I've been reading Sheck Exley's book "Caverns Measureless to Man", and a question came to me based on this passage:
"Worse, John got bent on the dive despite his liberal use of oxygen (a concession to the increased susceptibility to bends of divers more than 40 years of age). He quietly endured the pain and dizziness and decided not to go to a chamber. He did decide, however, not to make such advanced dives anymore, a sad loss to cave exploration."
My question - do symptoms of the Bends ameliorate over time, or is this guy looking at a lifetime of the same levels of pain and dizziness?
"Worse, John got bent on the dive despite his liberal use of oxygen (a concession to the increased susceptibility to bends of divers more than 40 years of age). He quietly endured the pain and dizziness and decided not to go to a chamber. He did decide, however, not to make such advanced dives anymore, a sad loss to cave exploration."
My question - do symptoms of the Bends ameliorate over time, or is this guy looking at a lifetime of the same levels of pain and dizziness?