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got4boyz - 4 of them eh.....I have one 15 yr old in full hormonal bloom....life is now truly entertaining!! I cannot imagine 4 of them!! You must have incredible patience and stamina!!
I have always drank natural waters when hiking, camping, etc. For 49 years I have comsumed stream waters, and never been sick from it. Even drank the waters in Peru and Mexico...no WarHammer Manuevers from me!!
Well....one day during a training with SEADOGS (I am on the underwater search/recovery team and we were training with the dogs/handlers in searching sites underwater the dogs hit on in). I didn't know the error of my ways until about 3 months later!! It started out with a knot in my stomach that would come and go. I thought it was stress from work....well, those little critter finally grew to be enough to cause great grief!! It took quite some research to figure out where I got it from, but they identified the exact pond...and that was it.
Yes, giardia can be obtained from salt water....but it would have to be in a pretty stagnant area. With our 20 foot+ tides, we don't have much for stagnant salt water around here!! Generally it comes from areas where birds leave their calling cards. If there isn't fresh water flushing the area.....poof....giardia grows!!
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I have always drank natural waters when hiking, camping, etc. For 49 years I have comsumed stream waters, and never been sick from it. Even drank the waters in Peru and Mexico...no WarHammer Manuevers from me!!
Well....one day during a training with SEADOGS (I am on the underwater search/recovery team and we were training with the dogs/handlers in searching sites underwater the dogs hit on in). I didn't know the error of my ways until about 3 months later!! It started out with a knot in my stomach that would come and go. I thought it was stress from work....well, those little critter finally grew to be enough to cause great grief!! It took quite some research to figure out where I got it from, but they identified the exact pond...and that was it.
Yes, giardia can be obtained from salt water....but it would have to be in a pretty stagnant area. With our 20 foot+ tides, we don't have much for stagnant salt water around here!! Generally it comes from areas where birds leave their calling cards. If there isn't fresh water flushing the area.....poof....giardia grows!!
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(Actually, instead of you coming to see me, I might need to come see you, just to get away from them for awhile! LOL I always wanted to see Alaska anyway!)
There are good points...and moments of great hope!! Last Thanksgiving a group of us chartered a couple of planes to take 25 of us and our dive gear out to this remote site called Baranof Warm Springs. I took my son as he loves diving for treasure (and there is an old sunken collapsed cannery there where many old coins have been found). With 25 folks out there for a week, you can imagine the logistics of cooking, cleaning, keeping tanks full (on a portable compressor) and all that it takes to keep 25 divers going. I thought I had brought someone elses son. He wasn't smart assed, he was very polite and helped with all the tasks. I received many many compliments on his behavior. Then we came home, and he returned to his hormonal self!! They need a deep sigh smilie for here!! I just keep in mind that he will soon return to a normal human being!! Always smiling...ages
