ThatsDeep
Registered
Hi,
I went diving last weekend, 2 wreck dives on Saturday, with max depth on both dives of about 25m, with a bottom time of about 40 mins on each dive. Everything went normal, and we (DM and I) did our 5 minutes safety stop at 5 meters, and listened to the most conservative of both our computers, as one should.
However, the next day I felt very lightheaded and a bit nauseous so I didn't dive on Sunday, which was especially unfortunate since it was my birthday. I attributed it towards not having slept at all on Friday night and only 5 hours on Saturday, not to DCS since as far as I know we ascended safely from my 2 dives on Saturday.
However, now as I look on my dive graph on MacDive from my computer, I see I did indeed have an ascent rate warning on my first dive that day, which I wasn't even aware of during the dive (I will need to pay closer attention to that), and since it's now Wednesday and I still don't feel 100% back to normal, my suspicions are much stronger that I do indeed have mild DCS.
The weird thing however, is that the lightheadedness (my only symptom, really) attacks me right after I've eaten, as in within 5 minutes, and stays with me about 1 hour, then goes away, only to come back after my next meal. It's been going like that the past 3 days.
I'm about to go see a doctor and ask about a recompression facility in the city, but I'd like to know, does this sound like a case of DCS to you, or something completely different?
Thanks!
I went diving last weekend, 2 wreck dives on Saturday, with max depth on both dives of about 25m, with a bottom time of about 40 mins on each dive. Everything went normal, and we (DM and I) did our 5 minutes safety stop at 5 meters, and listened to the most conservative of both our computers, as one should.
However, the next day I felt very lightheaded and a bit nauseous so I didn't dive on Sunday, which was especially unfortunate since it was my birthday. I attributed it towards not having slept at all on Friday night and only 5 hours on Saturday, not to DCS since as far as I know we ascended safely from my 2 dives on Saturday.
However, now as I look on my dive graph on MacDive from my computer, I see I did indeed have an ascent rate warning on my first dive that day, which I wasn't even aware of during the dive (I will need to pay closer attention to that), and since it's now Wednesday and I still don't feel 100% back to normal, my suspicions are much stronger that I do indeed have mild DCS.
The weird thing however, is that the lightheadedness (my only symptom, really) attacks me right after I've eaten, as in within 5 minutes, and stays with me about 1 hour, then goes away, only to come back after my next meal. It's been going like that the past 3 days.
I'm about to go see a doctor and ask about a recompression facility in the city, but I'd like to know, does this sound like a case of DCS to you, or something completely different?
Thanks!