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Canned "Recreational Oxygen" for elevation sickness?
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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 2220084" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>Great medical review and feasible options we can take. It was noted AMS at LOW RISK when a person acclimatizes >2 days at altitude which is by far the easiest to do plus we have control over it to a great degree. </p><p></p><p>It is a balancing act for a lot of hunters to manage time off with family and jobs which can be main driver of decisions on how many days can be allocated to a hunt. I did same thing when I was early in family and career. Later in career and son grown up, I used extra days to acclimate which older I got made incredible difference. I lost an opportunity at the biggest bull I ever saw 25+ years ago opening day because I had early stages of AMS and literally could not take deep breaths so I couldn't climb to reach him at all. Any movement caused intense coughing and gasping. I never had headaches or some of the other serious signs but I was clearly on cusp. I shut down for 2+ days resting in camp and wasn't to 2nd to last evening my breathing was fine. Holy cow is that tough to do to shut down but was wise decision. Hunted that evening and found good sign. Next day which was last day killed 5x5 there. Swore I will not hunt again unless I added acclimation. Since then altitude had been fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 2220084, member: 63925"] Great medical review and feasible options we can take. It was noted AMS at LOW RISK when a person acclimatizes >2 days at altitude which is by far the easiest to do plus we have control over it to a great degree. It is a balancing act for a lot of hunters to manage time off with family and jobs which can be main driver of decisions on how many days can be allocated to a hunt. I did same thing when I was early in family and career. Later in career and son grown up, I used extra days to acclimate which older I got made incredible difference. I lost an opportunity at the biggest bull I ever saw 25+ years ago opening day because I had early stages of AMS and literally could not take deep breaths so I couldn't climb to reach him at all. Any movement caused intense coughing and gasping. I never had headaches or some of the other serious signs but I was clearly on cusp. I shut down for 2+ days resting in camp and wasn't to 2nd to last evening my breathing was fine. Holy cow is that tough to do to shut down but was wise decision. Hunted that evening and found good sign. Next day which was last day killed 5x5 there. Swore I will not hunt again unless I added acclimation. Since then altitude had been fine. [/QUOTE]
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