A Victoria resident with multiple sclerosis shares their personal experience of managing the disease through swimming, highlighting the significant health benefits and cost savings associated with public pools. The resident expresses concern over the City of Victoria's delayed action on replacing their aging pool, leading to escalating costs and the potential loss of a vital community resource.
I am a person living with a disability, in my case multiple sclerosis . MS is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects my central nervous system and can cause serious disability.
Heat is known to trigger MS attacks, so it was tricky finding just the right exercise. My go-to routine became swimming, as it allows me to stay cool when my body overheats from workouts. Throughout the summer, I swim in the lakes and ocean. It’s too cold to swim outside for an hour or more each day in the winter.
Diabetes, for example, costs British Columbia approximately $642 million each year in direct health costs. Victoria alone diagnoses more than 1,000 new people annually. The province’s current health-care budget is $31 billion annually. I shudder to think how much more it would be if we didn’t have pools and recreation centres to help us manage our health.
Crystal Pool receives more than 1,000 visitors a day and about 400,000 visits a year. There are about 1,000 club users who swim on average three times per week.
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