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I cranked a couple of turns and something was in the back of my mind telling me something wasn't right. I then got extremely nauseous. I got into pattern and pretty much rode double-fronts the rest of the way to get down as fast as possible without having to spiral off altitude.
As soon as I landed I dry-heaved for several seconds. I had just changed to a new allergy medicine and I thought that may have been it, but I ended up with a full-blown case of the flu two days later. The nausea was probably caused by the early stages of getting sick.
I never want to be under canopy with that feeling again.
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airgord 1
Take a little dramamine for a while and have fun!
ltdiver 3
Am I GLAD I'm not the only one who feels nauseous after my tandem jumps!!! I've only jumped twice with 2 different tandem instructors and felt nauseous after. BOTH had to do the canopy-spins that makes me really sick as I'm (weirdly) scared of dizziness. I guess I have to get used to it since I'm going to do my A License next May! I surprisingly don't get car or sea-sick! Gotta stock up on the nausea-prevention pills!
Happy skies!!
Was going to start a thread on this very topic, and was relieved to find one had been started already! Obviously I'm not alone.
I did my first tandem a few days ago. The suit up - no problem. The ride up - no problem. The door exit - nervous as hell, but exhilarating nonetheless! The free fall - unreal! The deployment - no problem. The canopy ride - thought I was going to lose my cookies. I had to close my eyes for the last half of it (opened them prior to landing, of course). I thankfully didn't puke, but was nauseous and disoriented for about 30 minutes after landing. I initially thought "great, so much for pursuing this sport", despite my TM's reassurance that it was not uncommon for new jumpers to feel queasy.
Well, reading these posts has been very reassuring! I now attribute my nausea to several factors.
1) Didn't eat much of anything the day of my jump.
2) Didn't drink enough fluids.
3) Adrenaline overload.
There may have been other factors as well, but I believe these three were the primary culprits. I will be sure to eat well and drink lots of water prior to jump #2, maybe try some ginger ale on the way to the DZ. I've used Bonine for rough boat rides without any side effects (no drowsiness), but I am interested to see how the sea bands work!
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. I was afraid that skydiving was no longer an option Glad to learn that what Zi experienced wasn't an anomaly!
Bobby GR 0
I had the worst experience of my life!
I was all excited starting the AFF course, did all the theory with my instructor for 7 hours and 2 days ago I did my first tandem jump. The ride in the plane was fine the Free Fall part of the jump whas awesome! When the canopy opened all hell broke loose. Is there a word to describe a feeling much more than nausea? Something like nausea PLUS 1000%. I felt such discomfort I actually passed out for a few seconds, I felt totally drained with no power and trying to focus and hold my puke. As soon as we landed I threw up two three times on the landing zone. I could barely walk and lied down for an hour. I couldn't even drive from the dizziness, it was a two-hour drive to home and I stopped three times to vomitt and take a half an hour nap in my car each time. Driving very carefully I made it home. Next day I still felt a bit dizzy and the day after that I'm okay but not 100%. I really wanted to progress in skydiving but I'm not sure I can make it anymore. I don't know if Dramamine will help and I'm really scared to try it and bear the same experience. Anyone else like me? any thoughts will help thank you!
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Tooo right!
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