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Originally Posted by kittycapucine1974
Hi, everybody:
I have epilepsy, controlled by Keppra and Klonopin.
I love sky diving. It is my "drug". My neurologist does not want me to do this sport and I refuse, I absolutely refuse to abandon this sport I love so much. We are several people to jump, me and my friends, one by one. In the area where I am supposed to land, there are several people waiting with a very large sort of net to catch me when I land and avoid injuries to my head and to the rest of my body, where I have RSD.
I do everything I can to avoid injuries with my epilepsy and RSD when sky diving and landing from sky diving, so I do not understand this neurologist's attitude, especially considering the fact that my orthopedic surgeon said I can sky dive as much as I want.
Thanks for sharing your opinions.
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For you it is sky diving. For me, it is riding my racing bike on the road.
Like you I do everything I can do to avoid an accident.
While it is your neurologist that is having a cow about what you love to do, for me it is my parents' despite my being 44. While I have been in a couple bike accidents where I have been hit by cars, none of the bike-car collisions has necessitated going to the hospital. When I ride my racing bike(look at the line of bikes at
www.specialized.com, specifically the Allez' line, that will give you a picture of my racing bike), I can ride 20-30mph. Which is faster than the regular cyclist.