skydive

[sarah.w]

Ok i know i've asked before about bungee jumping, and i came to the conclusion that i would give that a miss due to a slim chance of getting a detached retina! Anyway was wondering if a skydive/parachute jump would be ok-as you wear goggles anyway and if i wore a pair of snowboarding big wrap around googles would the air be able to get in my eyes or is there a chance of the air pressure affecting the graft/scleral lenses etc?
Would love some advice on this, i understand if i cant but would just love to do something adventurous when i go to NZ!
thanks
x

[GarethB]

Not sure about the free fall part, but the floaty down bit like paragliding you will be fine.

I was six months post graft, but all I did was paragliding. Nver had the guts for skydiving, but quite happy to run off the edge of a cliff with a kite strapped to my but

[jayuk]

Sarah

If it helps, I did do a sky dive some 6 years back.....when wearing my Softperms. Didnt have any issues what so ever.....aside from maybe some shouting whilst falling and a really good buzz when initially free falling! However, I am not sure how the smaller corneal lenses would react....if soeone was to wear them and skydive......

Jay

[sarah.w]

I wear scleral lenses so i guess that would help me as they cover the whole eye so they cant really fall out. Did you skydive after you had, had a graft?
Thanks guys

[jayuk]

Sarah

No, I didnt. I did the dive when I was just wearing lenses..and the KC was kinda mild/medium.

HTH

J

[Andrew MacLean]

Sarah

I am a superanuated sky diver! I logged over thirty umps, with the first eleven being on the line and the rest free fall. I always wore lenses, but had to wear goggles to catch them of they fell out. They never did.

There should be no problem with your graft during the free fall or controlled part of your descent. The one point where the stresses are greatest is on deployment of your canopy. But the jolt is not so great as to cause any problem that I would be able to envisage.

I think it would be prudent, however, to run the idea past your ophthalmologist.

I'm too old to skydive now, but will be thinking of you as you go up and come down.

andrew