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Turn around and do it all backwards. That way the water isn't being pumped into your lungs and the drysuit isn't being pulled off, it's being pushed on. Kevin Jim Cobb wrote: > > 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? > > THom -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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