Swimming with health issues - share your stories?

Well, I finally got the swimsuit... noon tomorrow, first workout about three years.... If I say here that I'm doing it, then I can't back out. :applaud::applaud::applaud: Glad to hear you are getting back in the water.

:applaud::applaud::applaud: Glad to hear you are getting back in the water. Oh, noooooez, my teammates are watching... now I really can't back out! :bolt:

I made it! Workout was at noon, long course meters. I managed to get through about half of the 3000 or so, 1500M, w/fins. This is after ZERO exercise for about three years. I'm actually surprized I did that much, especailly LCM. Roughly 100's on 2:00 qith 1:00 rest in between, something like that was about all I could handle. Didn't do flipturns, I needed that split second rest on the wall between 50's. My arms, legs and cardio were taking turns getting fatigued. Now I'm ready for a nap. Another workout tomorrow. See how that goes. It fel sooo nice being in water and out in the sun. :)

Oh, yea, I heard how it's all in my head plenty throughout my life. When I was plateuing in athletic craining, it was because I was 'overtraining'... well, turnes out I wasn't, I have that darn blood disorder, and my body went as far as it could. Took some time to diagnose that, and I had to be quickly taken off all the iron supplements they've bee giving me, because, since my body wasn't absorbing them, it was too much waste going into my liver. They suggested several other nebulous things before I pushed and pushed to figure that out. Similar thing with my thyroid, if I'm skinny, I'm overtraining, if I gained weight, it's because i need to lose it.... eventually got someone to do a more extensive thyroid panel... turns out one of the hormones (TSH) is at 0. It's the one that is used to communicate between pituitary gland and thyroid. Samr thing with scleroderma... lot of shoulder shrugging... after weeks of my own google researching, I zeroed in on scleroderma, went to a doc, asked to do couple specific tests, and guess what, they came out positive. HA! Now I have to find someone who specializes in it, to help me figure out where to go from here. The 'in your head' thing is infuriating. Makes me want to tell them, I haven't spent my whole life in the armchair being ignorant, you know. Consider the Antibiotic Protocol for scleroderma. I'm getting ready to start it. Check out www.roadback.org for more information. I'm an athlete, too and have pulmonary hypertension.

I'm ADHD and dyslexic, I can loose count in a short couse 200:blush: Physically, my right shoulder (the good one) is keeping me from using my arms in the pool, nothing but kicking right now.

I'm ADHD and dyslexic, I can loose count in a short couse 200:blush: Hey, I don't have ADHD and I lost count of my 200 breaststroke at Nationals! I was so tired by the third day at that hot pool that I completely lost it by the time I had done 150 yds. The only way I knew I was on my last 50 was by sneaking a peek over at the fastest swimmers and seeing they had stopped! :blush: (Even still, I managed to beat my best time by a hair! :D ) So, Steve, I can relate! Good luck!! :cheerleader:

Let's see , this last year - i'm fighting plantar faciaitis -heel spur & amorton's neurona all on my left foot. Makes it hard to kick or push off after flips 1

I'm ADHD and dyslexic, I can loose count in a short couse 200:blush: Physically, my right shoulder (the good one) is keeping me from using my arms in the pool, nothing but kicking right now. I did that in a meet once... swam 150 and thought I was done.... I was like, damn, that was fast, while my teammates were asking, you OK? You ok? What happened? :afraid: Ooooopsie! :blush::blush::blush:

One of the reasons that I love Masters Swimming is the many stories and the wonderful support we get from each other. I am 68 and almost everyone in my age group has had some health issue. The stories of "learning to cope" are wonderful! My health issues began at 50. I had my best times as a Masters swimmers at SC nationals when I was 50. Between May and July, acid reflux became so bad that it caused asthma-like symptoms. I had surgery in Nov to correct the problem. Then, I discovered that my allergies were getting worse and had my first real asthma attack at the next SC nationals. It took several years of trying different medications to get that under control. I do well most of the time, but have to be aware of chemical imbalances in the pool area and pollen counts. At meets in indoor pools, I have to be remember to leave the pool area regularly. When there are 1800 people in the pool area, the air handlers can't keep the air quality high enough. I had problems in both Austin and Atlanta on the last day - my own fault. Once asthma was controlled, I started with Atrial Fib. I have had two ablations to correct it and am not on medication now and am doing well. When people inquire about my health status, I like to reply "At the moment, everyone is okay!" One of my friends always says her swimming is going well "considering ..." We all seem to have a "considering..." but we have to keep trying!

Consider the Antibiotic Protocol for scleroderma. I'm getting ready to start it. Check out www.roadback.org for more information. I'm an athlete, too and have pulmonary hypertension. Ha, interesting. Thanks for sharing, I'll check into it. I'm having a tough time even finding a doctor taht does more then shrugs their shoulders and says "I dont' really deal with treating that", here are some NSAID pain killers, and otherthen that, it's uncurable.... and it's not bad enough at the moment to require steroids. Very frustrating.