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--0-1494439931-995389623=:28063 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Thom, A couple of disturbing facts from your post Thom Hadfield <thom.hadfield@ho*.co*> wrote: I was doing a routine dive to about 55 ffw with about 8 knors of current. Are you kidding? Eight knots = 9.2 statute miles/hour = 13.5 feet/sec = 810 feet/min.In runner's terms a 6:30 mile or 2:49 for a marathon.This is not even routine for a runner never mind a swimmer/diver.Are you sure about that? Upon surfacing I got a reverse squeeze. Not to make light of your situation but are you sure about that too?Maybe it happened on the way down with all the commotion and you didn't notice anything until post dive? If you are being towed at this speed descents/ascents can be quite rapid and might cause severe barotrauma if you are too task loaded to equalize. You weren't taking any decongestants were you? I descended and tried to come up slower but my ear was still hurting and I could hear it gurgle. I was never able to get it to adjust and had to finally surface through the pain. Since then I have had some pain in my ear and a dulness in sound. I would advise you to go to an ENT for the rest of your advice.jo If I try to clear my ear it gurgles and pops and hisses. I assume I either stretched or perforated my eardrum and the gurgling noise is fluid and mucus inside my middle ear. This has been 2 days and the pain is subsiding (exceot for when I got the bright idea of using alcohol to dry it out) but it still feels full and is making gargleing noises. I was supposed to dive this weekend is a week normally enough to allow this to heal or would I be pressing my luck. Any suggestions? THom remove "mynew" from address when replying --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --0-1494439931-995389623=:28063 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <P>Thom, A couple of disturbing facts from your post <P> <B><I>Thom Hadfield <thom.hadfield@ho*.co*></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was doing a routine dive to about 55 ffw with about 8 knors of current.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Are you kidding? Eight knots = 9.2 statute miles/hour = 13.5 feet/sec = 810 feet/min.</DIV> <DIV>In runner's terms a 6:30 mile or 2:49 for a marathon.</DIV> <DIV>This is not even routine for a runner never mind a swimmer/diver.</DIV> <DIV>Are you sure about that?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Upon surfacing I got a reverse squeeze.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not to make light of your situation but are you sure about that too?</DIV> <DIV>Maybe it happened on the way down with all the commotion and you didn't notice anything until post dive? If you are being towed at this speed descents/ascents can be quite rapid and might cause severe barotrauma if you are too task loaded to equalize. You weren't taking any decongestants were you?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I descended and tried to come up slower but my ear was still hurting and I could hear it gurgle. I was never able to get it to adjust and had to finally surface through the pain. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since then I have had some pain in my ear and a dulness in sound.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>I would advise you to go to an ENT for the rest of your advice.</DIV> <DIV>jo</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If I try to clear my ear it gurgles and pops and hisses. I assume I either stretched or perforated my eardrum and the gurgling noise is fluid and mucus inside my middle ear. This has been 2 days and the pain is subsiding (exceot for when I got the bright idea of using alcohol to dry it out) but it still feels full and is making gargleing noises. I was supposed to dive this weekend is a week normally enough to allow this to heal or would I be pressing my luck. Any suggestions? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>THom</FONBSP DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><BR><BR>remove "mynew" from address when replying<p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br> Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year!<BR><a href="http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=tagline">http://personal.mail.yahoo .com/</a> --0-1494439931-995389623=:28063-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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