This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01C10EEE.5685D020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Ear problemsJim,=20 The thought of that sight sends chills down my spine! Dave ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jim Cobb=20 To: Tech Diver=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:38 AM Subject: Re: Ear problems Yes, whenever I scuba dive while attached to a ski boat I have the = same symptoms. It will be interesting to see the answer to this = question. Also when I hit 5 knots my mask gets torn off and my drysuit = is ripped from my body. So by the time I hit 8 knots I am naked as a = jaybird and holding by breath as best I can with gallons of water being = pumped into my lungs. Anybody have a solution to this problem as well? Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ From: "Thom Hadfield" <thom.hadfield@ho*.co*> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:35:29 -0400 To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Subject: Ear problems I was doing a routine dive to about 55 ffw with about 8 knors of = current. Upon surfacing I got a reverse squeeze. 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. 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?=20 THom ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01C10EEE.5685D020 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Ear problems</TITLE> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Jim, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>The thought of that sight sends chills down my=20 spine!<BR><BR>Dave<BR></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dcobber@ci*.co* = href=3D"mailto:cobber@ci*.co*">Jim=20 Cobb</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dtechdiver@aquanaut.com=20 href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com">Tech Diver</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 17, 2001 = 9:38=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Ear problems</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Yes, whenever I scuba dive while attached to a ski boat = I have=20 the same symptoms. It will be interesting to see the answer to this = question.=20 Also when I hit 5 knots my mask gets torn off and my drysuit is ripped = from my=20 body. So by the time I hit 8 knots I am naked as a jaybird and holding = by=20 breath as best I can with gallons of water being pumped into my lungs. = Anybody=20 have a solution to this problem as=20 = well?<BR><BR> Jim<BR>--------------------------------------- --= --------------------------<BR>Learn=20 About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR><B>From: </B>"Thom Hadfield"=20 <thom.hadfield@ho*.co*><BR><B>Date: </B>Mon, 16 Jul 2001 = 23:35:29=20 -0400<BR><B>To: </B><techdiver@aquanaut.com><BR><B>Subject: = </B>Ear=20 problems<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial>I was doing a routine = dive to=20 about 55 ffw with about 8 knors of current. Upon surfacing I got a = reverse=20 squeeze. I descended and tried to come up slower but my ear was = still=20 hurting and I could hear it gurgle. I was never able to get it to = adjust and=20 had to finally surface through the pain. Since then I have had some = pain in=20 my ear and a dulness in sound. If I try to clear my ear it gurgles = and pops=20 and hisses. I assume I either stretched or perforated my eardrum and = the=20 gurgling noise is fluid and mucus inside my middle ear. This has = been 2 days=20 and the pain is subsiding (exceot for when I got the bright idea of = using=20 alcohol to dry it out) but it still feels full and is making = gargleing=20 noises. I was supposed to dive this weekend is a week normally = enough to=20 allow this to heal or would I be pressing my luck. Any suggestions?=20 <BR></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><FONT size=3D2><FONT=20 = face=3DArial>THom<BR></FONT></FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></B LOCKQUOTE></BO= DY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01C10EEE.5685D020-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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