[Bill]

Please be careful. I've been having a similar problem for over six months. There are two divers that had problems like this during dives too shallow to make sense.

"make me focus on equalizing down at the bottom point of the dive."

"I couldn't seem to breathe up like I normally should be able to."

"it sounded like my breathing was raspy."

"blood mixed in with the spit."

"the blood part seemed like it almost mucus kind of consistency"

"Blood only showed up when I tried to clear my throat."

These are all signs of a lung or trachea squeeze. When you hacked up a 'good' one did it look like a fried egg with the yolk in the centre and the white (froth) around it?