Casimir Loeber
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Hello,
It has been a few years since I have been diving and I am paranoid that I might be experiencing DCS so I am reaching out to this awesome community.
This weekend I went diving for the first time in years and did 3 dives. On my trip back from the dive site I had my day pack stolen which had my dive log in it so I am making best guesses with these stats:
1) Saturday - Refresher dive to 15 meters with proper safety stop before surfacing.
2) Sunday 10am - Did a dive down to approx. 28 meters and on the way down (about 24 Meters) temporarily lost boyancy control and ascending repidly back to 15 meters before regaining control and continuing the dive. I did not experience any discomfort or noticable issues at this point. I don't remember how long the dive was but we did a proper safety stop on the way up and spent lots of time at shallow depth before surfacing. I know that the more experienced diver in the group had 100 bar of air left if that gives any indication of length of dive.
3) Sunday 12noon - Did a dive to approx. 22 Meters with no issues and did proper safety stop on the way up. Again I am not sure of how much time we spent but the experienced diver had 100 bar of air left. I am prone to leg cramps when I swim, and experienced cramping in both legs near the end of the dive which went away during our safety stop because I was not kicking hard.
It was very hot out and after the dive I felt fatigued but it felt normal because I had spent the last 3 days being active in the sun and did not get the most amount of sleep. About 2 hours after the dive I went stand up paddle boarding in the sun which ended up being much more work than I planned because the wind came up when I was far out and I had to work hard to get back.
4 hours after my last dive when I was eating an early dinner I got dizzy with some tunnel vision and felt very tired. I chalked it up to not eating much that day and possibly being dehydrated. About 1.5 hours later as I was waiting for a ferry I felt spaced out and kind of out of it and started googling DCS symptoms. I ended up slightly panicking and going to the local hospital where the doctors had no idea about dive related issues but I requested oxygen regardless. I called DAN and talked to a doctor and he said that he was 99% sure that I didn't have DCS but I should monitor my symptoms regardless.
After a solid sleep with lots of water and a good meal I felt great other than tendon/muscle pain in my left hamstring I feel no pain in my joint and the pain feels like it was from the leg cramps and finning that I was not used to. When I massage it with a foam roller it feels just like normal muscle pain.
About 2 hours ago I got another dizzy spell after walking up 7 flights of stairs (broken elevator). I feel a little spaced out with a slight headache and am paranoid that it might be DCS so I am posting here. My lower back hurts but it was sore in the same spot with my dive gear on before I went to any depth on my first dive.
Do you think I have DCS? Could anything else account for my dizzyness/slight vertigo feeling?
Thanks so much in advance.
It has been a few years since I have been diving and I am paranoid that I might be experiencing DCS so I am reaching out to this awesome community.
This weekend I went diving for the first time in years and did 3 dives. On my trip back from the dive site I had my day pack stolen which had my dive log in it so I am making best guesses with these stats:
1) Saturday - Refresher dive to 15 meters with proper safety stop before surfacing.
2) Sunday 10am - Did a dive down to approx. 28 meters and on the way down (about 24 Meters) temporarily lost boyancy control and ascending repidly back to 15 meters before regaining control and continuing the dive. I did not experience any discomfort or noticable issues at this point. I don't remember how long the dive was but we did a proper safety stop on the way up and spent lots of time at shallow depth before surfacing. I know that the more experienced diver in the group had 100 bar of air left if that gives any indication of length of dive.
3) Sunday 12noon - Did a dive to approx. 22 Meters with no issues and did proper safety stop on the way up. Again I am not sure of how much time we spent but the experienced diver had 100 bar of air left. I am prone to leg cramps when I swim, and experienced cramping in both legs near the end of the dive which went away during our safety stop because I was not kicking hard.
It was very hot out and after the dive I felt fatigued but it felt normal because I had spent the last 3 days being active in the sun and did not get the most amount of sleep. About 2 hours after the dive I went stand up paddle boarding in the sun which ended up being much more work than I planned because the wind came up when I was far out and I had to work hard to get back.
4 hours after my last dive when I was eating an early dinner I got dizzy with some tunnel vision and felt very tired. I chalked it up to not eating much that day and possibly being dehydrated. About 1.5 hours later as I was waiting for a ferry I felt spaced out and kind of out of it and started googling DCS symptoms. I ended up slightly panicking and going to the local hospital where the doctors had no idea about dive related issues but I requested oxygen regardless. I called DAN and talked to a doctor and he said that he was 99% sure that I didn't have DCS but I should monitor my symptoms regardless.
After a solid sleep with lots of water and a good meal I felt great other than tendon/muscle pain in my left hamstring I feel no pain in my joint and the pain feels like it was from the leg cramps and finning that I was not used to. When I massage it with a foam roller it feels just like normal muscle pain.
About 2 hours ago I got another dizzy spell after walking up 7 flights of stairs (broken elevator). I feel a little spaced out with a slight headache and am paranoid that it might be DCS so I am posting here. My lower back hurts but it was sore in the same spot with my dive gear on before I went to any depth on my first dive.
Do you think I have DCS? Could anything else account for my dizzyness/slight vertigo feeling?
Thanks so much in advance.