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Yeah, I had a brain fart on that one - could not see that word right. It is amazing the similarity. I known about it because one of my workout buddy's kid's has it. He's freaked about it because he played professional football, and he thinks the kid will never get to play the game at all, and then we have IANTD advertising "advanced deep air". ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendell Grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*> To: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> Cc: Stuart Tares <Stuart.Tares@bi*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Clarification on AIR DAMAGE > Sickle Cell Anemia > Otherwise, agree > Wendell Grogan > > Trey wrote: > > > > George, > > > > > > am interested in understanding what > > > you mean when you said > > > > > > > you have no idea what the damage is from air diving > > > > Red blood cells are biconcave disks that fold when needed to pass through > > the smallest capillaries, many of which supply the "fastest" tissues the > > best perfused). Nitrogen under pressure causes a surface tension effect on > > the red cells which makes them rigid, and they then either will not pass or > > they trigger the stretch receptors in the capillaries and thus a whole > > litany of immune system reactions, which then effectively shunt the blood > > away from or around these areas and results in dcs and dcs-like symptoms, > > often referred to as "flu like symptoms" which are actually far more > > insidious. > > > > Helium in sufficient amounts seems to ameliorate this effect. The stronger > > the mix, the less the effect. > > > > Deep air diving is like giving yourself a case of Cycle Cell Anemia - that > > is what happens when cells "cycle" and explains the pain that its victims > > feel, as well as the loss of capacity associated therewith. > > > > Just one more thing that the dumb fucks that teach diving don't bother > > telling you. Great bunch. This is right up there with "unearned hit" in the > > irresponsible, cavalier disregard for human life displayed by the dive > > "instruction" agencies, especially the ones who teach deep air, require deep > > air, and used to require much deeper deep air until they lost a few > > lawsuits. This shows you how fucking stupid some of these idiots really are. > > > > My cave instructor made me watch a film on how it works , so I got saved > > form it years ago. His favorite saying to me ( besides "Don't Break Rule > > Number One") was "I am going to teach you real world, and if you tell > > anyone I did any of this, I will have to deny it". You see , he was my > > friend, not just my instructor. I got lucky, you got fucked. > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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