#1917
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From Beth:
I am sorry you were not happy with my response. I did read the forum correctly and you stated that it was a resort dive and 4 years past. I still assume it was your first diving experience according to your profile. Considering that, I still stand behind my response. At the diving level you have posted at this time, I would think if you had those same symptoms after multiple dives you would think DSC and treat it differently.
You do seem to have a lot of ?s and issues , and I still do stand behind my recommendation of further education and experience. Maybe you have not updated your profile lately and it doesn’t reflect more training and education. It is the best way to get the answers you need. Advanced Rescue or Master Diver courses are great ways to learn about these areas in a little more depth.
My short answer may have deemed a harsher tone than intended as email often does. So, I will assume yours seemed as so. Other wise, maybe I hit a sore note and didn’t realize. I hope this clears it up.
Like I responded personally in the email to you Beth. I am not mad at you, nor did you hit any sore notes. I am very comfortable with myself and what others think of me means really nothing to me. I am very happy with myself and who I am.
Of course, you know VERY LITTLE or NOTHING about me, so I could see where optimally suggesting that I take "more training" WOULD be your response. But those that know me deeper than you do, obviously know that I am always training, studying and improving my life and knowledge about the things I am passionate about. I thirst for knowledge, and it is my never being afraid to ask questions (no matter how trite) that I have become as knowledgeable as I am about a lot of things, thanks to people providing me the answers I often seek.
It was merely that I was thinking back to maybe it was DCS back then, and I didn’t know it. Being much wiser now, I know that it is NOT because I wasn’t deep enough. But again, there is always that FIRST TIME CASE of something being discovered, and that is why we talk and ask openly about it.
This post was again, just to share and have people write in their own stories or just read it and move on. It wasn’t meant to have people tell me what I was apparently LACKING. That is all. I just felt it could have been done with a little more tact and not so ’preachery’. Aw, but what the hck do I know? I can only speak for myself and I keep things light here and help people with experience and advise the best I can, but I know I would never tell someone that had done 100 dives (for instance) "Well, when you have done 200 dives, maybe you will know more" etc. that is all.
I don’t even know why I am going on about this, but being from another country, I feel I often get misunderstood by Americans so I am just clarifying myself so we can all be on the SAME DIVE PAGE!
And on that note... HAPPY DIVING and let’s move on to something LIGHTER!
:)
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