Paula Johnson wrote:

Well, I have a little turned-up nose that lets water right in. It's water in
my sinuses that hurts. I guess I'm built so that it just runs in and right
down my throat. I snort nose drops and stuff, and that doesn't bother me.
But when water runs way back to the sinuses is chokes me after I emerge and
try to breathe.

Always exhale forcibly when you get back to the surface. Think of a whale spout.
;-)

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Regards

Brian