Swimming

It still devastates me that, because I get hives and even some throat swelling when I am in contact with chlorine for too long, I can't swim on a regular basis.
It is a total shame.
My shoulder blades can feel like literal blades within my back - but the moment I start swimming, the pain just melts away.
It allows me to build strength and improve cardio and all sorts of different health benefits, but even in water from the tap, too much time spent in the water or in a shower has me starting to react. I can't even bathe more than twice a week or my body develops hives.
And yet I am a total water baby.
I want to be in the water.
If I didn't live somewhere so cold, I'd be swimming in natural lakes or the ocean on a regular basis.
Alas, I have to just enjoy my rare moments in primarily salt-water pools.
It's still a positive thing that swimming helps the pain.
I'll take it.