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> This is exactly the same story I've heard, but when I talked to my surgeon
> about it, he smiled and sayed, 'so if the circulation is poor, what effect
> will that have on the ongassing rate?'  I started thinking about it and could
> see his point; all things being equal, both ongassing and offgassing rates
> will be effected by poorer circulation.  I guess the question then becomes,
> is scar tissue a 'new' compartment, or are their other tissues just as slow
> or slower?

I followed this exact line of reasoning with my bends doc.  He convinced 
me that the tissue was slower than anything accounted for by existing 
models (he may have just been BSing me for, at the time, he was on a 
quest to convince me to never dive again).  My digestion of it was to 
avoid "slow tissue" profiles (i.e., deep dives on many days in a row, 
long dives to moderate depths, high exposures to helium, etc.).  Lately, 
I'm not sure what to believe.

Rich

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