For those who know my story so far, please bear with me whilst I re-tell the first part.
In July 2005 I suffered a neurological DCI after a dive that was perfectly acceptable to current constraints.
Following three days recompression I was advised to get checked out for a PFO.
This proved positive (about 10mm) and was subsequently closed and checked as ok. I had made the decision to refrain from diving during this period, and I was passed fit to dive in March 2007, almost 19 months after the accident.
I then bought some new kit and embarked on a series of refamiliarisation dives with an instructor friend. I did a total of nine dives in inland sites and built up slowly to eventually hit 36m in Stony.
Three weeks later I had my first trip back in the channel and ended up with another neurological DCI.
For the record the dive stats went like this. Temp. 12C, Viz. 5m, Max. depth 24m, Av. depth 16m, Bottom time 40mins, Gas 36%, Ascent rate 3.5 m/min, Safety stop 5mins.
Ironically I went to get checked out for a shoulder pain which proved to be Musculo-Skelatal, but whilst at the chamber a neuro hit was diagnosed of which I had not been aware!!
Fortunately I was in Plymouth so I saw Phil Bryson (Medical director Diving Diseases Research Centre) the next day whose advice was to retire from diving. I have since been back to see Peter Wilmshurst who failed to get any bubbles across the PFO closure, and whose advice concurs with Phil Bryson's.
I have therefore hung up what little kit I had left after two of my children raided my dive bag. ( At least it's going to a good home! )
What a bummer!
Yours in diving
Larry
In July 2005 I suffered a neurological DCI after a dive that was perfectly acceptable to current constraints.
Following three days recompression I was advised to get checked out for a PFO.
This proved positive (about 10mm) and was subsequently closed and checked as ok. I had made the decision to refrain from diving during this period, and I was passed fit to dive in March 2007, almost 19 months after the accident.
I then bought some new kit and embarked on a series of refamiliarisation dives with an instructor friend. I did a total of nine dives in inland sites and built up slowly to eventually hit 36m in Stony.
Three weeks later I had my first trip back in the channel and ended up with another neurological DCI.
For the record the dive stats went like this. Temp. 12C, Viz. 5m, Max. depth 24m, Av. depth 16m, Bottom time 40mins, Gas 36%, Ascent rate 3.5 m/min, Safety stop 5mins.
Ironically I went to get checked out for a shoulder pain which proved to be Musculo-Skelatal, but whilst at the chamber a neuro hit was diagnosed of which I had not been aware!!
Fortunately I was in Plymouth so I saw Phil Bryson (Medical director Diving Diseases Research Centre) the next day whose advice was to retire from diving. I have since been back to see Peter Wilmshurst who failed to get any bubbles across the PFO closure, and whose advice concurs with Phil Bryson's.
I have therefore hung up what little kit I had left after two of my children raided my dive bag. ( At least it's going to a good home! )
What a bummer!
Yours in diving
Larry