the chamber

it was marginally successful today.  being a good student, I read all the literature before I sh0wed up for my first hyperbolic chamber session.  no aspirin; no vitamin c; no creams of any kind.   it just so happened that the new fissure on my butthole is raw and excruciating.   so there i was in the plastic tube, yawning and blowfishing, my way through the pressure increasing and my butthole is dancing the dance of "there is no comfort."   then all of a sudden, the caustophobis sets in.    long story short:  i stayed at low pressure for about 1/2 the time i was supposed to be in the chamber.    all i could think about was a hot bath (relief for the piles).  but boy was that bath good.

so i'll try again tomorrow.