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I am down 50 pounds and my husband and I want to scuba dive. Is there any risk involved with this band? Has anyone else done it? My doctor called the manufacturer and they said they had no data on that subject - (covering their own behinds) - please let me know if you have done this or know someone who has.:help:

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My husband and I are both Advanced & Nitrox certified divers. As soon as I am healed I will be going right back to diving! I am getting banded tomorrow. My doc said that I should have no problems at all with the band while diving. I then asked what it was over 100 feet and he still said no problems. I am hoping this is the truth. Diving is one of my many passions and I will not give it up!

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I'm an advanced diver and I've been on half a dozen dive trips since being banded. Diving itself has never caused me any kind of issues. Travel in general, whether it be for work or vacation is a stressor, and stress causes my band to tighten up, so it's good for me to have at least a full day between getting where I'm going and diving (just because they usually have fruit and stuff on the boats in between dives, and it's usually good to eat a little something).

If the band were filled with air, I could see how it would cause an issue, but since it's a liquid, it shouldn't cause any problems. I would give it some time after you've been banded to kind of get used to how your band works for you, and then you'll have a pretty good idea how it'll treat you on vacation, you know?

BTW, if you can, do the Manta Ray night dive in Hawaii, it is AWESOME.

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