Divegirl55 and Beth:
Could it be that Divegirl’s question was rhetorical? If divegirl’s statement regarding her dive incident is accurate, and we can safely assume that she was not at any great depth, then she should not have suffered DCS.
The NDL for 25’ is roughly 245 minutes (depending on the agency that published the table). I doubt divegirl55 was down for more than 10 or 15 minutes in a resort dive scenario. She was probably so traumatized by her flooded mask, the new underwater environment (new to her), and the funky dive gear that we all wear that she was contracting her muscles in a severe way and using muscles that she was not conditioned to using.
And after further cogetation, I am sure her question was rhetorical; no way does she think that her muscle and joint soreness was caused by DCS. IMHO
markm
PS: All dives are decompression dives! Don’t believe PADI when they tell you otherwise. Severe dehydration can radically change NDLs and be a contributing factor to DCS even at shallow depths. Was Scubagirl55 acutely dehydrated?
Maybe it was not a rhetorical question...