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  1. dowmartens

    Perilymph Fistula and FLYING on a commercial plane - I am stranded on an Island

    Just wanted to update the thread on my condition. I ended up having the PLF surgery last Thursday. I want to give my honest account of the surgery and how I have felt since then, but this is certainly not meant to scare anyone, as I am sure everyone is different. The surgery itself was...
  2. dowmartens

    Perilymph Fistula and FLYING on a commercial plane - I am stranded on an Island

    Thanks for all of the great advice. I had a full work up yesterday, although I can't quite remember all of the acronyms. I had positional vertigo, infrared goggles, air blown into my ears (which didn't work because apparently I have abnormally small ear canals and they could not stimulate my...
  3. dowmartens

    Perilymph Fistula and FLYING on a commercial plane - I am stranded on an Island

    Here is the story (long one) The last time I went diving was on August 7th. I was diving on August 3rd doing some bounce dives for work (see profiles below). I did dives (in succession) or 62', 56', and 45' on Nitrox 29%. All three dives were 5-7 minutes long (total dive time). I then had...
  4. dowmartens

    Perilymph Fistula and FLYING on a commercial plane - I am stranded on an Island

    Thank you all for the information so far. I will let you know if jumping on a cruise ship is a viable option. I look forward to hearing from doctormike as I have already read most of the fistula posts that he has been involved in.
  5. dowmartens

    Perilymph Fistula and FLYING on a commercial plane - I am stranded on an Island

    Hey ScubaBoard.com folks - Long time listener, first time poster. I won't go into all the details, but I was recently diagnosed with a PLF directly related to diving. I do a lot of deeper bounce dives for work and upon surfacing after the 6th bounce dive (all done by computer, proper ascents...
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