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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / March 2008OTP: My Birthday Present
My DH has been asking me what I want for my birthday in nine days. The thing I have missed the most during the cancer surgery, chemotherapy, hernia surgery, recovery, etc., is swimming. I absolutely love to swim. Sooooooo, I am getting a "perpetual" membership in the YMCA. That's a one time joiner's fee and then a set amount each month that continues until you manually stop it. That means that whenever the pools (yes they have 2) are open, I can swim. Since we only have one car, I will get up early (which I do anyway) and go up to Newark (about a 1/2 hour drive), swim, shower, and still be back here before the DH gets up for the day. (Remember, he doesn't get to go to bed until 2 AM.) I am so excited about this. He says we'll drive up there Monday and get it all set up. I will be swimming by Tuesday. Hooray!! I will have to start out pretty slow, though, since I have not been swimming for well over a year and my abdomen is still healing from the two surgeries. Sigh. DeeTee DeeTee, do take it easy so you won't regret getting started. It will be good for you as well as a real pleasure, and it's always nice to have something to look forward to! Gwen > My DH has been asking me what I want for my birthday in nine days. The > thing I have missed the most during the cancer surgery, chemotherapy, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > DeeTee oh dee tee, that's wonderful! i can hear how excited you are about it. what a great hubby you have. diane Congrats DeeTee!!! What a wonderful gift! What a great way to both exercise and relax a bit too. Is the Y's pool heated? Enjoy!!! . . . . Donna . . . . 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) J.K.M.A. That's great, DeeTee! I'm a swimmer too and I know what it means when you have to give it up even for a while. It's one of the reasons I liked this apartment complex so much. We have an indoor pool in the clubhouse. I also have a membership to the "Y" as they gave me a scholarship, so I go there as their pool is much larger :) You will love getting back into the water. I know I love the feeling :)) I can tell from your post how excited you are! Enjoy every minute :))) Hugsies, Carole Sounds like a good plan to me..... You go girl. Harv > My DH has been asking me what I want for my birthday in nine days. The > thing I have missed the most during the cancer surgery, chemotherapy, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > DeeTee Soooooo? Did you go swimming yet? If so, how was it? Is the water heated and nice and warm? . . . . Donna . . . . 1.) ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2.) J.K.M.A. We're going Monday to sign me up. The water is what I call semi-heated. It's not icy cold, but certainly not really warm. I find it just right. It takes Bob forever to get into a pool. I go down to the deep end, hold my breath and jump in. Once I'm wet, the temperature is usually just right. Come on Tuesday......LOL DeeTee > Soooooo? Did you go swimming yet? If so, how was it? Is the water > heated and nice and warm? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > 2.) J.K.M.A. The "Y" tends to keep their pools on the cool side as they are meant for lap swimmers. And once you start swimming, you sweat even though you don't really feel it since you are in the water. That's why swimmers always have lots of water handy as they know they are losing liquids when swimming. The pool where I live is much warmer, but they set it that way because there are a number of seniors here who use it for arthritis exercises. When I lived in NYC, there was a local pool that had specific classes for arthritis sufferers and they always kept that pool warmer. If the Y has arthritis classes (mine does), they hold them in the smaller pool which is kept at a higher temperature :) Carole Yes they do and that is the only pool I use...at least for now...because I don't yet have the strength or stamina for the lap swims. One end of "my" pool is for toddlers and beginner swimmers. The other end (and middle) is for people who want to swim but not lap. I love it there. DeeTee > The "Y" tends to keep their pools on the cool side as they are meant for > lap swimmers. And once you start swimming, you sweat even though you don't [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Carole oh DeeTee what a wonderful hubby you have there. I am glad you will be able to get back to swimming again. Have fun. Swim some for me too ok. ;-)  SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > My DH has been asking me what I want for my birthday in nine days. The > thing I have missed the most during the cancer surgery, chemotherapy, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > DeeTee
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