#10
UnderSeaBumbleBee - 9/10/2008 7:35 PM


From Countess4sight: I think the question at hand is, how long is 2 months...I went by 8 weeks, not 60 days. I am going to a doctor on September 23 and I expect he will give me the ok to dive. If he doesn’t, I have no problem waiting. I also researched alot about what happened (which I plan to blog...just taking a while to sit and write it) and it was pretty random. The "bends" was a secondary diagnosis. My primary condition was an air embolism in the central nervous system, which can be caused by ascending too fast. I uploaded my fancy dive computer profile, and it showed I did nothing differently that dive than I had on others, and in fact, there had been several dives where I went up much faster before this with no consequence! Much of what I read has proven that this "accident" was arbitrary, and the best thing I can do is dive close to a buddy (who can watch for a recurrance)...something I need to practice!!!



 


Where are you going to post your blog? I would be interested in reading it.


Is there anything from your research that you think you could do to prevent this from happening again? A good buddy is a great thing to have, but I just wondered based on what you learned if there is anything you can do to prevent it. DCS is not on my to do list! and I want to learn all I can about it. Would be interested in your thoughts since you have been through it.