Ow. Ow. Ow.

[celticdragonfly]

I am in agony from spending a day doing building work yesterday. The sunburned arms hurt, my right wrist hurts, my right shoulder particularly hurts, and my legs are sore and pained. Every step hurts. Sitting down, particularly on a low seat (hm, like that one in the small room with plumbing), hurts a LOT and I have a hard time not falling.

Ow. Ow. Ow. I have taken painkillers, they don't seem to be doing much. And I keep slathering my arms with aloe gel.

If it wasn't that I have to take care of the babies, I'd go take something to make me sleep, like nyquil, and go back to bed for the day.

I am not getting diddly done today, which is a shame, since the house is an awful mess.

Comments

[technomom]

Ouch! I'm sorry hon.

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

Being a fellow charter member of the Fishbelly White Club, i've been through my share of nasty, nasty sunburns. The only thing that helps is a lidocaine spray; lasts for about an hour on me. Noxema is cooling, but only lasts about 15 minutes; same with aloe.

The other old folk remedy for a sunburn is to take a shower with water as hot as you can stand it. Supposedly it shocks the skin into numbness. I've tried it, in desperation, but the lidocaine spray is a lot less painful-- though the hot shower might help the muscle aches.

My sympathies!

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I never heard about showering hot. I was pouring cold water over them last night, to reduce how much they were radiating heat. The aloe gel seems to be helping.

I was expressing my hope to Karl last night that perhaps with enough aloe, it would heal gracefully, not peel, and just turn into a tan. He gave me that "you must be kidding" look, and said "So, what is the Welsh word for 'tan'?"

Sigh. Yep. Don't think there is one.

Time to go gel myself again.