Got myself bent - not much fun.

[DiveCaptDean]

I certainly hope you are feeling better each day.......

While it looks like you reverse profiled..the diving appears to be pretty tame......I spoke with my new doctor..He is a physiatrist..he specializes in back problems....He is also a fellow diver and a member of DAN.....He quite saddened by the complete lackof information that DAN has on back issues and diving....I mentioned your story to him.....he figures you definetly had the back issue prior to the diving...he did have concerns that you may not have been bent..( keep in mind i had no idea of your prifiles at the time)..his reasoning was that it took a long to for the pain to surface, and the specific pain that you had is very common pain for a disc issue..which you have and had to have surgery for.....He did tell me that if a totally healthy person goes for a ride in a chamber that many times they feel better due only to the oxygen saturation........I am not trying to debunk your story,  i truly hope that you werent bent  as your future in diving could be much more limited if you were in fact bent....

again, i hope you are feeling better and i wish you a speedy recovery