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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:21:52 +0200 (MET DST)
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
From: divetek@we*.ch* (Roberto Bagnasco)
Subject: Chemotherapy and Diving?
Hi there,
I need an advise. I have to go trough a long Chemotherapy cycle. I'm going
for the 4 month now. Until now I did fine, I puked only once, and I only
feel very tired in the evening, when it get to 10PM I'm ready for the bed.
I do weight lifting every other day, and eat well. I feel great.
Last week end I had the first dive in months! And it went great, no
vertigo, no nausea, no fatigue, only the water was cold!

The question is:
Are there any know interaction with Carboplatine and Vincistrine and depth?
According to my doctors not much is known!
It looks like most people undergoing Chemotherapy are not diving. So there
is no much statistics!
As far as I know, these substances are only toxic to the Liver and Kidneys
but do not affect thinking like Effedrin or the like.
The Doc. says, that if I feel strong enough, I should do it, and I tell
you, the happiness to be back in water is so great, that I can take some
extra risk.

Any opinions?

Roberto

PS: Just to make you feel jealous: My nurse looks like Laura Croft she had
to modify the Standard Nurse dress, reduce the waist line, and increase the
breast size, and I am not kidding! I have to go back to my years of
Technical training to keep cool every time.



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