so tired I couldn't see straight????

[sea_dragon]

It sounds like you had DCS. Not a real severe case, but more than just "subclinical".

When Dandy Don says "After a few days and a plane ride, don't see any point<in calling>, tho."; he's probably referring to your current lack of symptoms, and how any treatment at this time is pointless.

it isn't me that had the benz it was opalobsidian....she has a question about the way she felt... but i think she had a slight case....

 

[opalobsidian]

Thanks everyone!

Wow, maybe it's a good thing I didn't know this at the time, I thought I was just kind of over-reacting as I am an excitable kinda gal.

By the way, what does sub-clinical mean? That it's mild enough I don't need to go to a clinic?

Bare with me now!
Pamela

 

[DandyDon]

Thanks everyone!

Wow, maybe it's a good thing I didn't know this at the time, I thought I was just kind of over-reacting as I am an excitable kinda gal.

No, I think you were injured, luckily not badly. Uncontrolled ascents are a serous risk, and I do hope you resolve this before your next dive. Do you have access to an Inst?

By the way, what does sub-clinical mean? That it's mild enough I don't need to go to a clinic?

I think that's right. But then, a little worse could have been a lot worse. There's lot of info about this on the Dr.Deco forum.

Thank God you got the DAN insurance. It scares me that any divers go without it.

 

[Charlie99]

By the way, what does sub-clinical mean? That it's mild enough I don't need to go to a clinic?

Subclinical and clinical are medical terms relating to whether or not there are clearly identifiable symptoms. In the context of decompression / diving medicine, "subclinical DCS" is usually used to describe things like mild fatigue, where it might be the result of DCS or it might just be normal fatigue from exertion. Clinical DCS, on the other hand, is a case where it is severe enough that clear symptoms are present.

As in many sorts of insults to the body, DCS is not just a "yes/no" or "bent/not bent" sort of thing. Think of sunburn. You can have just a very light sunburn, where it's debatable whether or not you are burnt at all, but you just kind of feel a bit out of it. Very mild DCS is the same sort of thing.

 

[DandyDon]

This is the part that really would have concerned me at the time...

The next day I got seriously weighted down and did my ascents very nice and slow. However I felt completely exhausted and by the time I got back to the rental house I was having visual disturbances and was too exhausted to stand up for long, my arms especially felt super heavy. But what really had me freaking was the visual disturbances, like seeing swirls and bubbles and not being able to focus my eyes. Of course I started worrying because of what the other divers said about that crazy rapid ascent!

To this amateur, it kinda sounds like you got a little bent on your rapid ascents, then even tho you got your weighting and ascents more under control, may still have gotten additionally injured.

I'm happy that you feel well now, and hope you never get this close to a serious hit again.