Erik-

You need some pool time to get your kit squared away. All answers lie in 
the bottom of the pool. Personally I did not find that I needed a huge 
weight increase and I have a neoprene suit, only about 5lbs. For a shell, 
you might find that you need *less* weight. You need to purge the excess 
air out of your suit before you jump in by crouching down while holding 
your neck seal open.

Dont treat your drysuit as your primary floatation. Put just enough air 
in it to be comfortable and no more. If you put too much in (a common 
mistake with new users) it will fuck your trim all up and make ascending 
a nightmare. Who on earth told you not to use your wings with a drysuit? 
Whoever it is is an idiot.

About your comment about closing your auto valve all the way, you do know 
that you can manually let the air out? You did read the manual?

As far as your teeth are concerned, I'd don't think you are giving your 
mouth time enough to heal. I remember when I had some molars yanked and 
the pain was excruciating, I could not eat for a week, much less dive. 
Having them pulled today, huh? Man, I can feel those pliers now, working 
back and forth, back and forth. The sick cracking/ripping noise as the 
tooth gives way. 

Yes, I remeber the drowning sensation as the blood spurts out in gallons. 
And that's the first tooth. The second is worse, your fingernails are 
digging into the hand rests, your toes are curled all up in your shoes. 
All the while the asshole sadistic doctor is laughing and joking with the 
nurse. The last two you are hell on earth. You lapse into and outof 
consciousness, the pain manifests itself as horrifying flashes of color 
as you realize in horror that the novacane is wearing off.

Then you have to eat penicillin for 10 days, the new versions of 
penicillin are awful. It makes you nauseous and near puking all the time. 
Here's some advise- After the horror is over, take that dentist by the 
collars and tell him in very clear terms that you don't like pain. And if 
you are in pain, you will call him at 3am and scream at him. Tell him you 
want some knockdown, dragout painkillers or you will rip his head off and 
shit down his neck. If you are lucky, you *might* get some tylanol 3's.

  Jim

On 12/12/97 1:55 AM Erik Schmidt wrote:

>I have recently purchased a drysuit and am learning how to
>dive it.  My understanding is that I should have the auto
>deflate almost all the way open, get in the water in all of
>my gear with an empty set of doubles, and see how much
>weight (if any) it takes to start descent.  This would show
>me the amount of weight that I need to carry.  First of all,
>is this correct?
>
>My main question is this:  If weighted as described above,
>how would I compensate for the extra weight when beginning a
>dive with a full set of doubles?  I would not want to close
>the auto deflate at all because that would just create a
>large bubble in the drysuit and be uncomfortable to dive
>in.  I also would not want to use my wings because I know
>that they are not supposed to be used with a drysuit.  So,
>how do I compensate for the weight of full tanks without
>adjusting my auto deflate and without using my wings?  Maybe
>I'm all wrong... Help me out!
>
>I'm sure this is a very basic question, especially for those
>of you who have been diving dry for a long time, but I am a
>very experienced diver - just not an experienced drysuit
>diver!
>
>Thanks!
>
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