Swimmin'

Today I hooked up with my friend/coworker/bridesmaid Emily for some pool time!  She has a summer pass to Steiner Aquatic Center.  They've got a kick-ass Olympic outdoor pool.

It's the first time I've been swimming since the surgery.  It felt FANTASTIC to get in the water!  At first I just did some of my PT exercises at the side.  But pretty soon I couldn't help but swim a few laps.

We spent a half hour in the pool total.  I swam about 500 yds.  This is only about a third of what I usually swim, but I had no desire to hurt anything.  I did several laps of just pulling (arms) with a pool buoy, and a few laps of full swimming with kicking!

I can't say that it "hurt".  The sensation was more of uncomfortableness.  Like things were pulling that shouldn't have been pulling, or something wasn't in the right place.  It wasn't an overwhelming feeling, so I assume that it's a normal part of getting things moving and working again.

After the swim, we both passed out in the sun for about 20 minutes.

It's so nice to be able to swim again!