01/22/2026
Soft tissue radiation damage can take everything that once felt automatic. Sitting. Resting. Existing without pain. For a long time, she couldn’t sit at all—not for minutes, not for moments. The pain was extreme and unrelenting. Standing became survival. Walking was limited. Life narrowed to endurance.
Radiation saved her life—but it also left behind deep, invisible damage. Oxygen-starved tissue. Injured blood vessels. Nerves and muscles trapped in a cycle of pain and dysfunction. Traditional treatments offered little relief, and the world grew smaller.
Then came hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Inside the chamber, something began to change. With each session, oxygen reached the damaged tissue—areas that had been struggling to heal for years. New blood vessels began to form. Inflammation softened. The body was finally given what it had been missing: the oxygen needed to repair itself.
Progress wasn’t instant. But it was real.
She went from unable to sit at all, to sitting briefly. From constant standing, to walking with more freedom. From overwhelming pain, to manageable moments. Today, she is standing, walking, and sitting again—reclaiming parts of her life that once felt permanently lost.
Hyperbaric therapy didn’t just support healing; it restored possibility. It gave her body the chance to recover where it had been stuck, and gave her hope when options felt exhausted.
This is more than physical improvement. It is independence returning. Confidence rebuilding. Life expanding again.
For those living with radiation injury: healing is still possible. Even years later. Even when progress feels out of reach. The body can respond when given the right environment to heal.
Thank you for the privilege of witnessing this recovery.