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, I defer on the water aerobics to those who have written,

having tried it. I have Lyme but not as seriously as you do (knock on

wood), but I will take what the others have said into account & be

careful during my own water exercise regimens.

Pam N

--- Re: [ ] To exercise or not?

Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:40:18 -0500

From: Pam Norman <pam_norman@...>

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I think the water aerobics would be great. If you have a program for

seniors & /or disabled, even more perfect. As to getting out of the water

afterwards, I am sure that there would be helping hands!

The gym that I belong to here consists of a workout area with bikes,

treatmills, & a host of other equipment for different parts of the body.

But it also has pools! A lap pool, one of those free form pools, & a

hot pool. People that I know who are exercising but are not necessarily

hot shot swimmers find that walking the lanes in the lap pool is very

good exercise. You might be able to do some of that during, before, or

after your aerobics.

But go for it!

Pam

bellapazza68 wrote:

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> I have heard that exercise is supposed to be good to help clear the

> body of the spirochetes and toxins while we are going through

> treatment, besides it just being a good practice for everyone. I am

> concerned about my level of fatigue and the extreme amount of pain I

> am in daily. I have been sick for many years, decades really, and I

> have always been able to manage physical activity, including doing

> physical labor as a job on several occasions, until this past decade.

> Over the past ten years I have gained a lot of weight, but even so, I

> was able to continue walking and working in my garden as my pain

> afforded me and going to the gym as I could. This past year and a half

> since my health spiraled out of control and I was forced to really

> seek out what was truly wrong with me (I now have a confirmed Lyme

> diagnosis), I have been unable to do much at all. I did my best to

> continue at the gym, even enlisting the help of a trainer in January

> 2008, but when I colapsed on the floor and could not get up after a

> few squats, I felt very defeated and decided to just stick to the

> treadmill and recumbant bike. Even that was becoming too hard. When I

> developed massive migraines 24/7 after a very minor head bump in April

> 2008, I gave up going to the gym altogether.

>

> I would like someone's opinion about this because I am thinking about

> doing water aerobics, which would be easy on my joints. The pool near

> my home has a program for seniors and the disabled. My main concern is

> that if I get into the pool and do the workout, then I won't be able

> to haul my ample hiney out of the pool because I get so weak. Does

> anyone else experience this weakness after exercise? Does it go away

> eventually? Does anyone know of a way I can get past this or work on

> building myself back up without it hurting so much or being so weak

> afterwards? I really don't want to continue gaining weight. I want to

> get back to being able to hike and bike and everything I used to do.

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