I am concerned about possible symptoms of decompression sickness, but am hoping that someone here can ease my concerns. I last dove on Saturday, July 2. I did two ocean dives with a group through a reputable dive shop and stayed at all times with the dive instructor. I used the dive shop's computer, so I don't have the exact stats, but I did write down the dive times and maximum depths in my dive book. The first dive was to a maximum of 85 feet. The total dive time was 29 minutes (surface-to-surface, including ascent and safety stop). No issues with the dive computer or decompression limits, and we did a three-minute safety stop at 15 feet per the dive computer. After between 1 hour to 1:15 of surface time (probably closer to 1:15), we did another dive. This dive was to a maximum depth of 84 feet, and the total dive time was 30 minutes (surface-to-surface, including ascent and safety stop). On both dives, not all of the dive time was spent at the maximum depth (including, but not limited to, the ascent and safety stop), but I don't have the specifics. On the second dive, my dive computer got down to 4 minutes of no-decompression time remaining, at which point we began to ascend, and the no-decompression time increased. The dive computer never got below 4 minutes remaining. We ascended slowly and did a three-minute safety stop.
I had no symptoms of any kind until Tuesday morning, July 5, when I woke with a minor dull ache in my left shin (appx. 66-70 hours after diving). By this time, I was home. (We drove, not flew, home.) Since then, I've had some fairly constant, but also minor, issues with my left leg. All very minor, and not really any pain. In fact, if it wasn't for worrying, I probably wouldn't even be paying attention to them. Initially, I had just this minor dull ache in my shin. Over a period of several days, the feeling gravitated and changed somewhat, still within the left leg, and still mostly in the shin area, and included some tingling. As you can tell, the symptoms are vague and hard to describe. Yesterday, I felt some tingling in my left knee for the first time, and maybe some more today. Other than that, I wouldn't really say any of the issues have been in joints. Maybe there has been some minor tingling in a few other parts of my body, but I really can't tell.
Is there any possible issue here? Does the fact that I had no symptoms for nearly three days after diving effectively (or entirely?) rule out that these symptoms are DCI based? Or should I be concerned?
I had no symptoms of any kind until Tuesday morning, July 5, when I woke with a minor dull ache in my left shin (appx. 66-70 hours after diving). By this time, I was home. (We drove, not flew, home.) Since then, I've had some fairly constant, but also minor, issues with my left leg. All very minor, and not really any pain. In fact, if it wasn't for worrying, I probably wouldn't even be paying attention to them. Initially, I had just this minor dull ache in my shin. Over a period of several days, the feeling gravitated and changed somewhat, still within the left leg, and still mostly in the shin area, and included some tingling. As you can tell, the symptoms are vague and hard to describe. Yesterday, I felt some tingling in my left knee for the first time, and maybe some more today. Other than that, I wouldn't really say any of the issues have been in joints. Maybe there has been some minor tingling in a few other parts of my body, but I really can't tell.
Is there any possible issue here? Does the fact that I had no symptoms for nearly three days after diving effectively (or entirely?) rule out that these symptoms are DCI based? Or should I be concerned?
