I am waiting for my second set of lenses to come in for my liquid goggles, so today, although I went diving, I wasn't really focused on depth. Instead I tinkered around with Residual Volume dives using a weight line attached to a bouy. At about 25 feet I managed to experience my plasma shifting into my lungs for the first time. What a strange feeling. Strangest thing I have ever felt! Being such a foreign sensation, I thought I had hurt myself. I headed fot the surface with some moderate rapidity. As I ascended the feeling of pressure in my lungs didn't go away. When I hit the surface I took a breath, and everything seemed back to normal. There was a lingering sensation of pressure, like a memory. I was very nervous to repeat the experiment, but later in the day, I did so several times. Same effect each time. I never coughed up any blood, though after several hours I did experience some slight soreness in my lungs (not like it hurt to breathe, it just felt like my muscles were tired).
It is my understanding that not all people are cut out for depth. Some people's lungs can handle it, while other peoples capilaries rupture giving them a squeeze. I haven't really read that it depends on the person, I just sort of assumed it. In any case, I figure that I have crossed an important barrier into the unknown, and would like to know if my experience sounds like an accurate representation of this process, or if it sounds more like I got a squeeze and have misinterpereted the data. I figure it would be wise to proceed with caution rather than just assume that I know what happened and that I can now go as deep as I want.
Also, does anyone know anything about the transfer rate of plasma into the lungs? Do they fill up totally all at once, or does a little bit trickle in at a time until the lungs are full of plasma? Is there a maximum rate of transfer that would limit the rate of descent during the process of transferance? Or ascent?
I really appriciate all of the helpful feedback I have gotten from this community.
It is my understanding that not all people are cut out for depth. Some people's lungs can handle it, while other peoples capilaries rupture giving them a squeeze. I haven't really read that it depends on the person, I just sort of assumed it. In any case, I figure that I have crossed an important barrier into the unknown, and would like to know if my experience sounds like an accurate representation of this process, or if it sounds more like I got a squeeze and have misinterpereted the data. I figure it would be wise to proceed with caution rather than just assume that I know what happened and that I can now go as deep as I want.
Also, does anyone know anything about the transfer rate of plasma into the lungs? Do they fill up totally all at once, or does a little bit trickle in at a time until the lungs are full of plasma? Is there a maximum rate of transfer that would limit the rate of descent during the process of transferance? Or ascent?
I really appriciate all of the helpful feedback I have gotten from this community.