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Originally Posted by bjones6416
The surgeon came in this morning and said that he's not in B.'s insurance network and he was unable to get approval to do the surgery. They had to transfer his case to another doctor who works out of another facility.
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I'd be furious too! I hate the insurance 'nets,' HMO's, etc., that tell you what you can and can't do regarding one's own health!
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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
Me too! Not the divemaster thing because I don' think my card says master, but the extra air in my lungs.
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If you've only taken one set of dive classes, it doesn't. The first certification is 'Open Water Diver.' You need to take five sets of courses, with certification in each to be certified as a DiveMaster. However, after the fourth level of certification, if you have five 'specialty' certifications such as 'Nitrox Diver,' Underwater Search and Recovery,' Underwater Naturalist, 'Wreck Diver,' etc, (there are 27 to choose from) you can be certified as a "Master Scuba Diver." Take the last course, which is roughly 14 days and nights, and you can be certified as a "DiveMaster."
1. Open Water Diver
2. Advanced Open Water Diver
3. Medic/First Aid
4. Rescue Diver
5. Dive Master
The first three are easy, and almost no work. The fourth is work, but a valuable skill to have. The fifth is really HARD work, and where you really learn about diving.
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I usually have 145% lung capacity for someone my size, except for now <rant> because even though the infection appears to have gone, I am still coughing up my lungs till I get a headache, and I am ready for this diease to $%^& off! </rant>
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I hope you heal up quickly. I too have larger than normal lung capacity. My doctor told me that it was probably because I've been a 'whistler' since I was a little child. I whistle when I'm walking, driving, even hunting the Internet. He said that all the 'back pressure' created by forcing air out from between pursed lips helped to create more lung space. I'm not sure I believe that entirely, but it's an interesting concept.
Stitchawl