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Former Member — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:02:47 GMT

Donna- please send many, many monkey la las my way. need to enter said comatose state. Sorry about the sea lice, YUCK! Fort-- We can inhale broncodilators together this weekend. Is it illegal to swim 1650 with one stuck in my suit?? Starting my own blog: Three days til zones. Skipped practice last night. Nyquil for breakfast this morning. Tissues and chapstick are a girl's best friend.

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:55:35 GMT

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:35:53 GMT

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:16:43 GMT

I've heard an old wive's tale that Monkey La La get rid of the sting effects... :rofl::rofl: Good one; yep they do but they also put your brain and body into that comatose state.

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:12:59 GMT

It's no use trying to be germ free. Never works. Husbands and children are no good for swimming. They poison you. I guess we will have red noses together. I have a nice hacking cough too and am gasping for air. I think I may have to forego meets in April and May ... Blech. Rest up. Take drugs. Eat twizzlers. Curse. That's about all we can do. I have a red nose to..I scratched it doing *** last night...

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:59:12 GMT

Thought I'd complain some more. Today was doing my 4 miles and thinking about taking it to 5 for the heck of it, and voila, the SEA LICE are here!!! EECK. I was swimming along and all of a sudden thousands and thousands of brown looking splinter things were everywhere. Normally, I get stung really bad and am out of the H2O for about a week, but I had remembered to put on that Safe Sea lotion, specifically for sea lice and jellies and I only have about 10 stings on me. Miracle product. But I didn't put much on my face and my lip is all puffed up, oh well. Manana will swim across the bay instead of out into the ocean to avoid them.:D I've heard an old wive's tale that Monkey La La get rid of the sting effects...

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:54:19 GMT

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:47:17 GMT

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some_girl — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:43:37 GMT

Classy response, SlowSwim. I'm sorry your trip was frustrating.

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The Fortress — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:02:47 GMT

I may be stealing Fortress' avatar soon. Hubby has been sick for a week now and I have tried to keep a "germ free" zone around me, but since he refused to sleep on the couch (ok, I didn't ask, but he should of thought of it for me!), I know have his icky, sicky cold!!! Nose is red, sore, and will not stop running. Four days to zones and I am not a happy swimmer. (sniff, sniff, wipe, OUCH!):( :shakeshead: It's no use trying to be germ free. Never works. Husbands and children are no good for swimming. They poison you. I guess we will have red noses together. I have a nice hacking cough too and am gasping for air. I think I may have to forego meets in April and May ... Blech. Rest up. Take drugs. Eat twizzlers. Curse. That's about all we can do.

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:56:38 GMT

Rich- did you get a finger hooked on the scratched nose during your breastroke recovery? Not quite hooked in it but the thumb sliced across the tip of it lol I don't know if that's good or not...I guess it means I was getting my head down going into the recovery...

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:20:51 GMT

Rich- did you get a finger hooked on the scratched nose during your breastroke recovery?

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Former Member — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:23:58 GMT

I may be stealing Fortress' avatar soon. Sponge Bob? ...on a bad day? It looks kind of scary. :eek: Despite the health warnings on chlorine...every running nose I ever experienced met it's demise after a visit to the pool.

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swimr4life — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:53:17 GMT

Well, here's one for my books. Yesterday (Sunday) I was washing all of my windows and the glass sliding doors between our two smaller bedrooms. After all the years of rain and no new deck boards, I didn't notice they were "giving" way. I stepped into a weak one and fell through the deck boards, bounced off the yard fence onto gravel 15 feet below and didn't break anything. However, I am heavily bruised and have lots of wood scrapes, but after a few hours, I went and swam a 3 mile swim. It was fabulous: until today. I woke up feeling like I had been in a car accident and am bruised that dark purple/yellow color all over my legs and back. Not only didn't swim today, but walking was painful. The good news: I am not injured, just REALLY banged up so I will go swim tomorrow. Just had to rant and gripe because had I looked more carefully, I wouldn't have stepped on those boards. My husband said: Gee, I didn't think those boards were that bad! So, until those boards are replaced, we will have dirty glass sliding doors. donna Wow Donna! I'm sorry you fell! You're lucky you didn't break some bones! Take extra vitamin C for your bruises!

