hello, I am newly OW cert & have been going out for a few group dives, on the last one a week ago i experienced what i best describe as a lung squeeze during the last 6 feet of ascent into a choppy sea (felt sort of like that initial pressure you start feeling on your ear, when you are a bit late to equalize due to task loading)
it felt so minor i didnt pay much attn to it at the time, but when i later read up about lung expansion theory i got worried & set an appointment with a diving doctor for later this week. the first night that lung felt a little tender, but this tenderness is gone now.
for the past few days i have kept my daily hour of jogging & have noticed no breathlessness.
in the meantime i have been searching all over the forums for a experience like mine as i am counting the suspenseful minutes till the doc gets to have a look at me. has anyone heard of someone who felt a lung squeeze (advance warning of pressure which was released in the nick of time[i hope])? or with lungs is it just either you get hurt or not hurt? i am not looking for advice just if this possibility makes sense (just like ear squeeze is distinct from ear rupture)
thanks
it felt so minor i didnt pay much attn to it at the time, but when i later read up about lung expansion theory i got worried & set an appointment with a diving doctor for later this week. the first night that lung felt a little tender, but this tenderness is gone now.
for the past few days i have kept my daily hour of jogging & have noticed no breathlessness.
in the meantime i have been searching all over the forums for a experience like mine as i am counting the suspenseful minutes till the doc gets to have a look at me. has anyone heard of someone who felt a lung squeeze (advance warning of pressure which was released in the nick of time[i hope])? or with lungs is it just either you get hurt or not hurt? i am not looking for advice just if this possibility makes sense (just like ear squeeze is distinct from ear rupture)
thanks