Belmont
Contributor
I spent 4½ hours underwater, last week end, training for a new cert.
All went superbly well. After the last dive sunday afternoon I took my wet suit off on the beach and walked back to the water to rince it (we usually doff everything at the back of the truck), my boots also had sand in them, rinced them out too.
Tuesday morning I got up feverish and my right calf hurt and was turning red. Even if our dive protocols were ultra conservative, every one max depth 75 feet on EAN40 with a 20 min deco stop at 20 feet (practicing long hose reg exchange and hovering) on every dive . I was anxious.
I went to our local hospital ER, they have an hyperbaric chamber, and met the specialist there.
He found that my problem resulted not from DCS but from an infection caused by the penetration of bacteria trough water softened skin I caught walking barefoot in the sand.
Now I'm stuck with a regimen of IV antibiotics, one leg up reading The Board for the next 10 days.
I just wanted to share my experience for every one's benefit.
Michael
All went superbly well. After the last dive sunday afternoon I took my wet suit off on the beach and walked back to the water to rince it (we usually doff everything at the back of the truck), my boots also had sand in them, rinced them out too.
Tuesday morning I got up feverish and my right calf hurt and was turning red. Even if our dive protocols were ultra conservative, every one max depth 75 feet on EAN40 with a 20 min deco stop at 20 feet (practicing long hose reg exchange and hovering) on every dive . I was anxious.
I went to our local hospital ER, they have an hyperbaric chamber, and met the specialist there.
He found that my problem resulted not from DCS but from an infection caused by the penetration of bacteria trough water softened skin I caught walking barefoot in the sand.
Now I'm stuck with a regimen of IV antibiotics, one leg up reading The Board for the next 10 days.
I just wanted to share my experience for every one's benefit.
Michael