Rdutch 0 #1 November 4, 2002 OK, this weekend a few people at the Dz were complainning about being sick, or had just gotten over it. Im wondering how fast and far a 24 hour flu can travel across the country. Im in Florida so lets see how far this bug has spread. If you have the 24 hour flu, Post where your at. Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #2 November 4, 2002 Speaking of being sick...how many people have had bad experiences b/c they jumped when they were sick. The way I've always looked at it: I can feel sick on the ground or feel sick in the air. I'd rather feel sick in the air. I play it safe and know my body well enough to decide if I'm okay to jump or not, and almost always, I'm okay to jump. But I'm curious if anyone has any personal experience. I should mention, though, that if I'm sick enough to have taken drugs for it, I won't jump. Drugs make you drousy and slow your reaction time, so I won't jump if I've taken them, but most often, I purposely won't take them until after I'm done jumping. Also, does anyone else get, what I call, "ground sickness"? When I'm waiting to jump, I get a little nauseous sometimes until I'm in the plane on my way to altitude and then I ALWAYS feel better. I'm not kidding. It's the weirdest thing. Once we start flying to altitude, I feel better. So, I call it ground sickness. Ha ha ha. Does anyone else hate the ride to altitude? Sometimes, if I'm really smushed and can't see out the window, about half-way there, I'm ready to get the f*ck out of the plane. Once, in the casa, I was on the verge of getting air-sick I think, and I swear I almost demanded the door be dropped for me to get out at 7k. Ha ha ha. I held it out, though.;-). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBile 0 #3 November 4, 2002 There are a couple of nasty bugs going around here in the UK. Stomach bugs which make you throw up 4 times in as many hours, and a chest infection which seems to be passed on from one neighbour to the other. We had a spout of severe colds going around a couple of months ago. Quotedoes anyone else get, what I call, "ground sickness"? When I'm waiting to jump, I get a little nauseous sometimes until I'm in the plane on my way to altitude and then I ALWAYS feel better. I feel exactly the same way, but it doesn't end in the plane. It only goes away when the JM shouts, "HOOOAH ! Are you ready to skydive?" Mine is down to simple anxiety. Hopefully it will settle the more jumps I do and the more familiar I get with the experience of it all. Do you know what causes your nausea ?Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #4 November 4, 2002 I don't know what causes it. I can only speculate. It almost always happens before my first jump of the weekend. It's been all week, I've been dying to jump and I get all pumped up and excited that I get a little nauseous until I make that first jump. I definitely don't think it's nerves, I think it's excitement or something. I used to get that way before a big vacation trip or before a fun night out. I get a little nauseous until it happens and then I feel MUCH better; like a drug almost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #5 November 4, 2002 When I was in 7th grade I was in the school band, and every time we had a performance my stomach would hurt and I would feel nausious. It felt like I had to go to the bathroom or something but I really didn't. It would go away as soon as I got on stage. I get the same feeling up until I get in the plane. I'm not nervous about jumping anymore, I LOVE to jump, but I still get the feeling. I don't think your the only one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weid14 0 #6 November 4, 2002 QuoteSpeaking of being sick...how many people have had bad experiences b/c they jumped when they were sick. Depends what the sickness is -- cough, sore throat, chest cold, that's not to bad. do not jump if you have some sort of head cold/allergy or something going on with your sinuses, blowing an eardrum or busting a sinus isn't good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookeskydiver 0 #7 November 4, 2002 yes, this weekend. i had a mild cold, and during freefall i partially ruptured both eardrums. i am definetly gonna hold it off nex time. PCSS # 1 Rookeskydiver "Its a Wonka Bar"....."Go ahead Charlie open it, lets see that golden ticket" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
