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tomellmes@googlemail.com - 31 Mar 2007 01:36 GMT

hi i had corrective surgery to get rid of a series of collapsed lungs,
and am just curious if i can scuba dive or where i can find out if i
can.

hope someone can help

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Scott - 31 Mar 2007 01:44 GMT

> hi i had corrective surgery to get rid of a series of collapsed lungs,
> and am just curious if i can scuba dive or where i can find out if i
> can.
>
> hope someone can help

http://scuba-doc.com/

http://faculty.washington.edu/ekay/

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Danlw - 31 Mar 2007 05:25 GMT

> hi i had corrective surgery to get rid of a series of collapsed lungs,
> and am just curious if i can scuba dive or where i can find out if i
> can.
>
> hope someone can help

Well, if you could do it *before* the collapsed lung, you have a much beter
chance of being able to do it now.
Seriously, I can't help with an answer, but hope it works out.
Dan

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nospam@all.please.net - 31 Mar 2007 05:30 GMT

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:36:20 -0700, tomellmes wrote:

> hi i had corrective surgery to get rid of a series of collapsed lungs,
> and am just curious if i can scuba dive or where i can find out if i
> can.
>
> hope someone can help

http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/

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Lee Bell - 31 Mar 2007 05:42 GMT

> hi i had corrective surgery to get rid of a series of collapsed lungs,
> and am just curious if i can scuba dive or where i can find out if i
> can.

> hope someone can help

Ask your physician. Then call Divers Alert Network and ask them.

Lee

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Matthias Voss - 31 Mar 2007 18:58 GMT

> hi i had corrective surgery to get rid of a series of collapsed lungs,
> and am just curious if i can scuba dive or where i can find out if i
> can.
>
> hope someone can help

Are there still some lungs left uncollapsed?

Matthias

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