to help care for my grandson, Garrett. >> As she was >> leaving, I told her I was going to open a HBOT clinic. >> She smiled, >> knowing I had already tried and could not get it done. >> My dream had >> shown me a HBOT clinic next to my home with a multiplace >> chamber. I >> saw that chamber as clear as day. I went to the computer >> and did an >> internet search for a used hyperbaric chamber (which I had >> done before >> without success). I popped up on the screen as clear as >> day, in >> technicolor, the same chamber I had seen in my dream. In >> 3 hours I had >> it bought. A used 13 foot long chamber used by the coast >> guard. It >> was located in Chicago and I committed to it without giving >> it a second >> choice. In a little over 3 months, we began providing >> hbot. We had >> volunteers and prayer warriors helping us and we were on >> the way. I >> actually got phone calls from certain individuals, >> including one doctor, >> telling me if I did not raise my prices in line with >> theres, I would be >> closed down. I had inspectors come to my doors on several >> occasions >> saying I had been reported and they would leave telling me >> everything >> was in order. We continued to operate but I almost went >> broke again in >> my first year because I was giving away more than I had. >> We turned >> into a cooperative and began studying our budget and >> treating barely >> above costs so we could keep our doors open. I >> originally began as a >> registered non profit in NC but the bank told me I would >> have to back it >> and they would not loan money to a non profit unless it had >> at least a 2 >> year track record. I had to borrow money to get it open >> because I >> used all the profits from the development along with my >> retirement funds >> and still had to do an equity loan on my home not knowing >> if I would get >> my doors open or not. But I did, because we put it in >> God's hands. It >> is still in God's hands and we have done over 16,000 >> treatments without >> a single incident. >> >> A parent made a comment when her child took his first steps >> that it was >> a Miracle in the mountains. We were then nicknamed >> " Miracle Mountain " . >> >> That's how that all came about and it should explain my >> faith in the >> Power of God. >> >> Before I continue, I am going to begin sharing my files >> with you in >> Chapter 2. We are going to look at the Canadian study and >> the >> confusion behind it and I am going to ask others who have >> info to help >> me out. At one time the word among the professionals were >> the >> improvements were not the same a few months post trial and >> that the 2 >> groups were not the same, the more serious were in the >> group receiving >> oxygen, etc. Help me trace down the source of this info. >> I may have it >> in the hundreds of files I have but it would much easier if >> someone >> could provide it for me. >> >> I will conclude by saying I have never been against mild >> chambers, but >> the methods of marketing along with the unsafe use of >> oxygen. I still >> stand on that premise but it is time to get to the bottom >> of a lot to >> see if it is fact or myth, legend, etc. >> >> Hartsoe >> >> ------------ >> >> You can also learn more about HBOT by going to the manual >> at www.hbotmanual. at >> and you can find a list of providers at >> www.hbotproviders. ww >> >> Please join the HBOTech group, HBOTechnology located at >> _http://groups.http://grohttp://groups_ > (HBOTech) and you can get >> questions answered with no chit chat or bashing. Strictly >> a Q & A forum with an archive for quick reference >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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