My name is Lauren… DAN was there for me?
It is always a source of great joy for the DAN team to hear testimonials from our members. Therefore I want to share another DAN member story with you!
My husband and I recently completed our Advanced Open Water qualification. After flying back to Cape Town, I began feeling strange (dizzy spells, an ache in my knee and tingling in my leg). I have never experienced these symptoms before, so naturally I was worried it could be related to the diving and flying (although the two were more than 48 hours apart) as there was lots of turbulence during the flight and, as a result, lots of altitude changes.
My husband took me to the nearest emergency room, taking my dive computer along, and I was immediately put on 100% oxygen and an intravenous therapy (IV). Since there were no specialist doctors at the hospital, they contacted DAN who immediately referred me to Dr Cronjé and set up the appointment at the hyperbaric chamber. On arrival, Dr Cronjé and his medical team did an amazing job in making the ordeal less traumatic. They were extremely professional and thorough in going through my previous dives, surface intervals, signs and symptoms until ultimately concluding that, to my relief, I was not exhibiting the typical symptoms of decompression illness. In addition, a complete physical exam was conducted to be 100% sure that everything was okay.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to DAN for all your assistance throughout the ordeal, providing professional advice and following up during the examination. Once again, a big thank you to Dr Cronjé for everything.
My husband and I recently completed our Advanced Open Water qualification. After flying back to Cape Town, I began feeling strange (dizzy spells, an ache in my knee and tingling in my leg). I have never experienced these symptoms before, so naturally I was worried it could be related to the diving and flying (although the two were more than 48 hours apart) as there was lots of turbulence during the flight and, as a result, lots of altitude changes.
My husband took me to the nearest emergency room, taking my dive computer along, and I was immediately put on 100% oxygen and an intravenous therapy (IV). Since there were no specialist doctors at the hospital, they contacted DAN who immediately referred me to Dr Cronjé and set up the appointment at the hyperbaric chamber. On arrival, Dr Cronjé and his medical team did an amazing job in making the ordeal less traumatic. They were extremely professional and thorough in going through my previous dives, surface intervals, signs and symptoms until ultimately concluding that, to my relief, I was not exhibiting the typical symptoms of decompression illness. In addition, a complete physical exam was conducted to be 100% sure that everything was okay.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to DAN for all your assistance throughout the ordeal, providing professional advice and following up during the examination. Once again, a big thank you to Dr Cronjé for everything.
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Alert Diver and the DAN Blog is read almost exclusively by the DAN members. As such, important messages like Lauren’s do not reach non-members unless DAN members make the material available to them or talk to them about it. As such, I would really like to ask you, as a loyal DAN member, to tell your diving buddies about DAN and the value of being a DAN member. DAN is so much more than diving medical cover. DAN represents a culture of care, a heart for diving. It goes beyond helping in the occasional emergency towards serving and protecting the very enjoyment of this wonderful sport of diving!
We’d like to ask you a favour! Do you mind posting a Google Review via the DAN Google platform? It will be great if you can add any images you have with a DAN flag, t-shirt, sticker etc. or at your favourite dive shop or dive site. More importantly is the review! You can use this link https://bit.ly/dangooglereview
We look forward to reading your DAN review!
We’d like to ask you a favour! Do you mind posting a Google Review via the DAN Google platform? It will be great if you can add any images you have with a DAN flag, t-shirt, sticker etc. or at your favourite dive shop or dive site. More importantly is the review! You can use this link https://bit.ly/dangooglereview
We look forward to reading your DAN review!
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