Twenty-two minutes of humility

[lowviz]

On both dives when we got about 10 minutes into the dive Eric developed nausea. He has never had this problem before.

One more thing to consider:

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo - Wikipedia

 

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One more thing to consider:

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo - Wikipedia

I asked about lightheadedness or dizziness. He denied both. The first episode resolved shortly after getting out of the water. The second episode lasted a bit longer.

 

[CT-Rich]

When I started with my fusion I thought I would be smart and wear some thermal underwear inside my DS undergarments. I eventually realized was that they were making me colder. Sweat would get into the undergarment and be trapped closed to my body, making me cold and clammy. With just the undergarments, the sweat would wick into the thick material and I was much warmer.

I switch to my 5mm wetsuit during the warmer months. I find surface swims in the drysuit are much more arduous and the extra weight, hoses etc, are not worth effort. I have had a bad experience with a too tight neck seal. It was only apparent on the surface and the sensation was really unpleasant.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Neck seal is causing reduced blood flow to brain, not good. Lightheadedness and nausea can be the results. This used to happen to me along with sweating, soaked undergarments, extra ballast, miserable surface swims, inability to pee if I wanted to without diapers or a cath, constantly chasing pinhole leaks from getting sent into urchin spines from surging ocean waters, failing zippers, and a final nail in the coffin was the fact that it was going to be about a $900 bill to have the zipper replaced.
So I gave up drysuit diving and went back to very well fitting custom wetsuits and couldn’t be happier.
Is a well fitting quality 7 mm wetsuit out of the question?
Talk to Dano, a good Freediveshop wetsuit is very toasty and comfortable.