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<font color='#0000FF'>My buddy and i did 3 dives down at Stoney last Thursday. We followed the dive plan quite well but the viz was pretty abysmal and we got lost on our second dive and missed "Stanegarth" altogether.
Anyway we dived sensibly by doing our deepest first and then having 2x 90 minutes surface intervals.
But i got a phone call on Thursday night telling me he had gone to Murrayfield Hyperbaric Chamber feeling unwell.
As it turns out he had a type 1 bend, causing a skin rash and stomach pains and had to spend 6 hours in the chamber. He has been advised not to dive for 4 weeks to fully recover.
I am a bit puzzled by this because he is a very competent diver and did his stops ok. If anything i was struggling a bit as i was practicing with my firs SMB and came up a bit quick on my 3rd stop. Although i got my 3 minutes in.
Although i felt ok and had no problems i am wondering if i too should take 4 weeks off from diving just as a precaution?
Can anybody advise me?.
<font color='#0000FF'>My buddy and i did 3 dives down at Stoney last Thursday. We followed the dive plan quite well but the viz was pretty abysmal and we got lost on our second dive and missed "Stanegarth" altogether.
Anyway we dived sensibly by doing our deepest first and then having 2x 90 minutes surface intervals.
But i got a phone call on Thursday night telling me he had gone to Murrayfield Hyperbaric Chamber feeling unwell.
As it turns out he had a type 1 bend, causing a skin rash and stomach pains and had to spend 6 hours in the chamber. He has been advised not to dive for 4 weeks to fully recover.
I am a bit puzzled by this because he is a very competent diver and did his stops ok. If anything i was struggling a bit as i was practicing with my firs SMB and came up a bit quick on my 3rd stop. Although i got my 3 minutes in.
Although i felt ok and had no problems i am wondering if i too should take 4 weeks off from diving just as a precaution?
Can anybody advise me?.