Re: Something I'd like to pass on

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: Just the usual mame, 39 years of diving experience most of which was in the Northern Part of Lake Superior, years of comercial diving, diving instruction, chamber technition three degrees (to bad spelling was not one of the :-). I now work as a marine archaeologist. I don't know the specifics of this unfortunet accident but I can put you in touch with a couple of doctors who have done there disertations in hyperbaric medicine if you would like an alternative opinion. I travel a lot (too much) but you can usually reach me via email at gunilda@worldchat.com. I have been called to give evidence in a number of diving fatalities and effected recoveries. Diving accidents are a highly specialized study and the average pathologist never sees one. The chances of this accident being the result of the mechanizam you describe are so statistacly remote they are beyond credulity. : The reality is he is gone and nothing is going to change that. If your medical people have made a paradime that helps you live with the accident fine. If you need to know the mechanics of what happened you need to look farther. : In the interim, I suspect that you have very little diving experience. You loosing it or not will have very little effect on my world. Alternatively, if propagate new and exciting dangers that divers must be aware of on the net that have no (or little) basis in scientific fact and serve only to propogate fear in the diving comunity I have a problem with that : Finaly, just because I do not degree with your statements does not mean I am not devoid of compassion and I can only again express my deepest condolances for your loss. : Kindest Regards, : Scott McWilliam : : Before I lose my cool any further, I would like to know how and why you seem to be so sure that what the pathologist and every other professional/expert I have talked to regarding my husbands death is inaccurate? What makes you so reliable? Why should I believe that they don't know what they are talking about and you do? If you information that would be useful, please explain. Otherwise, have a little sympathy for the feelings of others. : : : Get as mad as you like. It isn't going to : : change human physiology. Sometimes the truth has a bit of a sting to it but your husband did not die as you sugested. I am quite serious you really do need a better pathologist it you want to know what happened. You have been sold a fairy tale. : : : : First of all, I resent your remark of "find a better pathologist". That was cold and uncalled for. : : : : Second, I understand that a large number of dive accidents are cardio/pulmonary related. What I was not aware of is how many are actually related to respiratory shock and your ignorance on the subject is why so few divers are aware of it. Consider yourself lucky if you have had no complications, I do. However, it is very possible that shoveling your driveway in the middle of winter can do the same thing..so can jogging...and that is why you see joggers drop dead in the winter. People who were in good health...people who jogged all the time are all of a sudden dead. Why? Their body couldn't handle the extrememly cold temperatures on that particular day. The same can be said for hypothermia. Not everyone suffers it in the same amount of time...it is all on how their body handles it. And that is why my husband died and his dive buddy was fine. His body could no longer compensate for the cold air that was being taken in via his regulator. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to change anything either. You may consider doing some research on this subject before you come back blowing your smart-ass remarks in my face. Your sympathy means little to me when your ignorance is what penetrates your entire reply. : : : : : well no . . . . : : : : : find a better pathologist . . . . : : : : : about 30% of diving accidents are cardio/pulminary related, but if this theory held to be true (a) I would be long dead, and (b) you would have a better chance of dieing shoveling the driveway on a cold day -32F than diving . . . : : : : : I am sorry for your loss, but this looks like a once apone a time in diving story . . . I would like to discuss it with who ever gave this information. : : : : : Kindest regards, : : : : : Scott McWilliam : : : : : : Two Web sites that might be of interest regarding this subject: : : : : : : www.nitroxdiver.com/Library/coldreg.html : : : : : : www.divernet.com/news/items/cold060601.htm

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