Hi, everyone, this is my first post, so please pardon any procedural mistakes.
I'm having trouble finding any posts on the women's board (diving related section) other than the bathroom one, so thought I'd start one here.
Going on first "blue water" dive (not counting the "shore dive for non-divers" cruise ship excursion last summer).
Wondered, as a woman, are there any issues that I should be concerned about or plan for, other than the following two:
1) Menopause isn't getting here fast enough for me, but I was encouraged to read elsewhere on this forum that if you take the normal care, some people say "the aquatic life doesn't know the difference." Actually, I have heard of women going onto birth control pills or the like short-term in order to adjust the calendar for marathon running. I don't know if anyone even does that anymore, and it sounds like it will not be necessary, based on other posts. Does the group have additional comments?
2) Don't know if any other women have this issue, but I have a Buddy problem -- that is, a spousal buddy who does not understand boundaries. For example, my buddy seems to feel that "buddy check" on shore includes messing with my gear without asking/telling me. My buddy also seems to think that in the water, buddying means one person follows his gut and the other person follows him. We deal with this issue in some form on almost every dive. The current solution to this is that (a) our first Blue Water, we are going on a shorter with a group that includes people we know, including our Advanced Open Water instructor so I feel a bit more supported, and (b) I have made it clear that the extent of our future Blue Water dive schedule will depend on the success of this short, with friends, first dive. Don't get me wrong, my Buddy is a great person. Just sometimes his enthusiasm comes across as very controlling. I think that in the time after our last dive -- between then and now -- he is beginning to understand that he does this, which is a good step toward solving it.
Thanks for any comments. This post actually might be too broad, in which case, I'll learn from it, but thought the Women's Board could use some activity, and I'm going to gain comfort level with the upcoming Blue Water stuff by being able to raise the issues.
What else should I be planning for or thinking about?
I'm having trouble finding any posts on the women's board (diving related section) other than the bathroom one, so thought I'd start one here.
Going on first "blue water" dive (not counting the "shore dive for non-divers" cruise ship excursion last summer).
Wondered, as a woman, are there any issues that I should be concerned about or plan for, other than the following two:
1) Menopause isn't getting here fast enough for me, but I was encouraged to read elsewhere on this forum that if you take the normal care, some people say "the aquatic life doesn't know the difference." Actually, I have heard of women going onto birth control pills or the like short-term in order to adjust the calendar for marathon running. I don't know if anyone even does that anymore, and it sounds like it will not be necessary, based on other posts. Does the group have additional comments?
2) Don't know if any other women have this issue, but I have a Buddy problem -- that is, a spousal buddy who does not understand boundaries. For example, my buddy seems to feel that "buddy check" on shore includes messing with my gear without asking/telling me. My buddy also seems to think that in the water, buddying means one person follows his gut and the other person follows him. We deal with this issue in some form on almost every dive. The current solution to this is that (a) our first Blue Water, we are going on a shorter with a group that includes people we know, including our Advanced Open Water instructor so I feel a bit more supported, and (b) I have made it clear that the extent of our future Blue Water dive schedule will depend on the success of this short, with friends, first dive. Don't get me wrong, my Buddy is a great person. Just sometimes his enthusiasm comes across as very controlling. I think that in the time after our last dive -- between then and now -- he is beginning to understand that he does this, which is a good step toward solving it.
Thanks for any comments. This post actually might be too broad, in which case, I'll learn from it, but thought the Women's Board could use some activity, and I'm going to gain comfort level with the upcoming Blue Water stuff by being able to raise the issues.
What else should I be planning for or thinking about?
thermal ablasion....more women should know about it.
