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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2005Totally OT: Diving Rant
Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and I'm doing pretty well for a first time diver. There's only five of us, and I'm one of the better divers. My parents still can't believe that I'm willingly throwing myself off a diving board 3 meters above the water. I think it's kinda fun. And besides, Mischief and Imp just LOVE smelling my swim towels after practice. Of course it's not without pain. If you don't line yourself up right, you'll smack the water HARD. Believe me I have the many bruises on my legs to prove it. Well, I'm irked right now, because on Monday I tried a double soumersault for the first time. The good news is that I managed to turn it into a 2 1/2 somersault. The bad news is that since I had never done it before I was unsure of the timing and smacked the water face first. Man, did it hurt. MAJOR PAIN. Now since I also did martial arts, I'm no stranger to pain. I'm used to the "Shake it off, Suck it up and get back out there" mentality. I've smacked hard before, but this one really hurt. And my eyes were open too. So my eyes were really stinging and I got the wind knocked out of me. Somehow I managed to make it to the side and climb out. My eyes swelled up a little and i noticed that my vision was cloudy in my left eye. Now I have smacked face first before but the cloudiness went away after a few hours. Well, on Tuesday morning I woke up and the vision in my left eye was still cloudy. Dang.....time to go to the doctor. The good news is that I didn't injure my retina or cornea. But I did smack it really hard, causing a possible vitreous detachment. Meaning the vitreous fluid in my eye, which is a gel, got really shaken up, clouding my vision. I am seeing much better now, but the part that really kills me, is that the doctor said I can't dive again for at least a week. Since I smacked my eye, the rest of my eye is at risk for injury. If I keep diving, I could detach my retina, which would be BAD. I can't even go swimming. So, now I know what it is like to be an benched athelete. I can't compete this Friday, I can't practice, and I'm even supposed to limit my physical activity. We have our only home meet next friday, and I'm praying that I'll be able to compete for that one. I'm seeing the doctor next Monday and hopefully I'll get clearance to dive again. grrrrrrrr....... My eye is a little swollen and I'm getting slight bruising around my eye. I totally want to keep practicing. I don't know why it took me this long to discover springboard diving, because I'm havine SO much fun with it. But at the same time, I only have two eyes. And it's not worth risking my vision for one meet. So all I can do is try to go on with my life, still go to vet tech classes and work at the vet clinic, but I can't dive. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Sorry, but I had to rant. There is a group for diving on google, but there aren't any other members. Kristi OH dear!!! Well, your eyes are sOOOOOO important, please don't rush it. Ow ow ow. Purrs for your eye too. [snip] > My eye is a little swollen and I'm getting slight bruising around my eye. I > totally want to keep practicing. I don't know why it took me this long to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Sorry, but I had to rant. There is a group for diving on google, but there > aren't any other members. Youch! Being benched is no fun, but it's a good thing you're following doctor's orders. Take advantage of the free time to treat yourself to enough sleep =) Diving is a rough sport, I think; rougher than it seems from the outside. Taking it easy now means being able to enjoy it for many more years to come.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Hey Kristi - glad you have such a great outlet! For the first time in my life, at almost 39 yo, I've gone to see a doc right after an injury (plantar fasciiitis) and *I'm going to get better*!!!!!! I know its hard, but please learn from others and listen to the doc's orders. I'd have been spared decades of pain if I'd gone to a doc earlier about other knee and hip pains! Susan M Otis and Chester Who used to trampoline and always thought diving would be pretty cool And who *still* can't run > Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into > springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > Kristi SNIP> > So, now I know what it is like to be an benched athelete. I can't > compete this Friday, I can't practice, and I'm even supposed to limit [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Kristi I have to agree that your vision is more important than a diving meet. If your retina should detach, you would spend years wondering "Why didn't I take it easy to save my vision?" Nevertheless, I'm sorry for what happened, and I can relate to the total frustration you feel at having to wait. Umm..congratulations on the somersault, if not for the landing? =o) I do know I love watching Olympic Diving. Your misadventure makes it clearer to me how much they risk everytime they launch themselves into midair. Melissa > Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into > springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and > I'm doing pretty well for a first time diver. There's only five of us, > and I'm one of the better divers. <snip> As someone who recently lost the vision in one eye for unknown reasons, all I can say is *don't* take any chances with your eyesight. It's devstating enough when you *don't know* if you did anything to have contributed to the problem - I cannot imagine going through what I am currently going through *knowing* I could have prevented it. No sport is worth that risk. -L. Kristi wrote: ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >So, now I know what it is like to be an benched athelete. I can't >compete this Friday, I can't practice, and I'm even supposed to limit >my physical activity. We have our only home meet next friday, and I'm >praying that I'll be able to compete for that one. ---------------------<snip>---------------------- Purrs that the damage turns out to be totally temporary. When I went over the handlebars of my bike and landed just the right way, I snapped my humerus just above the elbow without a scratch or bruise on my arm. Not being able to ride and that feeling that the world is rushing on without you were a lot to put up with. Mega-purrs that this is really short-term for you. Regards and Purrs, O J > Well, on Tuesday morning I woke up and the vision in my left eye was > still cloudy. Dang.....time to go to the doctor. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Kristi Purrs that your eye heals quickly. But don't even *think* about diving again until your doctor says you can. As others have said, and you know, what's more important, a dive meet or your vision? Jill > Well, I'm irked right now, because on Monday I tried a double > soumersault for the first time. The good news is that I managed to > turn it into a 2 1/2 somersault. The bad news is that since I had > never done it before I was unsure of the timing and smacked the water > face first. The one and only time I tried a somersault off a low diving board, the shock and pain knocked me out for a second or two when I landed on my back. My sympathies. > Man, did it hurt. MAJOR PAIN. Now since I also did martial arts, I'm > no stranger to pain. I'm used to the "Shake it off, Suck it up and get > back out there" mentality. I've smacked hard before, but this one > really hurt. And my eyes were open too. So my eyes were really > stinging and I got the wind knocked out of me. Somehow I managed to > make it to the side and climb out. What martials art or arts did you do? I would advise not doing anything for a few months, regardless of what the doctor says. Nobody knows what a future shock can do to an injured eye and everybody is just guessing. If you think I am kidding or wrong, ask your doctor if there were any studies done on eye injuries and blows to the head... Ouchie. Sounds like a bit like "now you are a proper diver" type accident. In the world of cycling you aren't a *real* cyclist until you've got yourself some road rash ;-) Would the wearing of goggles assist, so that if there's an impact it's the goggles that take the impact - not your eye? We cyclists have a similar problem if you cycle and are shades-free. I've got clear ones for night cycling, yellow lenses for dull conditions & dark lenses for bright conditions - they are polycarbonate safety lenses, so they are shatter-resistant and not only protect the eyes from wind, but also stop impact from grit/dust/dirt thrown up by vehicles, but also flies... bees... I can tell you being smacked on the side of the eye by a bee who has navigation-issues is not nice! Cheers, helen s Unfortunately goggles are not allowed on the diving board. The impact on the water will rip them off your face and could cause further injury. Kristi > I can tell you being smacked on the side of the eye by a bee who has > navigation-issues is not nice! Shades are wonderful things. At the very end of a mountain bike ride, one of my friends got a bit exuberant and did some bunny hops, as she does all the time. They got higher and higher, and then all of a sudden she and her bike were sideways and on the ground. The side of her face was pretty banged up, as were her sunglasses, which I'm sure saved her from a nasty eye injury. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Shades are wonderful things. <snipped> The side of her face was pretty banged up, > as were her sunglasses, which I'm sure saved her from a nasty eye injury./// That's why I like the fact that in womens ice-hockey a full face cage attached to a hockey helmet is mandatory. I've seen puck damage, and quite like my face & teeth intact! Helen M >> Shades are wonderful things. ><snipped> The side of her face was pretty banged up, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Helen M I really don't understand why anyone would refuse to wear a face cage. There are people at my YMCA games who wear a plastic half-mask or nothing at all. Is the minor increase in visibility during a recreational game really worth the risk of getting your face bashed in? I'll keep wearing the metal, thanks very much. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I really don't understand why anyone would refuse to wear a face cage. There > are people at my YMCA games who wear a plastic half-mask or nothing at all. > Is the minor increase in visibility during a recreational game really worth > the risk of getting your face bashed in? > > I'll keep wearing the metal, thanks very much.