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This is not a topic that I have seen discussed on techdiver and I am 
interested hearing how others deal with urination during deco stops. (I'm 
talking about drysuit diving; I figured out the solution in wet suits 
years ago :)  I am now working on deep air, etc., and this *will* be a 
problem for me.  My instructors were talking with a guy during their 
trimix training who said he used "Depends".  That doesn't seem like the 
most elegant solution, but what the heck.  I did talk to a quad friend of 
mine about using an external catheter and a bag.  I tried that this week 
end but the results were inconclusive: the hose either popped off the bag 
due to pressure changes or it pulled out as I was swimming around.  
Fortunately, I wasn't down long enough to need to give the device a smoke 
test...it would have been a bit of a mess :).  Anyway, I'm thinking ahead 
to this summer and the Doria dive.  I *don't* want to be hanging at 20 or 
10 feet and be miserable.  Any ideas are welcome!  (One of my instuctors 
is a woman, so she would appreciate any ideas that would help her, too!)

Thanks,

Jim

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Jim Payne
<jpayne@nm*.nm*.ed*>                             
Office of Student Services
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
P.O. Box 477, Alamogordo, NM 88311-0477
(505)439-3720
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