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As someone who's had LS my whole 62 year life (but wasn't diagnosed till a year ago) and loves to swim in our small clear Ontario lakes in summer, I'm now wondering if swimming is so good. Maybe someone with microbiolgy or wound knowledge could contribute here.
For many years I've been careful not to sit around in a wet bathing suit, but that's really a yeast infection strategy. I'm concerned about the little (smaller now with good treatemnt) tear in my perineum that's there 2/3 of the time. Not really that it would become infected, but somehow for the first time I'm having second thoughts about what sorts of microbes might be in our nice clear lakes that would be bad.
Really, I hope someone will tell me I'm wrong and say "Go jump in the lake!"
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Morrell1951
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Maybe I need to limit swimming to days I have zero tearing.
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hanny32508 Morrell1951
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I love to swim and it has always been my summer's physical activity. But with the LS I have become extremely careful. The lakes here in the Okanagan, BC look very inviting, but I don't dare with this LS. The lakes and rivers are not the same as they used to be. Neither do I swim in a swimming pool. The fusing is too complicated and I'm afraid that this can easily pick up anything in between these tiny spaces. Instead I row, whenever I have the opportunity. Above water, not the same, but a physical activity non the less. Unless there is a way to prevent bacteria from entering or attaching.
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