I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but here it goes...
I'm leaving for a trip to Mexico in a week and am getting my dive gear together. Looking back through my log book and remembering my dives I noticed something that freaked me out.
My last time diving was in August. I did two dives in a morning with an hour surface interval. The first dive had an average depth of 20 feet with a maximum of 40. Total time 39. The second dive was a wall dive with a maximum depth of 70 feet. Total time 42. The depth gauge that I rented didn't work at all, telling me I was at 7 feet the entire time. We were on a tight schedule so I chose to follow my buddy's profile carefully and trust his computer.
I felt weak after the dive and kind of out of it. I didn't drink any water that day so I figured I was just a bit dehydrated. I had some water and took a breather. We had plans to go rock climbing after diving so we did that for a couple hours. Afterwards my left bicep was hurting quite a bit. I figured I just pulled something climbing.
Later that day I felt like I got run over by a bus and didn't think anything of it because of my busy day. I slept for like 12 hours and felt good but my bicep hurt for a couple more days. That eventually went away and I didn't think about it until now.
Thinking back on it, I might of/probably had decompression sickness.
Thoughts?
Dave
I'm leaving for a trip to Mexico in a week and am getting my dive gear together. Looking back through my log book and remembering my dives I noticed something that freaked me out.
My last time diving was in August. I did two dives in a morning with an hour surface interval. The first dive had an average depth of 20 feet with a maximum of 40. Total time 39. The second dive was a wall dive with a maximum depth of 70 feet. Total time 42. The depth gauge that I rented didn't work at all, telling me I was at 7 feet the entire time. We were on a tight schedule so I chose to follow my buddy's profile carefully and trust his computer.
I felt weak after the dive and kind of out of it. I didn't drink any water that day so I figured I was just a bit dehydrated. I had some water and took a breather. We had plans to go rock climbing after diving so we did that for a couple hours. Afterwards my left bicep was hurting quite a bit. I figured I just pulled something climbing.
Later that day I felt like I got run over by a bus and didn't think anything of it because of my busy day. I slept for like 12 hours and felt good but my bicep hurt for a couple more days. That eventually went away and I didn't think about it until now.
Thinking back on it, I might of/probably had decompression sickness.
Thoughts?
Dave
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