| Chris
One bit of advice I would give to anyone with suspect pains.....phone a chamber immediately. Because my symptoms were borderline I phoned three different chambers to assess whether it was worth the drive to Craigavon from Galway.
ALL of the chambers were happy to give me advice. In fact the London Dive Chamber spent ages chatting to me on the phone, took my number and asked another doctor to call me back to give more advice even though I was never actually going to go to their chamber.
The doctor in Craigavon even gave me his mobile number so I could phone him anytime during the night if I needed too.
So for anyone reading this....just phone a chamber, let them decide if it's worth treating as they are the experts.
Now I've had a few days to think things through I will be doing a few shallow dives to see what happens. Probably start off in Salthill in Galway, max depth about 5m, just have a swim around. Next dive will probably be out in Carraroe, max depth 8m at the site used for training dives. We also have a decent drift dive down in Clare but with a max depth of 8m so once I'm back diving I'll probably do that dive for a bit of excitement. After that who knows, just start building up I guess.
Ed  |