since it has been so hot this week I thought I would do a flashback to a baaaad sunburn! It was maybe 8 or 9 years ago on a May weekend. My Grandma & Aunt were in a show in Aberfoyle (antique show) so I went to spend the day helping them out. It was not super hot out so the idea of sun screen never dawned on me ... until the next day. I went in to work and my forehead was incredibly hot and burned. The more I sat at my computer the more my head started to feel weird and my eyes felt puffy ... my forehead was swelling and it was getting worse by the minute. I ended up leaving and going to a walk in clinic it was getting so bad. The doctor told me I had sun poisoning and could either go back to work and then every 1/2 hour find somewhere to lie down with a cold compress on my head ... or take the afternoon off and go home and lie down with the cold compress. He suggested taking the afternoon off was the better plan as if I remained veritcal and didn't do as he suggested ... my eyes would swell shut!! Crazy business! I went home and lied down for a while but soon was bored. I thought I'll outsmart this doctor, if I out on a frozen/cold gel mask which straps right around my head then I can still sit upright! I did this and had anyone seen me they would have seen what looked to be some freakish super hero ... basically like this ...
Luckily the afternoon with cold took care of it, the swelling went away and I was just left with a sunburn. So the lesson here is always put sunscreen on!
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