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I? Am in excruciating pain. I, my friends Sonja, Angie, and Jackie, all went to Pride weekend in Pensacola, FL this weekend. Which is a great thing. I've never been and really wanted to see what it was like.

The one thing I forgot? Sunscreen. I am so red and burnt that lobsters make fun of me. Every square inch of my body hurts with every movement, every breath. My calf muscles get horribly painful cramps in them when I stand up, which nearly throws me to the ground.

So yea, OW!!!!



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Date: 2008-05-27 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] betagoddess.livejournal.com

Oh, poor you!

If you can get ahold of some Solarcaine, do so. It's a topical anesthetic that might help you with the pain. It also helps to hydrate your skin!

*VERY gentle hugs*

(an ice cold bath might help, too!)

Date: 2008-05-27 05:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luvxander.livejournal.com
I did all the home remedies that I and my mother could remember of my grandmothers. I used aloe with lidocaine, soaked in a tub of cool water with vinegar, even rubbed oatmeal on my skin, nothing was helping.

Tonight at work, my legs started to swell, so I went to the doctor and he shook his finger at me for not using sunscreen and gave me stuff to help with the swelling and pain, and advised more aloe and plenty of water to keep me, and my skin, hydrated.

I look kinda pitiful right now, though.

Thank you for the gentle hugs. If it didn't hurt, I'd return them.

Date: 2008-05-27 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] betagoddess.livejournal.com

Poor you! I hope the aloe stuff works!

::more even MORE gentle hugs::

Date: 2008-05-27 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ely-jan.livejournal.com
OW OW OW!! Try self tanner over the burn - the doctor recommended it when I had sun poisoning a few years ago. All the redness was gone within and few applications and the pain, as well. It was a life saver.

Date: 2008-05-27 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luvxander.livejournal.com
I'm not sure what self tanner is. Is that the stuff you put on to make it look like you're tan? Kinda like tan-in-a-bottle? Last time I tried that, I turned orange.

Date: 2008-05-27 07:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ely-jan.livejournal.com
*laughs* Yes, it is and they've come out with much better stuff now. And honestly - it will blend with the tan/sunburn for a more natural color. Somewhere between dayglo orange and lobster red.

Date: 2008-05-27 07:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luvxander.livejournal.com
Woohoo!!! And it'll go great with my plum-hair-that-was-supposed-to-be-auburn.

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