Shangrl
Contributor
I was doing my second night dive last week in Grand Turk. There were about 4 of us in my group. About 40 min into the dive, I was yanked to the surface by the divemaster suddenly...I think I was around 25 feet. I exhaled the whole way up while wondering what was going on meanwhile. One of the other divers could not breathe of her reg..she said she thought her throat was "closing up"..she tried to breathe off the DM's and then ascended to the surface when she still couldn't get air. Turns out, she has her wisdom teeth pulled two weeks before and was taking medication. DM thought this is what caused her throat to close up. She was coughing like crazy. It was pretty scary but a valuable lesson in learning that meds and diving do not mix!