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Do you scuba? Or have scuba diving friends? Ask & #39;em to describe an out of air drill. That awful feeling when someone turns of your tank, and air just isn& #39;t entering your lungs, no matter how hard you try.
We do this so we don& #39;t panic if it ever happens underwater.
We do this so we don& #39;t panic if it ever happens underwater.
Because the first time it happens you *will* panic. It& #39;s not a sensation that is easy to reproduce. But once you& #39;ve felt it you viscerally *know* that you& #39;ve got seconds to act; to get your buddy to share air and to both GTF(safely)O ASAP
The relief at surfacing, that first unimpeded breath feels like rebirth.
Why do I mention this?
When I was I& #39;ll a few weeks ago (?covid) there was one night when I experienced & #39;air hunger& #39; (dyspnoea.) It felt like God had turned off the valve on my tank.
Why do I mention this?
When I was I& #39;ll a few weeks ago (?covid) there was one night when I experienced & #39;air hunger& #39; (dyspnoea.) It felt like God had turned off the valve on my tank.
And there was no spare. No buddy. No surface to head for. Just hours and hours of the low-grade terror of wondering where the air had gone.
I was scared if going to hospital. I was scared of not going to hospital.
I was scared if going to hospital. I was scared of not going to hospital.
If I hadn& #39;t experienced an out of air drill before, my level of panic would have been even worse. As it was, it was terrifying.
I& #39;m & #39;better& #39; - haven& #39;t had symptoms for weeks, strength is slowly getting back to normal. But the memory of that night of dyspnoea terrifies me still
I& #39;m & #39;better& #39; - haven& #39;t had symptoms for weeks, strength is slowly getting back to normal. But the memory of that night of dyspnoea terrifies me still
