Can I get bent in a pool? Terrible pain in my joints.

[charlesml3]

Exactly. In 8' of water you simply aren't under enough pressure to dissolve nitrogen into your bloodstream. It just isn't possible.

-Charles

 

[reeldive]

Welcome to Old Age!

All jokeing aside hope you called DAN and are OK. You should probably see your regular Doc as well

 

[Web Monkey]

Thanks for the responces prompting me to call DAN. That helped me rule out that possibility.

I never get sick, I havent missed a day of work in 27 years, so this extreme pain out of the blue is baffling me.

Regardless of wether it's DCS or even dive related, you need to have it looked at really soon.

Terry

 

[harleyxx]

The medic at Dan said that is is highly unlikely that I could get DCS in a pool under the circumstances I described. He said he had never heard of a case where this happened. I am going to see my Doc on Friday & have some blood tests.
This is so strange because I lead a very active life, surfing, canoeing, working out, and of course diving when I get a chance. From what I've read DCS symptoms rarely affect the hands.
I did not see swelling as a symptom of DCS. My knuckles and fingers are now swollen to almost twice the normal size. Tingling like crazy!

 

[harleyxx]

I feel like a dweeb for calling Dan now. But I'll be the first to admit that I don't know it all. If I'm going to get bent I sure don't want it to be in my own pool!
When I called Dan, they were very helpful.

 

[stevewirl]

hi guys ,
just a word to the wise . iv never heard of someone bending from a pool .

but .

if dive physics teaches us that at pressure a gas in contact with a liquid can be dissolved into that said liquid .
this means that at a ambient pressure of 1.3 where this guy was that he was on gassing for an hour and a half .
after which he was off gassing , no problem there and there sould be no problem with what he done .esspically with ean 36

but to become fully saturated at this depth and for it to cause any problems would mean that he would have to be at this depth for weeks before surfacing .

in my opinion its a traped nerve caused by weight belt or lifting the scuba gear

 

[stevewirl]

never feel like a dweeb .

safty first

asking questions only gets you ans

no such thing as a stupid question

 

[Web Monkey]

I feel like a dweeb for calling Dan now. But I'll be the first to admit that I don't know it all. If I'm going to get bent I sure don't want it to be in my own pool!
When I called Dan, they were very helpful.

Never feel like a dweeb for calling them. That's what they're there for.

If you want to really feel like a dweeb, try not calling them, then later discover that you have a permanent case of non-repairable-whatever that could have been easily fixed if handled promptly.

Terry

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

There's no way to get bent in 8 feet of water. Even the PADI tables don't start until 35 ft. At 8 feet, you couldn't possibly carry enough air to stay down long enough to get bent. You would need surface supplied air.

 

[harleyxx]

There's no way to get bent in 8 feet of water. Even the PADI tables don't start until 35 ft. At 8 feet, you couldn't possibly carry enough air to stay down long enough to get bent. You would need surface supplied air.

Thats what I thought. My wife called her brother who is a paramedic, nurse & cave diver and he suggested that it was possible if was continually going from the surface to the deep end. I didn't believe him but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. Someone else here also stated that it was possible. Dan says virtually no way. I am comfortable with that. I am convinced there must be some other reason. Which is good because I would hate to have to quit diving. Typing is almost impossible now, so I will post again when I find out what is wrong.