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As a sometimes waitress in a Parisian restaurant that caters both to locals and tourists, I agree 100% with what Crowley wrote. Especially the bolded paragraph. I already have a full-time job and only work shifts for the fun of meeting new people and the exercise, so I don't really care about...

It's an ongoing process for me and has lasted for over 4 years, but everyone is different. I have always been an anxious person, so maybe that's the reason why it's taking so long. The fact that I only get the chance to dive while on (long but infrequent) trips doesn't help either, since I...

Thank you for bringing this up. It is a topic of interest to me as I have in the past suffered from anxiety attacks. Like you, I had no issue and felt very relaxed when I first started diving. Yet once, I overexerted myself during a dive and CO2 retention brought me on the verge of a panic...

UPDATE 11/14-03/26 - MMM - at my house, Living Underwater 12/28-April?- Chace_Nicol-my apartment, Scuba with Alison 2/12 - 3/12 - firstdive2005 - wife Debbie(getting cert. this time), Park Royal, Scubamau. 2/20 - 3/06 - Bhala - Hotel Cozumel, Papa Hogs 2/25 - 3/13 - Andy9 + wife and son -...

Unfortunately, I'm not really blue yet. Unfinished business/paperwork keeping me stranded at home. :depressed: Hope I can make it on the island around March 15th :dontknow:

Sorry to read that, that is so lame. Hope you will post the name of said "instructor" in the Canadian forum, so prospective students can be warned. Hope you have a much better day tomorrow and thank you for this blog, it's a treat to read.

Bad news : looks like I won't be turning blue by the end of the week as expected. Tied here in (cold and rainy, yuck !) Paris to deal with important paperwork, don't know how long it will take :depressed::( The good news is, the dive doctor suspected I had a PFO (patent foramen ovale) after my...

Thanks for the add, Zman, can't wait to turn blue. Joe/Diver 85, if your wife cooks as good a gumbo as you do, I'm inviting myself at the Villa :blinking: Glad to read Sam is back on his feet and soon underwater. Kev, will you bring your hot tub on the island ? :rofl3: Just in case we dive...

Great news. I was able to get an appointment for the PFO test here in Paris on Feb. 10th. I'm now booking my plane ticket (should arrive on Coz on Feb 26th). If worst comes to worst, I'll only do one dive a day using Nitrox with air settings.

Add me to the list. Should be on the island from Feb 26th till mid-May ! :D Renting an appartment in town and doing shore dives / diving with Aldora.

It all boils down to personal preference and resistance to cold. Last year in February, most people I saw diving in Cozumel wore 3 mil shorties or full suits. I personaly used a 5 mm full suit and a 1 mm tee shirt underneath and was cold at times. I did see a couple of guys in board shorts only...

Another option : Stay at Hotel Pepita (less than $40 a night, in town 3 blocks from Waterfront, quiet secure place, no safe but never had any issue) for 5 nights and book with Dive with Martin. 5 nights accomodation : 200 total = 100 per person 4 2-tank trips package including equipment = 235 1...

Did you get my answer to your PM ? Aqua Safari is right in town, on the waterfront/boardwalk, the hotel is upstairs, the dive shop downstairs and their pier across the street. Don't know about the safe as I never stayed there. According to their Website the $322 prices pp includes the IVA...

Thanks everyone for the answers. EllenE and Amazz's stories are truly inspiring, I can relate to the denial part of the DCS, in Cozumel last year I often felt unusual fatigue, slight vertigo and very light tingling in the fingers after the second dive. It would start after getting off the boat...

Hi Sallye ! I'm planning to get on the island around Feb. 20th… but that will depend on the outcome of the meeting with the cardiologist and whether I can get screened here or there… Hope to finally meet you too.

Sorry, I thought all divers knew what PFO was. Anyway, I had a somewhat unexplained type 2 DCS hit last year, which required two chamber rides on the island. My dive doctor here in France wants me tested for PFO, the cardiologist (who is also a dive specialist) has already done a basic...

Planning on going to Coz for 3 months in February, but I want to get tested for PFO as I got a DCS hit last year. There's a 2 month waiting list at the public hospital here in Paris… Anyone knows if I can get PFO screened on the island (or in Cancún) and how much it would cost ? Thanks.

There are many dive sites towards the South end (not necessarily the best)… BUT all dive ops will take you there, even the ones that pick up in town (north). Unless you are seasick / don't like boat rides / are in a hurry to get back on shore / want to do 4 dives a day, eat and sleep and don't...

If you don't mind sharing a room with your dive buddy and are not set on all inclusive, you can probably lower the costs. A hotel room in town shoud be around USD50 a night (total), meals can be had for anywhere between USD5 (many good local joints) and USD30 per person. If you're a heavy...

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