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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Auckland Canary" data-source="post: 1052324" data-attributes="member: 70613">Basically what everyone else has said. I haven't dived for a while now and pretty much hung my fins up but I have logged over 120 dives around the world while diabetic. One word of caution however, some companies are very suspicious about diabetics diving as they don't understand or want to risk an accident. I was prevented from diving on a liveaboard in Cairns a few years ago despite having a note from a doctor saying I was fit to do so. They said any letter had to come from a doctor in Queensland otherwise they wouldn't approve it. It was basically BS..t for insurance reasons however you do need to either check properly before you go or be prepared to keep it a secret between you and your buddy which isn't advisable. That is the only time I had an issue although it made me quite nervous  going forward. There is no medical reason you can't carry on diving Don't the gel tubes get squashed under the water pressure?</blockquote>

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