Re: Re-introducing myself & need advice please.../Barbara

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Thank you Barbara!! also mentioned Thyroid & I want to get

myself checked out for that. I'm afraid I may have to give up the

water classes also, but I'm hoping if it really is a thyroid issue

that its treatable??? I really don't know very much about this, but

that is just par for the course of this past year I guess.

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> Hi :

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> I too did a water class for arthritis. The pool was 93,

cool/warm.

> But the a.c. was on and I too had to leave the pool due to being cold.

> By the time I got my swim suit off, I was shaking and freezing. I was

> that way all the way home, and took a hot shower when I got home. I had

> to finally stop going to these classes. The Rheumy said I was defeating

> all the good I did for my RA. I assume I got cold from the a.c. when my

> shoulders were out of the water. The floor tiles from the pool to the

> shower room were ceramic and very, very cold. I have a low thyroid

> condition, and have problems with heat and cold. I loved this water

> class, but had to give it up. I live in south west Florida and it is

> always hot here, so it was not due to the weather.

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> I hope this info. helps you. Wishing you pain free days, and I hope

> your hands feel better soon. I am sure they are very hard to use when

> you are in bad pain.

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> Hugs,

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> Barbara

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