Is it safe to go swimming?

[kelley]

hi everyone---

i used to swim laps at a gym pool for exercise before this started and I'd like to start up again, but have been too nervous. i get the sense that a lot of people think this is water-borne.

this particular pool is a saline pool---i'm not sure if that means no chlorine, or very little or what. it sure felt nice to swim in!

anyway---just wondering what you all think....

thanks,
kelley

[wendee74]

I don't know if anyone here has had the same but I used to go into sisters pool it was chlorine and never failed each time after I had been in spa or pool her pool would turn green and the chem. balance would get messed up . She has changed to salt water since and it doesn't happen anymore. I dont think these things like the salt .

[Kritters]

Yup...salt kills parasites. this is why cows have a salt lick and also why (until recently anyway) diseases rarely come from the ocean (in fact the ocean cures some diseases) but commonly do come from brackish bay type water.

I would think a saline pool to be a good thing. You'd be getting the salt into your eyes, ears, nose and mouth to kill the buggers.

Kritters

[kelley]

thanks wendee and kritters!

part of this is also just getting over the discomfort of feeling self-conscious about the rashes on my body. i'm really dreading the warm weather---i haven't had a summer yet with morgellons--and don't relish the thought of more body-baring clothing.

kelley

[Kritters]

Well, look at the bright side, Kel.....

you'll have fewer people in the pool to worry about bumping into.

;-)

Kritts

[kelley]

kritters---

what---you mean they'll all scram when they see the rash?!!!

k.

[Kritters]

LOL....yes! ;-)