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A quick update, one more dive and I will finish the Tec 45 course. I went to another dive doctor that gave me the all clear after extensive testing, a week later the previous doctor also gave me the all clear for the Tec course. Thank you all for all your support.

It is not so much that I want my outcome, I wouldn’t even think of asking my endocrinologist if the dive doctor told me why I, as an individual, cannot go below 30m or do deco dives. The only thing I have seen is that they conducted a study down to 30m and there were no significant variations in...

Being an NGO doesn’t disqualify them from having an opinion, however they are not a government organization or an international health organization, they should have no say in laws or regulations, however some dive doctors take them like the law. Their research is based on data of over 15...

The issue is that the Dive Doctor is not an endocrinologist, so their judgement is based on guidelines by DAN, who are just an NGO. Also the logic behind it is completely flawed, since in various studies pressure does not affect glucose, the only factors would be exercise, cold and gasses. As...

Hey there, Quick update, I went to my endocrinologist Today and he told me that the pills I take will not generate hypoglycaemia, so he wrote in my form that I could dive without restrictions. I told my trainer about my condition as well as my visit to the dive doctor and my endocrinologist...

Hey there, It is not that I am second guessing the dive doctor, it is just that they told me “ you are fit to dive, but you have to have restrictions because you are diabetic and if I don’t give them to you my reputation as a dive doctor will suffer”. The same thing happened to me when I was...

Thank you very much for all the support. The main issue is that not many people understand what Hypo and Hyperglycemia work, the medication I take will not give me a Hypo as long as I eat normally and it is highly unlikely that I will get Hyperglycemia if I am taking my medication (I take...

Dear Tursiops, Thank you for the info I will have a look for it. The form the box fit to dive was ticked, however in notes they put No deco dives and maximum of 30m. All the best, Serge

Hey drk5036, The journey did start that way, I was just proving to myself that I could do it, but ever since my first real open water dive, which funnily enough was for my deep diver cert, I fell in love with diving. There are a few places of interest were I live, however once you have been...

This is a ring bungee system, you put a choker and a bolt snap in the neck of the valve and clip it on instead of wrapping the bungee around the valve. However, I think that the loop bungee system is better, mainly because it has less failure points and the tank is not hanging from the metal...

Hey guys, I got into diving two years ago, it stemmed from an obsession because a doctor in a resort in Maldives said I couldn't dive because I had Diabetes type II. When I got back home I went to an endocrinologist to ask if he could sign my medical form, he said yes because I am young, in...

Hey Andrew, It was okay,it worked except that it was too cumbersome and the piano keys in the inflation hoses would sometimes be triggered, which made it an inviable option for tec diving. I decided to dissemble it again and have a spare bladder, it was a fun project and it is a great BCD...

Hey guys, So I finally finished putting together everything, the BCD now has two independent wings, I took it to the shop to ask a technician if he thought I could dive with it and he said I could but my set up is not Ideal. In the end the hardest part was trying to route the dump valves...

I was trying to investigate if I could get a redundancy bladder to upgrade my scubapro wing. Unfortunately, I can’t find anything from scubapro or a compatible redundancy bladder. So I had the idea of putting both 45lb wings offset back to back (sandwiching the corrugated hoses and the dump...

So I have been playing around with my set up, I added a ring the Dive Rite Ring Bungee to the continuous 6mm bungee loop the OP had on his bcd. AB45560A-8D58-425A-B8A0-ED6C25A766A7 by Sidemount Serge posted Jul 3, 2019 at 5:30 PM i also used the remaining bungee to thread the wing...

Hey guys, I just bought the ScubaPro X-tec Sidemount BCD, the posts in this thread have helped me modify some stuff on the BCD. I added the Dive Rite metal ring system, some D-rings and made some cosmetic changes. The thing is that I am diving with the 45lb wing and I am thinking of adding a...