Need an Accident Lawyer? Call: 1-877-531-9855 Dissed on the Dive Image by LeeLeFever Sachi and I considered getting Scuba certified many times over and never did it. Hooking up with \u003Ca href="http://ift.tt/1joLATj" rel="nofollow">Robert Scales\u003C/a> (a dive master) and \u003Ca href="http://www.kriskrug.com" rel="nofollow">Kris Krug\u003C/a> in Thailand, it came upon the radar once again. Kris and I would take 4 days and get certified for diving. Or so we thought. The dive center offered us a nice $10 room for the 4 days and Kris and I were doing the paperwork when a problem arose. I could not participate for health reasons. Both my lungs collapsed in a car accident in high school and such a history requires a chest scan and doctors signature- which requires many hours of travel. When asked about a history of collapsed lungs, I put a "Y" in the box instead of a "N". Sure, I could have put an "N" and hoped for the best, but I think that is irresponsible. I do not take my health for granted. Putting a "Y" on that line ensured that I'm not in a trip-ending type of situation. We have learned to be cautious about what we call "trip enders". No one wants to go home early, and especially not because we dove into the shallow end of a pool. So, it sucks not getting certified and I know Kris is a bit lonely in class (just him and instructor), but it's all good. The PADI paperwork did a good job of making my health the first priority and for that I am thankful. Plus, I suddenly have a few days free. Right now we have exactly zero plans- not for lunch, where we will be tomorrow night, next week or next month- a kind of limbo that is both liberating and worrisome at the same time. We haven't seen Northern Thailand yet, or Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam or China, so planning is in order, maybe a little anyway.