83-year-old Fallbrook man sees reversal of radiation's negative impact with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

When Jean Roussea, who had lived in Fallbrook for 21 years, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his doctor felt the best treatment would be radiation therapy.

However, at 82 years old, Roussea’s suffered damage to his bladder from the radiation.

“[Roussea] was treated for prostate cancer with radiation therapy, which helps insure that there will be no reoccurrence of cancer,” said Roussea’s physician, Dr. Roger Schechter, who is also the medical director of the Palomar Pomerado Health Wound Care Center in San Marcos. “However, as a side effect, some of the tissues around his prostate gland wer...