I swam in a very cold lake, my Turbo print swimsuit covered by a wet suit in 55 degree water. After, I shed the wetsuit, enjoyed hot coffee and a warm blanket wrapped around my Turbo clad body. A few cups later my parts came back, my bulge grew normal. By then I was off to harvest crop.

STS

I swam laps in my US Flag Turbo suit (thanks again to STS and Dooley67 for turning me on to Turbos).

swam a mile
 

Dooley, I got to swim my first mile in my 20's, I decided I needed a new challenge and signed up for a Lifesaving course. I have retrained and taken First Aider, Beach Lifeguard and Health and Safety courses since then, saving the lives of 5 people (one an infant actually in water) and had an award from the Police.
Putting on Speedos and going for a long swim can change your life.

I went to work in my speedo :P.... I wear them under my diving equipment.

55 degree water - ouch!! Gotta love living in Maine. For those who don't know about Maine seasons, there are only two - winter and the 4th of July.

D67

That's a very inspiring story Torchwatch. Those 5 people were lucky you were there. Speedos and a long swim have changed my life in a far less dramatic way, but the experience has proved to me that I can set an athletic goal, challenge myself, and meet that goal, and get fit in the process.

D67

I had surgery
 

When I finished my laps yesterday I got out of the pool and doubled over in pain. After a quick trip to emergency it was established I had a blocked bile duck out of my gall bladder and would need surgery. I was transferred to a table and rolled into surgery and had the gall bladder removed. The entire time no one had stopped long enough to realize i was clad in nothing but a 1" red nylon Aussiebum. When I woke in my room later I was in a hospital gown and the suit was gone. That evening a male nurse came by to see if I was ok and to tell me that my sexy speedo was in the night stand drawer. Somehow I think that he was a little too interested in my welfare -- surgical nurses don't usually visit patients after surgery in their rooms.

Turbos
 

I swim every day in my Turbo (Australian Polo Team) - I dont't understand their sizing-I have 35 waist but take XL-Can't imagine those guys on teams all have smaller waists-if so what do they make 3 other smaller sizes-all smaller. Maybe theirs are special made. I do think they are indestructable-no wear so far after more than 50 miles!

Wow PSDave - glad you are OK! And to be rushed to the hospital in a little Speedo - I'll bet a few of the hospital staff found that quite unique and interesting, although I'm sure they've seen just about everything!

Went for a bike ride, as I have hundreds of times. I love the feeling of freedom attained from pedaling around in a Speedo (it really was a Speedo today), and the benefit of the exercise. Quite a few years ago, I jumped on my bike while I was already in Speedos, and was overwhelmed by how great it felt. Been doing 1500-2000 miles a year in speedos since. I don't think my neighbors like it as much as I do, but, that's life

You are lucky your little speedo didn't get the snip. Hospitals have a tendency to cut clothes off patients, it is so much quicker and easier than undressing an unconscious body.

PSDave,

Glad you are all right after the emergency surgery and fortunate that you went to an ER that diagnosed quickly. An added bonus was that you didn't lose your Aussiebum. Heal well and quickly.

D67

PSDave, get well soon!

Welcome to the board sunbuff

Glad to have you a member of the board. I think you will enjoy it. I look forward to your posts.

Dooley67

Thank You guys for your kind words I am happy to say the mending has gone very well. They did the new type of arthoscopic (SP) surgery were they only made 4 small incisions and then removed the gall bladder thru the navel. The upper chest incisions healed nicely, the navel is healing slower. Happily no ugly 6" scar across my gut.
The experience of arriving at a hospital almost naked was quite the experience. Talk about being the only one wearing a speedo!!! I think it helped that the nurse/orderly that seemed to be enamored by the suit was largely responsible. They may have gotten lost otherwise. When it was time to go home that was all I had to wear as I was wheeled out of the hospital. My new friend seemed to really enjoy it but to me it was like that childhood dream where you are in school in your underwear. Needless to say--i got the stares! The orderly/nurse was most attentive and gave me his number if I need help changing the dressing or emptying the drain bag. He even offered a massage. I did call him a couple times but really didn't feel like "personal nursing". I will call him now and see if the offer still holds for the "massage"
I now have a policy that I take shorts to the pool in case I am ever rushed off to emergency in the future!

PSDave,

I think that's the kind of dream we all have and now you have lived the dream, maybe something you really weren't eager to actually do. Important thing is that you are recovering and healing and you may have also found a friend with benefits in the process.

D67

PSDave,

That experience was very much similar to the online fantasy stories I often read!
If I were you, I won't bring that shorts to the pool :D

Be well!

PSDave,

Glad you are healing well after the surgery hopefully in a couple of months you won't even see the incisions. It's amazing that not too long ago a person would have a big incision scar from that surgery and today only a tiny mark is left.

I'm visiting my sister and her family and friends to celebrate the Jewish New Year outside of Boston. Yesterday we went to their gym, a posh Boston Sports Club. I wore my Sporti water polo brief and was the only one in a brief suit there. I was a little surprised because I thought at a fancy gym, there would be more guys in speedos. It wasn't a great swim - the water temp was 86 degrees and the lanes were shorter so that 3 lengths was 50 yards or 1 lap. I managed to do 60 lengths (20 laps) but was really sweating by the end. On the up side, I did get my laps in and am enjoying our visit here.

D67

So the pool was about 17 yards in length? Interesting - I'm assuming it was an older facility? I swam in a pool in Houston a few years ago - outdoor pool in a park - that was 33 yards in length. That was weird.

Swimmboy,

The pool was 16 and 2/3 yards long and felt very weird. It was hard to keep count of my laps so I just switched to counting lengths to measure my distance. The fitness part of the club was state of the art with a track going around the fitness room above it, but the pool area did look old and had only 3 lanes available to swim laps.

D67

I went to speedo party at local night club so relax and drink in it.