At 15:50 30/08/00 +0100, Carol wrote:

>I don't think I deserved a hit!
>
>If you're interested

I was extremely interested so I tried to figure out the profiles from the
site (as you know, it is a bit tough :-)  ).

First of all, nothing to be ashamed of.  It can happen to anybody.

Second, the only thing that I can say about those profiles is that there is
one point in the first dive that I might have pointed to as the crucial
poine.  First dive, between minute 20 and 22, after a square profile of 20
minutes at ~30 metres, you got to 10 metres.  That means that you went with
"loaded" tissues (20 minutes at 30 metres is auite "heavy") from 4 ATM to 2
ATM.  I think that this kind of ascent might create a lot of microbubbles
and even small bubbles in the blood.  Those might have not been fully
dissolved until next dive in which you reached your max depth closer to the
end of the dive and ascended from there rather quickly.

There is no criticism in what I have written because I think that this kind
of profiles are done by many, and the don't get hit.  Just observing.

BTW, why did you say that the first dive was actually your second dive?
Can you tell a little more about the symptoms and the treatment?

Regards,

                   Kuty