Catch a wave...Or the swimming thread

[Wahine]

I always have a problem with chlorine. I used to take a pre-emptive antihistamine before swimming but then I started using a nose plug and that takes care of it most of the time.

I'm pretty sure I smell like chlorine almost always.

[Pax]

I always have a problem with chlorine. I used to take a pre-emptive antihistamine before swimming but then I started using a nose plug and that takes care of it most of the time.

I'm pretty sure I smell like chlorine almost always.

*lightbulb moment* Well that makes sense to me now, I use a mask and snorkel right now to swim laps (my PT doesn't want me twisting to breathe yet), I don't have any problems with chlorine now...just when I try to go without the mask or sit in the hot tub.

[eclectic]

OK I am wierd - I love the smell of swimming pools and chlorine on my skin
But i do hate what it does to my eyes, nose, skin, breathing etc etc etc

I hated swimming at our Y pool and wouldn't go into the hot tub - I felt I had to wear goggles just for the hot tub.
This last month, however, they put out an announcement that it wasn't the chlorine that was the problem but the gases created when the chlorine was killing the bacteria
Anyway they added something to neutralize it and what ever they did made a huge difference.

I wear a nose plug because if I don't my sinuses always bother me

And one more thing
I swam in a pool this summer that was a saline pool. They used salt water instead of chlorinated water. It wasn't as salty as the ocean but was great to swim in. Apparently no need for goggles and your suit isn't destroyed in 3 months. I wish other places would try that!

[Pax]

...And one more thing
I swam in a pool this summer that was a saline pool. They used salt water instead of chlorinated water. It wasn't as salty as the ocean but was great to swim in. Apparently no need for goggles and your suit isn't destroyed in 3 months. I wish other places would try that!

Now that sounds fantastic!