| West Ireland Diver
Did a dive in Donegal in March ( my 60th ) hit 23 mtrs for about 30 mins.
Sat down to dinner about 6 hours later and when I finished eating and stood up felt a discomfort in by big toe, under the nail. Thought nothing of it.
Went to bed to be woken at 1am with a really bad pain in toe. For about an hour I was torn between toughing it out or calling an ambulance. I eventually was able to tear away a bit of soft toenail which relieved the pressure and eventually drifted off to sleep. Aborted the next days diving.
I suspected an infection as I would have thought a bend would have become apparent earlier but not so sure now.
I have had 6 dives since with no ill effects but not to that depth.
Looking at your own situation, since you started off with a pre-existing injury I'd suggest that you could consider continuing to dive at shallow depths and see if it is the physical exercise of finning is causing the problem; bends being less likely to be the causal vector at shallow depths. You can then progressively deepen your dives. If the symptom arises again it's a trip to the chamber and a reassessment.
I have no expertise in this area and I suppose the best people to advise you may be the chamber staff themselves.
Best of luck and hope all goes well.
Chris  |