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As many of you are well aware of I suffered a serious diving accident June 3, 2006. A diving accident that nearly took my life had it not been for the flawless execution of the people on the boat getting me evacuated and to the hospital, the hospital staff , family and friends that never gave up on me as well as lot of divine intervention.
Over the past 10 months there has been a lot of speculation as to why my accident occured. The obvious answers were ruled out right away. My Vytec was downloaded and when we looked at the profile --- my times were dead on with what the Nautalus had planned. They analyzed all of my gas --- and it too was correct. So that ruled out that I had made a mistake.
Two weeks ago, I was tested for a PFO by doing an echocardiogram with bubble study. As I expected, the results of that test were positive. Next Friday, April 13, I am having a TEE done to determine exactly where the PFO is and how big it is. From there my cardiologist will determine what closure device to use and then we will schedule the repair.
A really good website that explains exactly what a pfo is --- the tests to determine if you have a pfo and how exactly the closure is done is :
As I do more research I see that I had many warning signs along the way that I blew off or just thought they were related to other things --- such as migraines after dives, mild skin bends, fatigue etc... If you have any of these symptoms after dives more than just a couple of times --- you may want to get checked tested for a pfo. Especially the migraines --- the link to migraines and pfo's is a huge one.
Kimber
Over the past 10 months there has been a lot of speculation as to why my accident occured. The obvious answers were ruled out right away. My Vytec was downloaded and when we looked at the profile --- my times were dead on with what the Nautalus had planned. They analyzed all of my gas --- and it too was correct. So that ruled out that I had made a mistake.
Two weeks ago, I was tested for a PFO by doing an echocardiogram with bubble study. As I expected, the results of that test were positive. Next Friday, April 13, I am having a TEE done to determine exactly where the PFO is and how big it is. From there my cardiologist will determine what closure device to use and then we will schedule the repair.
A really good website that explains exactly what a pfo is --- the tests to determine if you have a pfo and how exactly the closure is done is :
As I do more research I see that I had many warning signs along the way that I blew off or just thought they were related to other things --- such as migraines after dives, mild skin bends, fatigue etc... If you have any of these symptoms after dives more than just a couple of times --- you may want to get checked tested for a pfo. Especially the migraines --- the link to migraines and pfo's is a huge one.
Kimber
