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I think you have accomplished that simply by bringing up the matter and calling attention to the fact that she has had problems before.
Wise divers will now be wary about hooking up with her as a buddy, something they may have had no warning about before your post. That's really all you can do.
As for the unwise divers... well, there will always be those, and nothing you can do will protect people from themselves.
What's unfortunate is that all it takes is one irresponsible diver in the area to cramp everyone's style. That is, a bad diver with serious problems doesn't just negatively impact their own buddy, but often everyone else on their dive boat - like in your situation. Or even sometimes people on other dive boats in the whole area.
For example, I was out on a dive boat off West Palm Beach one time when a diver on another boat came up suddenly with problems, and their boat had to rush them back to the dock while their other divers were still in the water. Back on our boat, we were just about to put in when the captain heard the call on the radio, so we had to pull up and go pick up their divers as they came out of the water since their own boat obviously wouldn't be there. Ultimately we were delayed about two hours before we could get our own diving in, but obviously it could have been much longer - or even cancelled.
Now, I don't know if in my situation the ailing diver was being irresponsible. But what it demonstrates is how, if a diver is acting irresponsibly, it can negatively affect not just their own buddies, but the entire local diving community. So, for all our sakes... don't hesitate to call a recalcitrantly irresponsible diver out on it!
>*< Fritz
Edit; Never mind. lolYeah, but does the carpet match the drapes? Bwah ha ha
I didn't want to be mean or hurtful; this person obviously has some problems, denial, antisocialism, and rudeness being the least of them. Nothing I say to her will change the way she thinks or behaves (I spent a week with her....I know......lol). I just wanted to get word out to others who might think they may want to dive with her (and who knows??? There may be people who don't care, but at least they know ahead of time what they're getting into, and they'll be doing it with eyes wide open).
Tom, the Countess has answered your question.
"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 doesnt, 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!!!"
Good analogy. "Whew, it only grazed my temple...let's do it again!"Not only is she playing Russian Roulette, but she's discounting the severity of the time when the gun actually fired the bullet.