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Yes. I always have glucose tablets on me even though I haven't needed them since I stopped taking Amaryl. I've got myself some liquid glucose in foil packets that I think should survive the pressure just fine, and I plan to carry them with me in the water. Plus, I'm thinking I'll keep a bottle...

Actually, that 150 mg/dL recommendation is one of the things that concerns me. My glucose levels are very well controlled right now (fasting blood sugars of about 100 mg/dL) so 150 seems scary high to me. I'm wondering if that's a hard and fast rule or if I should modify that to suit my personal...

I think that's more a reflection on the US legal system than anything else. Clearly the instructor and/or dive school should have had all participants on the dive sign a liability waiver. I'm not saying it would have prevented the instructor from being sued, but it probably would have helped his...

I'm a new diver and I'll be taking the PADI open-water certification course in a few weeks. I also have type 2 (adult on-set, or non-insulin dependent) diabetes which I know is something of a risk factor for diving. I've been trying to research the issues around diving and diabetes but I'm...