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Hi Colin, Just as Wacdiver says, don't reinjure yourself. some years ago I tried excercising by peddaling a stationary bike with my hands, it went great and was real awesome, right up to the point where my elbows stopped working. No one wanted to really talk about solutions for what...

Roger on the hand sew, took me a while to find right search parameters. Been reading on sailmakers/repairers and even on this board about hand sewing with an awl or just pliers/thimble, and upolstry thread. There's a few people on ebay selling bonded polyester thread v-69 92 and 138 and I...

Hi Matt, keep hanging in there buddy. I like the photo for your avatar, Cool! And yep, I feel that way too. There's not much to do but keep trying; well, that and not giving in... Rick

Hi Wayne, I was thinking that with the back inflate it would help to keep trim also, and it worked ok once we were in the water and all geared up but putting the thing on was a trip. trying to feel behind you through bits and pieces of webbing, with gloves on, I had a heck of a time figuring...

Hi Wayne, I'm t-12, and trying too... Looks like my fearless leader, Jeff, put you onto his website showing my log. We didn't get to the open water this year, and it's really going to be a grind getting through this winter, but next year, Look Out! I too notice the sensation of not having...

May I ask What size needles and thread you are using to sew this kind of stuff. I've been looking for data on this for a while and can't find anything. I have some old farmer johns that are too big and was going to install a zipper up each leg, and let the extra neo underlap the zipper...

Carol, Good luck with the diving. I'm just a newbie to this, and a diver in training, passed third confined water dive and test last sat, but I'm a paraplegic t12 and had vertabrea fused. My biggest prob was sitting in a wheelchair & pressure sores so I spend most of my time on a prone...

BTW, figured out how to upload pic to public profile,(at least I think I did it right) nothing special, just my reflective dome. Rick

Hey All, You guys and gals are great. Last sat passed the third knowlege review, test, and confined water dive. Still diving in the pool with just the skinsuit and after about an hour it gets awefully chilly. Making good progress but not sure if we'll have the time to do the open water...

Thank you all for the kind welcome and encouragement. I am keeping a diary of this experience that will be posted on my instructors website diversdescent.com when we're a bit farther along. For now i'm just using a skinsuit as it's just too darn difficult to get into a good fitting wetsuit...

Hello, new to diving and this board. Just passed second knowledge review, test and confined water dive, on my way to Basic Open Water. As we're nearing the end of summer, can anyone impart some data on the use of a drysuit for a disabled diver (paraplegic)? The use of gators to keep air out...