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<font color='#8D38C9'>I suffered a bend this Sunday on the Zenobia & spent 5 hours in the pot but was told nothing after the treatment about diving restrictions. I did a 33m dive with 35 mins of stops in the morning & i had a pain in my shoulder afterwards but this i put down to problems I've had with the arm for the last couple of weeks & the strain of climbing up dodgy ladders with my twins. This was a mistake. In the afternoon i did a further dive on the "Z" & put my VR3 safety up to 20% thinking that damaged tissue (muscle strain) can cause a bend. I did a 42m dive for 81 mins with 45mins of stops & knew before I'd finished the dive that i'd had a hit. Someone had borrowed the boats O2 without refilling it so it lasted only 3 mins. On the way to the hospital i was in great pain. The hospital put me on O2 but i believe the flow rate was too low. I eventually had to call a nurse as they left me thinking it was a minor thing. My left arm was numb & paralysed, i had pins & needles in my right fingers & both legs, my stomach was numb, my chest was tightening & my cheeks & lips were numb which effected my speech. I was in agony & struggling to breath when they eventually decided to put me in the pot for 5 hours all due i believe to dehydration. Today i feel like shit & pissed off. The underlying opinion seem to be that it was my fault. "I should've realised that it was a bend before the 2nd dive" or "my twins are too heavy" are two comments I've heard. Not to mention the discussions on doing a deeper dive second. I don't know what type of bend it was but it hurt like hell. So much for the slight tingling of pins & needles.
I'll probably put this on the forums as a bit of a warning to people who do what i did & have done on numerous occasions. "I must've strained a muscle getting out" only to find that i hadn't
Good diving
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<font color='#8D38C9'>I suffered a bend this Sunday on the Zenobia & spent 5 hours in the pot but was told nothing after the treatment about diving restrictions. I did a 33m dive with 35 mins of stops in the morning & i had a pain in my shoulder afterwards but this i put down to problems I've had with the arm for the last couple of weeks & the strain of climbing up dodgy ladders with my twins. This was a mistake. In the afternoon i did a further dive on the "Z" & put my VR3 safety up to 20% thinking that damaged tissue (muscle strain) can cause a bend. I did a 42m dive for 81 mins with 45mins of stops & knew before I'd finished the dive that i'd had a hit. Someone had borrowed the boats O2 without refilling it so it lasted only 3 mins. On the way to the hospital i was in great pain. The hospital put me on O2 but i believe the flow rate was too low. I eventually had to call a nurse as they left me thinking it was a minor thing. My left arm was numb & paralysed, i had pins & needles in my right fingers & both legs, my stomach was numb, my chest was tightening & my cheeks & lips were numb which effected my speech. I was in agony & struggling to breath when they eventually decided to put me in the pot for 5 hours all due i believe to dehydration. Today i feel like shit & pissed off. The underlying opinion seem to be that it was my fault. "I should've realised that it was a bend before the 2nd dive" or "my twins are too heavy" are two comments I've heard. Not to mention the discussions on doing a deeper dive second. I don't know what type of bend it was but it hurt like hell. So much for the slight tingling of pins & needles.
I'll probably put this on the forums as a bit of a warning to people who do what i did & have done on numerous occasions. "I must've strained a muscle getting out" only to find that i hadn't
Good diving
