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>Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 09:58:41 -0500 >To:"dmooney" <dmooney@cy*.ne*> >From:s_lindblom@co*.co* (Steve Lindblom) >Subject:Re: Diving after glaucoma > >>Address dive mediciney type questions to DAN via the email link on their >>web page if you want authoritative answers to questions like this. > > >I've never had a bit of luck getting medical info from DAN about prexisting >conditions - they are too weasily-cautious to share what they know, and always >end up telling you to "consult your physician" as if there's any physician >within a 100 miles of most of us who know a damn thing about hyperbaric >medicine etc. >A friend once called them to ask if they had any information on what >decongestants were most suitable for diving, since he had the tail end of a >cold and had an expensive, non-refundable, dive trip coming up. They told him >to stay out of the water. He asked on the net and got some navy info on the >subject, used sudafed, and had no problems. He could understand why DAN might >not tell him to use sudafed, but not why they couldn't at least refer him to >the necessary information so he could make up his own mind instead of giving >him the most useless, cautious, advice possible? > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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