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Last year I found out what those hooks in the walls are for...hammocks (or was someone pulling my leg), but maybe they are just in the place I stayed on Isla Mujeres. Now I'm wondering whether 1) those hammock hooks are found in the downtown hotels on Cozumel; 2) whether those hooks would...

Well, I went and I didn't get to go diving. El Norte had some powerful winds going, and I never made it over to Cozumel. I suppose I will be strung up by the dive community for saying this, but I have to say that in spite of being so close and not diving, I had an absolute blast and didn't...

So, my friend and I are flying in to Cancun first thing tomorrow morning, and will be staying on Isla Mujeres. I've been to Cozumel 4 times, and while my original stay in Isla Mujeres was only supposed to be 4 days, we decided to stay an extra day, so now I'm thinking about shuttling over to...

One thing I didn't see listed on the thread about women's health issues and diving is laparoscopic surgery. I know with hysterectomy, and also with some types of gallbladder surgeries, part of the process entails blowing air into the body cavity being explored or worked on so that the surgeon...

Has anyone around here had uterine ablation? If so, just how painful was it and were the results what you expected? PM me if you're not comfortable talking about it in here.

The diving is phenomenal (comparable to Cozumel), however (in a nutshell), the people are nowhere near as hospitable or accomodating as my Cozumelino amigos. I just thought I'd post that in here. :) Miss all of ya!

(Nobody noticed that I posted the wrong date last Tuesday...or you were all too polite to mention it.) Today was a milestone... I had to take off my shoes when I weighed to accomplish this, but I was so close and I really wanted to get past the 20 lbs. lost marker. Last week, I lost 4.4 lbs...

Please don't flame me for asking, but we're going to Turks & Caicos (Providenciales) at the end of October, and I know absolutely nothing about the place, except that it's somewhere down there by Cuba and the Bahamas, there's scuba diving, and we will be staying at the Comfort Inn (I think)...

After a miserable 4 days on Weight Watcher's "core" plan, I felt like I was starving to death, had eaten up all of my bonus points, and because of all the rain around here, I didn't haul my lazy arse out to get my walk in, and I was too unmotivated to walk on my treadmill and hit the heavy...

Down 1.2 for a total of 9 lbs. today. I managed to stay on plan all week and get in lots of physical activity to boot! Next!

I saw this posted in another forum, and thought since affirmations are a great way to stay motivated, no matter what your health plans or goals, this would also be a good venue for those of us who are working on self-improvement. I'll start! Today, I am grateful for (in no particular order)...

I personally am not experiencing the junk food blues, but my poor family has been subjected to the fruits of my mid-life crisis. Since the beginning of the year, I have been weaning the family off of junk foods (cookies, fried foods, and ice cream) and replacing them with healthy alternatives...

Well, I've come to the conclusion that for about the price of a tropical vacation, I can probably gear myself up for Great Lakes diving. While I found a wonderful wetsuit manufacturer (Liquidfit), I'm wondering if anyone has ideas or suggestions on a custom manufacturer for women's drysuits...

Any vegetarians around here? I went veggie about a week ago...one of the few things in my life that I went into head first without doing much research. I've been contemplating it for a few years, but never really took the plunge. However, now that I've been meat-free for a week, I realized...

Dive profile: Cozumel (Palancar Bricks), water clear, mild current, 80F water temp. This was my first dive on my second day of diving (3rd dive of the trip). I descended to 35' and met up with the other 5 divers in our group and we continued to descend. Up until this point, I have had...

For those of you interested, I posted about 5 pictures that my husband took on and around the C53 last Wednesday. I have more that I'll post tomorrow or early next week (still have to scan them in). (Critics, be gentle. It was his first time out with the camera and it's nothing fancy.)

The week started VERY early Saturday morning, with us (along with 19 other travelers in our group) catching a bus to Midway airport at 3:30 a.m. The flight was uneventful and most of us slept either on the bus or on the plane. The party started the minute we stepped off the plane and onto the...

I just thought I'd rub it in, even if I am stuck topside because of an ear problem acquired on day 2 of diving. Still, the worst day in paradise (even stuck topside) is better than the best day in hell. :D

Three weeks and two days until our next visit! How's the pool?

What kind of diving experience or certification is required before the dive ops will take you diving the cenotes?