All by myself!

Very quiet today at the centre, I was all alone in the chamber for the first time. I felt OK, got into my suduko and Elvis Costello. Halfway through now, finding the M62 the most difficult aspect, as the weather has been awful, but batting on with it.

Here we go again……..

Sitting in an oxygen chamber for an hour and a quarter is beginning to feel like a normal part of my life!  I am definitely sleeping more soundly, and although I still wake with pain, I don’t stay awake for hours. So, even if this is the only improvement to my life with this therapy I will be grateful. Other patients at the centre say that major improvement comes after the 15 sessions …….. fingers crossed.

Big challenge today with mask trouble again…. I am getting a permanent ‘dint’ on the bridge of my nose now. I’m ok for about 20 mins, then the pain starts. Everyone else just sits there reading, iPad ing, or doing crosswords, and I am packed up with pillows, blankets, neck pillows, and a footstool. No one else adjusts their mask, or breathes strangely, or fidgets to get comfy like I do, I must be such a pain to be in there with, I even had 2 of the patients taking their masks off and trying to help me adjust mine……….  I’m trying to look on it as a ‘practice’, something to be mastered, and am counting the days off. What a wuss! How dare I even complain…………. Hey ho, there’s always tomorrow.  Oh, yes I forgot my iPad too.

Day 4 in the Hyperbaric Chamber – sneaky selfie during therapy. Better session today, listened to my body scan CD, and played sudoku on iPad, think I’m getting used to this malarkey………. Deffo more energy in my legs, and less pain in the night  meeting some very interesting people as well  out there in the world again – it has got to be good for me.  And another adventure getting home again as all the slip roads on southbound M62 were blocked due to flooding.  Took an hour and a quarter via Bradford ring road, never thought I would like motorways……only takes 25 mins door to door