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OrlandoTommy

Hi Everyone:

I was planning on going to a amusement park this weekend and i really love riding the rides, i jog everyday and feel wonderful 99% of the time.

My favorite part of the parks are the roller coasters etc ... just want to check with the gang here about any precautions i should take or if i shouldnt go on the rides at all?

Thanks,
Tommy
 
Tommy.....I can't say for sure but it seems that people do all types of things after OHS/AVR/MVR. People ski, sky dive etc. I just spent the better part of the weekend riding go-carts and bumper cars with a 3 and an 11 year old and I seem to be ok.....although I am flat worn out.:eek: My hat is off to all you grand parents. At 51, I don't seem to be quite as limber as I once was and my stamina is in question:D
 
Tommy, you may want to limit the amount of rides for a first attempt.
Sometimes its only when we go home and try to lie down for the night that our heart starts to react and rebel against what we have done to it during the day....just a thought.
I believe Gina has done the rides....she should be along soon.
 
Tommy,

You just want to avoid any rides that might create the chance for head injuries. So - any rides that might cause your head to fly back and hit a post or another head should be avoided. Most rides these days keep you tucked in enough to avoid that but there are still a few out there that are a bit rough.

I have ridden roller coasters (The Beast at King's Island for example), the rides that use 747 simulators, etc. all with no problems. Just make sure you are secure and you should be fine.

Have fun.
 
The Raptor and the Millinem at Cedar Point are the best! Especially, from the front seat.
You may have to wait until April to try these though!
 
I have been on lots of roller coasters and other rides since my AVR. I have a tissue valve though so not worried about the whole coumadin thing. The only problem I have now is nausea. I could ride anything presurgery with no problem but ever since it was done I find I get nauseas on spinning rides, that creates a slight problem since my five year old loves those rides and mom and big brother will not do them.

Go have fun.
 
I've been to Disneyworld, Astroworld (before it closed), Six Flags, Sea World, county fairs, carnivals, etc. and ridden many rides, including all of the roller coasters. I've also been snow skiing, tubing behind a boat, on water slides, and even played dodge ball! I've never had a problem other than my old age creeping up on me. The wooden roller coasters that I used to love now give me headaches. I've never worried about injuries because I've never experienced bleeding from any of these activities, either before or after surgery. I'm also quite a daredevil and shave my legs with a disposable razor - something some of the Coumadin literature advises against!!!
 
If you have any concerns you should ask your doctor because this comes up alot on my groups w/kids with CHD and each person is different. FWIW Justin is allowed to ride any of the rides except the ones with high G forces, (like Mission space) but I know some people that have/had rhythm problems aren't allowed (by their docs) to ride roller coasters, here is an article http://scientificsessions.americanheart.org/portal/scientificsessions/ss/newsrelease11.16.05A

edit to add, Justin has a tissue valve and on no meds
 
Thanks Everyone

Thanks Everyone

Busch Gardens Tampa here I COME!!! :) :)
 
My cardiologist rolls her eyes at me when I tell her about the rides I go on, but she has never told me not to... I do avoid the G-force rides, though.

I also don't do ones that go upside down really fast. Mostly it's because when I was 13 I was riding one that does a loop (and that's pretty much the whole ride) but as the coaster went upside down the centrifugal force pushed me forward in my seat (this ride did not have arm harnesses, obviously) and I couldn't pull myself back up. My friend helped me sit up and when the ride finally ended my back was hurting too bad to walk. So they sent for the medics. By the time they got there with a wheelchair I couldn't even stand up! :eek: I had to crawl to the bathroom for a week! I was in SO much pain.

Now, that hasn't stopped me from riding other rides, but I like to make sure there are shoulder harnesses and I never put my arms in the air anymore... I found out years later that I apparently had a compression fracture and we assume it was from that, but don't know how it was missed.
 
No advice to give but experience to share....i went to 3 amusement parks about 7 months after surgery and was really cautious....i went on what i'd consider the pumped up kiddy rides, the log flumes etc....then after a little while the confidence went up and i went on a few g force rides (one where you sit in a car and it fires you off at xxmph and the track bends up into the air and you go vertical for 300m then fall back to earth backwards, all over in 15 seconds)

It was fun but i did avoid the sustained rides that lasted for minutes and put you under multiple strains/pressures such as rollercoasters with corkscrews and loops.

Personal call.
 
I ride it all!



** Sorry, this post was at the top for me as if it had recently been posted for some reason.
 
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