Living in a hot climate, the pool has always been a huge factor in my life. When I was young, we belonged to a swimming pool. No, not a fancy club just a pool. There were no public pools way back then and certainly no pool that we kids could ride our bikes to and spend the whole day. The bummer was that the ride home made me hot again.

Then we moved and I had a pool in my backyard. I remember the warm days of March when I would put my feet in the pool, slowly ending up with wet edged shorts. All of us neighborhood kids swam in that pool from morning to night.

We have a small pool in our yard now. It was resurfaced last year but I did not go in. In fact, I have not been in a pool in the 4 years since my dx of PPMS.

I decided it would be great to exercise in the pool. I waited for the temperature outside to get hot enough and for the pool water to heat up to at least 85 degrees.

My mobility has changed and I needed help getting in. I thought my weight would feel free in the water. My legs felt funny because of the water retention in my feet. Weird.

With DH, I ventured into the "deep" end. It is a little over 5' deep. I thought my arm movement would keep me afloat.

I sank like a stone.