-=> Quoting Stanley Canning to All <=-
 SC> This really should be under a health section but this is the nearest
 SC> I could  find. I would be grateful if anyone can help with a question
 SC> on glaucoma. When applying for a liscence for scuba diving I was told
 SC> that it would be a  problem because of the glaucoma. If anybody has
 SC> information on this I would be  very interested to hear about it.
Stanley: I have glaucoma, and it was not a problem when I got my
PADI certification. I have filled out medical forms at least a
dozen times for different scuba classes - I am now a PADI Master
Scuba Diver with seven specialty ratings - and glaucoma was never
mentioned by my instructor or physician as being a problem. The
medical problems that are usually cause for denying a scuba course
are related to cardiovascular problems like asthma, heart murmurs,
previous history of heart or lung disease, etc. 
If your glaucoma has been controlled with medication or surgery,
and you don't have some other medical problems, you should be fine.
Laurence Charlot,
Sacramento, CA, USA
... "Yield to temptation, it may not pass your way again." - L. Long
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