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Bill, Turn off the caps lock before writing email to anyone or you'll not get much in the way of pleasant responses. Type 2 is adult onset, correct? Usually caused by being overweight. A quote from www.diabetes.org, "The risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases with age, obesity, and lack of physical activity." The risk is that at some point during the dive a diabetics blood sugar drops to such a point that they go into a diabetic coma. Decompression diving especially puts the diver at risk of this because of the extra stresses on the body (hypothermia, extra exertion, etc). For recreational diving I would say to a non-insulin dependent diabetic they should be ok as long as they get doctors approval to engage in the activity. But, for decompression diving, overhead environment (cave/wreck), or deep diving, any diabetic who engages in the activity (insulin dependent or non-insulin dependent) is needlessly putting both himself and his dive buddies at risk. If you're a type 2 diabetic then you need to quit cave diving, period. I know you may not like this answer, but it's for your own good. If you're insulin dependent you need to quit diving of any sort. On the other hand, there are numerous studies of non-insulin dependent type II diabetics who have beaten the diabetes curse through diet and exercise. I know a guy in Atlanta who a year ago was diagnosed as a diabetic, and when I saw him at the NACD conference in November he informed me the doctors couldn't find a trace of diabetes in him now. He beat it through diet and exercise (although his diet is a little radical). So, if you're a non-insulin dependent diabetic, take the weight off and start a regular exercise program. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Ken > From: "Bill Cowan" <BCowan@pc*.gu*.ne*> > To: "Ken Sallot" <kens@ac*.ne*> > Subject: Re: in all seriousness > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 19:56:23 -0600 > I DO NOT KNOW OF THIS INCIDENT, BUT AS A CAVE DIVER WHO IS A TYPE 2 > DIABETIC, I WAS WONDERING WHAT DIABETES HAD TO DO WITH HIS APPARENT O2 TOX. > IF ANYONE HAS ANY GOOD INFO ON DIABETES (TYPE 1 OR 2) AND DIVING PLEASE > EMAIL ME WITH IT. THIS SUBJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER STUDY BY DAN AND IS OF > VERY SPECIAL INTEREST TO ME. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Sallot <kens@ac*.ne*> > To: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com> > Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 3:27 PM > Subject: in all seriousness > > > I did hear someone toxed at Wakulla yesterday. I have heard he's > alive, but that's all. > > Does anyone know how long he's been a diabetic? The word was his > diabetes coupled with a head cold (which made him take a bunch of > sudafed) contributed to his higher then usual susceptability to > oxygen toxicity. > > Ken > "Say, is that your Captain Marvel secret decoder lunchbox you got > hanging back there?" - Anon E. Mouse > > > "Say, is that your Captain Marvel secret decoder lunchbox you got hanging back there?" - Anon E. Mouse
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