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swimr4life — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:48:07 GMT

Rest up! I just visited my doctor who thinks I'm insane to swim this weekend and says I have a sinus infection and asthmatic bronchitis. Now I have more drugs. It's that ole sickness taper. Since my kids are all about to burst through the door, I see no afternoon snoozing. I see American Idol, House and Boston Legal in my future this evening. Plus, I refuse to actually cook dinner. Rich: I look forward to seeing that scratched up nose and windmill start. :thhbbb: AWWW! :( Fort, I'm sorry you are sick. Asthmatic bronchitis....yowsie....that's pretty serious. Take care of yourself. No wonder you couldn't breathe! Don't worry about your breathing pattern on the 100 free.....just breathe as needed and take a shot of your bronchodillator right before you swim!

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The Fortress — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:01:56 GMT

Thanks. Plan on leaving work within the hour. Crashing on the train. Skipping practice tonight (lets call it the taper I wasn't doing for zones) and eating chocolate Easter bunnies. I see bad daytime tv in my immediate future. Rest up! I just visited my doctor who thinks I'm insane to swim this weekend and says I have a sinus infection and asthmatic bronchitis. Now I have more drugs. It's that ole sickness taper. Since my kids are all about to burst through the door, I see no afternoon snoozing. I see American Idol, House and Boston Legal in my future this evening. Plus, I refuse to actually cook dinner. Rich: I look forward to seeing that scratched up nose and windmill start. :thhbbb:

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Former Member — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:50:57 GMT

I just spent Easter weekend, wrapped in blankets and shivering. I think it was food poisoning from a fruit stand (damn trying to eat healthily). Yes, I washed it, but that is all I can think that caused it. My wife and daughter are fine and that's about all I had that would explain it. I lost 8 pound from Friday morning to Saturday morning, gained back a half a pound by Sunday morning and made it to church. Then it hit me again and I lost another 4 yesterday to this morning. I finally feel much better, but it felt like malaria. I'll have to take the next few days easy until I can train again. I have no food reserves left to exercise on.:dedhorse: That's me on the ground! Bill I had something like this a week before a meet. I dropped 7lbs and it wasn't good lol...seems I've kept the weight off though and am back to good strength :)

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Former Member — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:37:21 GMT

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Former Member — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:39:27 GMT

I apologize. I am still not hitting on all cylinders and a little testy. But the comment about the prisons and the fight that broke out with cops and drawn guns (I left that part out) is a fact that was part of the reason I didn't feel like going to the ER. Sorry, it won't happen again.

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Former Member — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:12:09 GMT

Bill I had something like this a week beofre a meet. I dropped lbs and it wasn't good lol...seems I've kept the weight off though and am back to good strength :) Thanx, SS. If something good comes from this, I will be amazed. My wife kept asking me if I thought I was going to die. Then when she really got worried, she'd ask, "Do you want to die or for me to get you to the doctor?" She had hurt her back days earlier and spent 4 hour in the ER and no one saw her. It was clogged with non-insurance, illegal aliens and prisoner, and folks looking for free care. I couldn't see reason to go there when I could just as easily and more comfortably die at home. "What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger" unk

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some_girl — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:14:13 GMT

She had hurt her back days earlier and spent 4 hour in the ER and no one saw her. It was clogged with non-insurance, illegal aliens and prisoner, and folks looking for free care. I couldn't see reason to go there when I could just as easily and more comfortably die at home. Politics is not appropriate for this forum, and that comment is totally unneccessary.

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Former Member — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:19:27 GMT

So I guess a thousand turns are coming up, but at least she has a bar/restaurant right there by the pool :applaud: donna sounds awful....especially with that island weather etc... :joker:

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Former Member — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:18:57 GMT

It's Easter and our Jellyfish time. I was swimming today and saw them, they have arrived so had to cut my swim short. EECK-it was the brown thumbnails, they always come first followed by a round of clear jellies with long tentacles and then the dreaded Sea Lice. Those are the worse because they are so tiny, they look like splinters of wood in the water but get in your swimsuit and sting the H**** out of you. So now I have a distance interruption (and I will also have this next year), so back to my friend Pam's pool. But it is only 33 yds long but I suppose better than being drydocked!! So I guess a thousand turns are coming up, but at least she has a bar/restaurant right there by the pool :applaud: donna The bar seems like fair enough compensation to me Donna LOL! Hopefully the jellyfish will be a somewhat temporary ordeal? Newmastersswimmer

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Former Member — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:36:58 GMT

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swim4me — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:23:49 GMT

I have swum with the brown thumbnails before and they did not bother me, though the locals (Mexico) said that they do bother some people. The others however......lets just be glad your friend has a pool!!!!!!