Remicade + Public Pool

With swimming season creeping up I am finding myself concerned about the pool in our apartment. It's 20 feet away from where I live and I have 2 kids that love to swim. I was just wondering if it is ok to swim in a pool where kids have poopy accidents, and lord knows what else in it while you are on Remicade? Does the chlorine kill everything?

Gosh, I had never even considered this!!! Honestly, I don't change my lifestyle much because of being on Remicade. I don't avoid places as a general rule (not that I am hanging out at the hospital licking walls or anything, lol).

And with two young kids, I can't avoid germs anyway. They bring it all home, and I am the one who is scraping throw up out of their hair and sheets at 2am, so I figure I am pretty much fully exposed to whatever is going around. I was on Humira for 20 months, we all went through H1N1 during that time, and I was the one who stayed the healthiest. I was feverish for a day. The rest of the family was down and out for a week. Same has held true on Remicade. I catch colds more now because I am pregnant, but honestly, I don't feel at all like I have had any additional issues as a result of being on Remicade. I do take a lot of supplements and am very preventative with my overall health, which may also help.

I agree with wavefunction though-they douse those pools with so much chlorine, it is doubtful anything could survive. I wouldn't worry about it at all!

Yes, they should be over-chlorinating it, but an apartment pool may or may not be kept up as well as other commercial pools- if it was me (and I'm a pool guy), grab an empty water bottle, fill it up with pool water, and take it to a local pool store- they'll test it for you for free- and they'll tell you if the levels are appropriate or not (and let them know it's a public pool so levels should be higher).

Please excuse my ignorance, but why should someone on remi be extra cautious about the cleanliness of a swimming pool? (more than anyone else,that is)

mackster-remi lowers your immune system, that's the reason.

however, personally, i don't like to be in public pools at all, ever! I dont mind waterparks though, lol.

But yeah i agree that most of them have way too much chlorine in them. And the pool should be shut down and shocked if someone has a poopy diaper in it, if that's not happening you need to talk to the apt manager about it. That's dangerous for anyone!