// I can honestly say i'm right there with you on that one! Helen M > That's why I like the fact that in womens ice-hockey a full face cage > attached to a hockey helmet is mandatory. I've seen puck damage, and > quite like my face & teeth intact! > > Helen M Wimp ;-) Cheers, helen s > Wimp ;-) > > Cheers, helen s Have you PLAYED womens hockey? LOL! I'll be a wimp ANY day! Helen M >> Wimp ;-) >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Helen M I dunno, the youth of today has no spirit of adventure ;-) Cheers, helen s (old fart) wafflycat wrote:> > Cheers, helen s > (old fart)// Well, I'm not one to quibble. If the cap fits.... Helen m > wafflycat wrote:> >> Cheers, helen s [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Helen m It does most certainly if I've been eating beans, cabbage & brussels sprouts ;-) Cheers, helen s >Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into >springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Man, did it hurt. MAJOR PAIN. YIKES! I'm a runner and my dad's along-distance swimmer, and I know how antsy and crabby we can get when I can't do my thing! Purrs for you poor eye's quick recovery. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >So all I can do is try to go on with my life, still go to vet tech >classes and work at the vet clinic, but I can't dive. >grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Sorry you're having to sit out, but I have to agree that it would be too risky not to. We'll send out some patience and healing purrs. Let your eye get better or you may start having problems like myself in reading subject lines. I kept waiting for your 'driving' rant. Lorraine > I am seeing much better now, but the part that really kills me, > is that the doctor said I can't dive again for at least a week. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I'm seeing the doctor next Monday and hopefully I'll get > clearance to dive again. grrrrrrrr....... Owwwwwwwch!! Just reading your post made my eye hurt. Be careful! Glad you're having fun though!! SignatureCheryl <snipped> > Well, I'm irked right now, because on Monday I tried a double > soumersault for the first time. The good news is that I managed to [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > Sorry, but I had to rant. There is a group for diving on google, but > there aren't any other members. Wow, Kristi. So sorry about the accident. As one who has eye problems most of my life, my best advice is to do whatever your eye doc says - no exceptions! Having partially lost my sight temporarily, I can kinda appreciate what those who have lost vision are going through. Please take care of yourself. You'll need them peepers the rest of your life. Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Kristi! Purrs coming for your poor eye to heal fast. Christine > Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into > springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > Kristi > Well, I'm irked right now, because on Monday I tried a double > soumersault for the first time. The good news is that I managed to > turn it into a 2 1/2 somersault. The bad news is that since I had > never done it before I was unsure of the timing and smacked the water > face first. Owwwwwwwww! I flinched when I read this. Many purrs for your eye to recover completely and for you to be able to compete again. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Purrs for your eye. Be careful! Suz > Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into > springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > Kristi Which is more important -- eyesight or fun? > Which is more important -- eyesight or fun? Just because something's obviously the best thing to do doesn't mean that it's easy. Kristi's just blowing off a little steam; what's wrong with that? I had to avoid martial arts for a month after my eye surgery, and it was tough. The fact that it was the right thing to do was immaterial. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca I know it's hard, but please listen to what the doc said. Your eyesight is just so very important. And since you are doing so well with the diving, I'm sure you'll be able to catch up with the others later, when your eyesight has recovered completely. Lots of purrs and best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into > springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > My eyes swelled up a little and i noticed that my vision was cloudy in > my left eye. <snip> You can thank your lucky stars, Kristi, that I am 600+ posts behind and only just got to see this when it's long past my bedtime. I shall come back and have a serious talk with you when I have time over the weekend about what detached vitreous humor can mean and the permanent implications for your sight. I am horrified when anyone takes it lightly. Wait for it ;-)) Tweed > Some of you guys might have heard me mention that I recently got into > springboard diving. I'm currently on my college team at Pierce, and [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > Kristi |
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