Being relatively new to swimming don't know how the “rules” of being sick-getting better-jumping back in the water work. So here's my question:
How soon you think I can go back to swimming after having a very bad bronchitis? I got sick last Wednesday :cry:, do feel better now, BUT the cough is still very strong and the nose is trying to run away... :D
Any suggestions? Supposedly I am on the list to swim a relay in November, so can't miss too many days, on the other hand, don't want to get sicker.... :shakeshead:
Thank you very much!!!:notworthy:
No--but if you are ill, the consensus is that you should avoid strenuous exercise. Why place additional demands on a system that is already stressed?
As suggested, a commonsense approach will see you through most things. I'll just note that pulmonary toilet (lung cleaning) is achieved through lung use, and if you can stagger through activities in mild cases of lung involvement, you might actually feel better (junk is removed) and get better faster.
Probably apocryphal story: One of the Beat poets, on being told he had TB, elected to ride on top of a train from East Coast to West Coast, gulping in great draughts of cold air along the way. Mirabile dictu, no more TB.
Regards, VB
No--but if you are ill, the consensus is that you should avoid strenuous exercise. Why place additional demands on a system that is already stressed?
As suggested, a commonsense approach will see you through most things. I'll just note that pulmonary toilet (lung cleaning) is achieved through lung use, and if you can stagger through activities in mild cases of lung involvement, you might actually feel better (junk is removed) and get better faster.
Probably apocryphal story: One of the Beat poets, on being told he had TB, elected to ride on top of a train from East Coast to West Coast, gulping in great draughts of cold air along the way. Mirabile dictu, no more TB.
Regards, VB
