POST # 5000 - GLAD TO BE ALIVE!

[canyoncaver]

Not saying this is how you got it, but hanging in a harness for long periods of time has sometimes resulted in rhabdomyolysis. This is an interesting article that should be of interest to anyone that does vertical ropework:

http://www.caves.org/section/vertica...ineHarness.pdf

Written by Roger Mortimer M.D. , caver and National Cave Rescue Commission Instructor.

[rockgremlin]

Not saying this is how you got it, but hanging in a harness for long periods of time has sometimes resulted in rhabdomyolysis. This is an interesting article that should be of interest to anyone that does vertical ropework:

http://www.caves.org/section/vertica...ineHarness.pdf

Written by Roger Mortimer M.D. , caver and National Cave Rescue Commission Instructor.

I could see how that would happen. Anytime blood is cut off from muscles for long periods of time (long enough for muscles to die due to blood loss) Rhabdo may occur.

[canyonphile]

Wow, RockG - what an awful thing to go through. I remember learning about rhabdo when I was in medical school. It's one of those weird, potentially fatal, conditions that is not common, but not rare, and can occur without warning - sort of like DIC.

What a relief to hear you are on the full(?) road to recovery, and getting back outdoors - rock on!

[rockgremlin]

Wow, RockG - what an awful thing to go through. I remember learning about rhabdo when I was in medical school. It's one of those weird, potentially fatal, conditions that is not common, but not rare, and can occur without warning - sort of like DIC.

What a relief to hear you are on the full(?) road to recovery, and getting back outdoors - rock on!

Thanks a bunch. Yesterday I was able to run a nonstop 2 miles for the first time since this happened. Definitely progress!