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Skydiving post transplant

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anonymous

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I know this should be in the Transplant section, but far more people will see it here, so Im sorry! I'm wondering is it possible to do a skydive (preferably a 10'000ft drop, 5'000ft freefall @120mph) after you have had a transplant? Has anyone heard of a tx patient doing this and if so is there a minimum wait after your tx before you do it, like do you have to be 6months out for example? I'll be asking my doctors when I see them next but just trying to get a bit of a consenus before then! Thanks, Sham, x
 
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Allie

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I can't imagine why you couldn't if you waited long enough, but I'm not sure...just wanted to say I think you're insane LOL
 
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anonymous

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Yeah thats what I hope too! I emailed a skydiving guy and he said 'oh it might be a problem becuase u have to go up 10'000ft on no oxygen' and I replied 'but I have brand new lungs now! Surely thats not a problem anymore?!?'

There's a story behind the proposed skydive which I will update you with in time, when I know more...this is all in the very early planning..still in my head stage!! Thanks, Sham, x
 
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anonymous

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yeah my crazy partner did it post transplant (double lung), she ended up in hospital with a bleed but LOVED every second of it and would do it again in a heartbeat if she could....

see, crazy....personally i can't see the point in jumping out of a perfectly good plane hehe (actually i can, she brings it up once in awhile)

I'll point her in your direction, she can tell ya anything you need to know.

Pete
 
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EnergyGal

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I think the main problem with jumping or scuba diving is the pressures that the lungs have to endure. If a person who is txed waited two years then I would imagine it would be ok but then again pressure is pressure and with a tx anything can happen so if you are a risk taker nothing will stop you. Enjoy
 
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EnergyGal

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I believe it all depends on how high up you go? If a sky diver is not high up then perhaps the risk decreases. I have no clue as to the right answer. I just know it is risky. I have a friend with CF who jumps all the time. He is a character and is full of life. He lives for his jumps. He wanted me to go but not into risking. I rather have a flying dream. I have more control and it feels real to me <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

In airplanes the air is pressurized and after a lung transplant flying is fine. Your saturations are normal and there is no oxygen needed.
 
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IG

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no no no no no no and no.
That's the one thing (besides grapefruit) that they told me was absolutely out of the question (flying/scuba diving).
Scuba diving is something that I've always wanted to do and I discussed it with the doc before hand.
The conditions were '5 years post, PFTs still good, exercising and fit, tests show up as fine, no deep sea scuba diving just low pressure stuff, then we'll <i>discuss</i> it, maybe'

There's too much pressure on your chest cavity and lungs, it can cause bleeding or even cause the lungs to collapse.
Even having gone through surgery X number of years ago your body is still 'delicate' and will always be that way.
Flying post-tx is fine in commercial flights because as Risa said the cabin is pressurized, but non-commercial planes the kind you pilot yourself are off limits.

This is really something you should be talking to your doctor about, but personally it's something that I wouldn't do. Strictly because I think it's putting myself in harms way unnecessarily.
 
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Pete

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

Would the pressure you get from jumping be the same pressure you'd get from flying in a plane?</end quote></div>

Think it's pretty safe to say that water pressure is alot more than altitude pressure(water stops bullets REAL quick, altitude doesn't), I THINK it's more to do with the "jolt" on your chest when the parachute deploys. When it comes down to it 10-12,000 feet is really nothing, doesn't feel that way when you're hanging out a plane, it's just cold, that may shock your lungs. I went up in a glider to that altitude and didn't have issues with breathing and climbed a mountain to just under that and was fine...

but i'm not CF
 
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EnergyGal

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I think that CF patients who have moderate to severe lung issues would have problems jumping. It is not just a transplant patient. I think Scuba diving is dangerous if you go down very deep but snorkeling is safe. I see how difficult it is for a healthy person who does deep diving so I can imagine how difficult it would be for someone with lung disease. I am sure there are many cf folks who can scuba dive with a mild lung disease but I do believe there are always risks involved.
 
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anonymous

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Well i have been skydiving a few times but i have not had a transplant either. I figure i will probably need one in the future but not sure if i will do it or not all i know is that i try not to let this stop me from doing what i want i would go crazy if i did i think.
 
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anonymous

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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>anonymous</b></i>

Would the pressure you get from jumping be the same pressure you'd get from flying in a plane?</end quote></div>

The commercial planes that fly at high altitudes have pressureside cabbins. So it is not the same.
 
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