I can't swim properly. Honestly, I'm too scared to put my face in the water. I don't like the feeling of having water in my eyes.
Wear a Diving mask or Goggles.
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Wear a Diving mask or Goggles.
AGXStarseed
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Been swimming today for the first time in heaven knows how long (managed to swim 30 lengths before my body decided to call it a day), although when I go swimming I have to undergo a fair bit of preparation aside from the obvious stuff like a towel and body wash.
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Before I go swimming, I have to take an antihistamine tablet because if I get water in my mouth/nose, the chlorine in the water irritates my airwaves and essentially gives me what I can only call "Swimming-induced hayfever" later.
(I've tried wearing a nose clip in the past, but they just irritate me so I make do breathing out of my mouth and trying to avoid breathing through my nose)
When I swim, I wear goggles to keep the water out of my eyes and ear plugs (which I can mold to my ear shape) in order to keep the water out of my ears, as I have a bad history of "swimmer's ear" - a painful type of ear infection.
After swimming (and getting showered off and dressed), I get myself something to eat from the cafe area and take two "cold and flu" tablets with decongestant to assist in the hayfever symptoms I will likely experience
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It might seem a bit over the top, but I do enjoy swimming; like many of us, I'm drawn to the water as I find it to be a very therapeutic environment and it's good exercise. Also, it's the closest that many of us will get to experiencing flight or zero-gravity conditions.
It's also one of the few environments where I'm more content with the younger kids, as I can sometimes step into give them a few tips that my dad taught me - from how to push off the wall when starting to swim a length/width or how to avoid wasting energy when doing the crawl (my style of swimming) to fun things such as learning how to do an underwater back-flip; assuming they and/or their parents/guardians are okay with me talking to them.
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Before I go swimming, I have to take an antihistamine tablet because if I get water in my mouth/nose, the chlorine in the water irritates my airwaves and essentially gives me what I can only call "Swimming-induced hayfever" later.
(I've tried wearing a nose clip in the past, but they just irritate me so I make do breathing out of my mouth and trying to avoid breathing through my nose)
When I swim, I wear goggles to keep the water out of my eyes and ear plugs (which I can mold to my ear shape) in order to keep the water out of my ears, as I have a bad history of "swimmer's ear" - a painful type of ear infection.
After swimming (and getting showered off and dressed), I get myself something to eat from the cafe area and take two "cold and flu" tablets with decongestant to assist in the hayfever symptoms I will likely experience
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It might seem a bit over the top, but I do enjoy swimming; like many of us, I'm drawn to the water as I find it to be a very therapeutic environment and it's good exercise. Also, it's the closest that many of us will get to experiencing flight or zero-gravity conditions.
It's also one of the few environments where I'm more content with the younger kids, as I can sometimes step into give them a few tips that my dad taught me - from how to push off the wall when starting to swim a length/width or how to avoid wasting energy when doing the crawl (my style of swimming) to fun things such as learning how to do an underwater back-flip; assuming they and/or their parents/guardians are okay with me talking to them.
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