canefan17
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My friend and I own a hottub...
Is this a bad idea?
Bacteria and crap in the pool/hottub?
(Life is becoming no fun)... oh wait... it already has.
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Keebler
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- I think it can be done correctly - it is all in how is it treated and not letting the water get too hot. We are not supposed to get overheated.
As for the treatment to keep it safe but not toxic, that would be the trick but one to figure out for everyone's wellness, not just for yours.
If those using it would also shower before getting in, that would help tremendously. But most won't want to do that because they don't understand how much stuff we carry on our skin, even if we showered hours earlier, just before communal bathing, it's a good idea.
With some thought, you can have a wonderful tool to work your body with some stretches - and some very nice enjoyment.
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It is realtively safe. Watch out for skin rashes and make sure it is properly cared for and disinfected routinely. Stay hydrated and be especially careful if you are on antibiotics and soak, you may be less tolerant of the heat. Lyme bacteria HATE the heat and there are several researchers and MD's who state if you can tolerate at least 104 degree water and soak at least 20 minutes/day, it can be a helpful adjunct in fighting Lyme(they also suggest sauna's). See, and you thought you'd have no fun!
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Keebler
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- If you have adrenal issues, you may need to go lower on the temperature but the warmth will still be very nice even at, say 92 degrees. You can sort of tread water and kick and blurble around all you want.
Blurble. Blurble. Blurple. I like the sound of that.
I've been dreaming of some way I could put a tiny swimming pool in my apartment living room. I can't go out at all and would just love to be able to exercise in water. A lifeguard in my youth, I could truly be a mermaid were I to have the chance.
So, whatever it takes, find a way to safely enjoy your little pool of the ocean.
Instead of chlorine, you can try bromine, but you'll also really need to read all about that. The MCS sites may have some good ideas.
This is doubly important because chlorine can trigger porphyria in patients with that issue. I wonder if citrus products would work? -
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canefan17
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lymemom, ha thanks
keebler, That's interesting. How does the heat effect the adrenals?
92 degrees? lol
We soak at 103 usually.
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I love anything that makes me hot. Exercise, sauna, hot tub. Good detox.
When I am on vacation I use a hot tub. It's fantastic, but not quite as good as my sauna. I sit in it until I get too hot, then go half-in so I still sweat but am not overheated.
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Keebler
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- Some lyme patients can "do" heat such as with hot tubs and the regular saunas (low heat infrared saunas are the kind suggested for lyme patients, not the regular kind).
Those people who do okay already know their tolerance levels and limits.
For many lyme patients - or those NEW to lyme who - perhaps used to be able to enjoy high (or even medium) heat - things may have changed so be very careful. A body with lyme is not the same body as before lyme - in many ways.
In some patients, heat can cause some very serious relapses and cardiac, neurological and endocrine hits that can even cause seizures and permanent damage of various kinds.
I've had six-month long relapses where I could not even walk from hot tub experiences that felt fabulous at the time. Hours later, the next morning, it was like I'd been hit by a truck. Improvement took months. Months.
A few repeat episodes (over a couple years) took a while to figure out. And, each time, since it felt so wonderful, I assumed I was doing okay - either until the minute when I knew it was not - or the next morning.
I am not the only one for this to happen to - other cases like this have been documented for lyme patients.
So, everyone, please take it very, very slowly for short times. Never push it. Enjoy what you safely can but never, ever push the limits with heat.
A human body could never tolerate temperatures high enough anyway to actually kill spirochetes.
Gentle warmth can still accomplish much in the way of increased circulation, sweating - and other good things that can help us accomplish our goals. -
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