I arrived in New Orleans last Sunday and began HBOT treatment protocol with Dr. Harch, a world leader and pioneer in hyperbaric treatment for a wide array of conditions, particularly neurologic, TBI, drowning, autism, MS, and on and on. Ihave gained close to two lines on the eye chart after only three treatments so I am pretty excites about that. My question for the group is how effective do you feel the injections have been in your recovery, and what gains have you seen? My specialist wasn'r to hopeful of gaining eyesight/ improcement, merely trying to stop anfiogenesis and further bleeding(?) is what I understtod. Also in Blind Faith John seems to have better results with his lifestyle protocol, but wonder if he ontinued with the shots also, if anyone know. Check out hyperbaric oxygen therapy at HBOT.com. This therapy is approved for CRAO, trting to get my insurance to reimburse me for CRVO.

[Richard Oswald]

[Rose Gargiulo]

Hi Richard, that’s wonderful news for you. It is important to note that the injections are not used to heal the eye or un block the blockage in the eye, they are to stop the abnormal blood vessels that cause the leakage from growing. 

#2 - the Blind Faith protocol also does not unblock the blockage, it feeds the body the needed nutrients to repair the cells and cones in the eye.

#3 - so, the question, I have for you is does HBOT unblock the blockage? If it does I’m going to do back flips for joy! However, if it doesn’t then you will need the injections to stop the abnormal blood vessels from growing. I hope this makes sense. 

Please let us know.

Thanks 😊 

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Thanks for the reply Rose. I am doing all the lifestyle things along with the HBOT. He has reversed blindness in a case of eyestroke, thought it was a blockage in the artery of this woman and she woke up blind in that eye. I have to find out if she did the shots or not, didnt sound like it in his account. I will ask Dr. Harch tomorrow. Also trying to make out Johns story, but appears he went off the shots, then on at times, then eventually just using the protocol and was able to restore his sight to 20/40. I am confused as to the mechanism of the anti vegf and wonder why numerous people don't get noticiable improvement, and if the blockage is still there then it seems bleeding would continue even without the neurovascularization that the shots seek to block. As you know they don't explain things in to much detail, and absolutely don't offer hope of lifestyle or hyperbaric, which I asked about. The science behind behind HBOT is quite interesting. It supplies extra oxygen to the cells and plasma thus to the tissues and enhances the bodies healing through turning on genes that promote growth and healing while turning off genes involved in inflammation, so in theory should enhance and aid recovery from basically any insult or injury, and is used in a lot of neurological cases (dementia, autism, stroke, wound healing, co2 poisioning, drowning, TBI and PTSD in vets, etc.) Our Medicare system only has 12 or 13 approved uses and the rest are off label, but Russia and China treat many more conditions, up to 70 or so. I have seen marked improvement after 4 or so rounds, so thinking that the bleeding has stopped or else I don't know that I would be getting improvement, but not sure, another question I will ask Dr. Harch about tomorrow. Lots to learn,   Trying to re3ach out to John and ask him some questions, have you ever tried contacting him or his website?  Looking for aing else you or others can help with, knowledge is power. Glad to hear you stopped the wine, not sure if that is really that helpful as it is toxic   to our cells, and also the sugar and alcohol are both inflammatory which we want to keep at bay. Thanks for the help, happy that you are seeing such success!

[Margaret Nanni]

Richard 

Many of us experience a visual field similar to the one depicted in this photo below, characterized by a grayish web distorting the view. This web varies in appearance from person to person. In my case, the gray web is lighter and more transparent than shown in the photo. Despite this compromised visual field, my acuity tests at 20/40. Interestingly, my daily vision remains consistent whether my acuity tests at 20/30 or 20/60. 

I have two questions: 

1. Is your HBOT doctor only measuring acuity? What about measuring vision aspects like depth perception and color, as well as the portion of your visual field that becomes unblocked after the therapy?

2. What exactly is this gray web? Is it the result of a loss of visual field from lack of blood flow? Does he believe that HBOT will restore this lost vision, replacing the gray web with clear vision? 

Margaret 

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On Jul 8, 2024, at 6:45 PM, Richard Oswald <roswal...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the reply Rose. I am doing all the lifestyle things along with the HBOT. He has reversed blindness in a case of eyestroke, thought it was a blockage in the artery of this woman and she woke up blind in that eye. I have to find out if she did the shots or not, didnt sound like it in his account. I will ask Dr. Harch tomorrow. Also trying to make out Johns story, but appears he went off the shots, then on at times, then eventually just using the protocol and was able to restore his sight to 20/40. I am confused as to the mechanism of the anti vegf and wonder why numerous people don't get noticiable improvement, and if the blockage is still there then it seems bleeding would continue even without the neurovascularization that the shots seek to block. As you know they don't explain things in to much detail, and absolutely don't offer hope of lifestyle or hyperbaric, which I asked about. The science behind behind HBOT is quite interesting. It supplies extra oxygen to the cells and plasma thus to the tissues and enhances the bodies healing through turning on genes that promote growth and healing while turning off genes involved in inflammation, so in theory should enhance and aid recovery from basically any insult or injury, and is used in a lot of neurological cases (dementia, autism, stroke, wound healing, co2 poisioning, drowning, TBI and PTSD in vets, etc.) Our Medicare system only has 12 or 13 approved uses and the rest are off label, but Russia and China treat many more conditions, up to 70 or so. I have seen marked improvement after 4 or so rounds, so thinking that the bleeding has stopped or else I don't know that I would be getting improvement, but not sure, another question I will ask Dr. Harch about tomorrow. Lots to learn,   Trying to re3ach out to John and ask him some questions, have you ever tried contacting him or his website?  Looking for aing else you or others can help with, knowledge is power. Glad to hear you stopped the wine, not sure if that is really that helpful as it is toxic   to our cells, and also the sugar and alcohol are both inflammatory which we want to keep at bay. Thanks for the help, happy that you are seeing such success!

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Hi Richard, I live in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans (the city where the airport is).  I am a superfan of Dr. Harch and have been yearning to try HBOT for not only my CRVO but also for some brain issues I have had for a long while.  I am very excited for your about your progress and will be waiting to hear the final outcome when you finish treatment.

Connie Z

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[Jeffrey Lai]

My vision is worst than this.  Sigh

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Hi Richard, I live in Kenner, a suburb of New Orleans (the city where the airport is).  I am a superfan of Dr. Harch and have been yearning to try HBOT for not only my CRVO but also for some brain issues I have had for a long while.  I am very excited for your about your progress and will be waiting to hear the final outcome when you finish treatment.

Connie Z

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[Rose Gargiulo]

Hi Richard, sorry to hear that. my vision was similar plus it had a huge black spot in the middle, and now it’s better. Just Make sure to get the injections. I personally like Eylea instead of avastin. The medication lasts longer in the eye.

Best wishes 

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My vision is worst than this.  Sigh

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[cal]

Hi Richard:

I was wondering if Dr. Harch's group did an indepth workup on you - making sure that you didn't have tinnitus, lung proglems,  cold,  other precations that should be taken.