Nitrox for 20 dives in 5 days?

[Protondecay123]

I am very confused as to what is being argued here. Yes, when people got bent while working in deep pressurized mines and bridge-building caissons, they were indeed in pain. That was certainly a clue. When Chris Rouse reached the surface after his dive, he died there within about a minute. That was certainly a clue. So, yes, if you get bent that badly on a dive, you will know it pretty quickly.

A lot of people would prefer a warning before that happens, and there is no perceptible bodily reaction prior to the symptoms once you are bent.

There is actually a body of evidence that is contrary to that statement. Some people do have what's considered by many a mild "prodrome". This workshop provides a few examples of the diagnostic quandry of "mild DCI". https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/files/RemoteWrkshpFinal05.pdf

And Andy provides a literature review on his ScubaTech Phillipines website along these lines as well. Subclinical DCS, Decompression Stress and Post-Dive Fatigue %

 

[DogDiver]

I haven’t breathed air (21%) in over 20 years. In north Florida nitrox is cheeper than air fills.

 

[tarponchik]

Were the grammatical and spelling issues part of the humor and not snarky?

Sorry, Mrs. Wormwood! I'll worck on my speling.

 

[tarponchik]

There is actually a body of evidence that is contrary to that statement. Some people do have what's considered by many a mild "prodrome". This workshop provides a few examples of the diagnostic quandry of "mild DCI". https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/files/RemoteWrkshpFinal05.pdf

And Andy provides a literature review on his ScubaTech Phillipines website along these lines as well. Subclinical DCS, Decompression Stress and Post-Dive Fatigue %

The 1st reference deals with mild DCS and lists pain as one of the symptoms, so there is no contradiction here.
The 2nd reference required adding extension to my browser to read the text, so I passed on this one.

 

[dmaziuk]

Is it just me or does this begin to sound like we're living inside the doctor joke:
- Doctor, it hurts when I dive.
- So don't do it, then.