I done something silly!

[SurferGuy]

I haven't posted on here for a while (usual story - busier working from home than in the office. Dusk till dawn in front of a screen. All talked out from meeting after meeting after... Night time comes and last thing I want is more screen time etc).

Anyway, where was I??? Oh yes! I was going to tell you about something silly I done last Friday....

As I've been shielding, I've hardly been properly out of the house bar a few late night walks and some cycling.

Then the other day, as the weather was great, I thought let me go out on a proper stroll and get some very much needed vitamin D. So off I went to some fields close by. After about a mile or so, the sun was truly beating down on me and then I suddenly realised "shoot! I forgot to put on the sunblock"!

After months of being relatively pain free, the very next morning I woke up with an aching shoulder, elbow and finger. Ouch! Now, every night I'm in pain. Wake up though, and couple of hours in, I'm OK again.

The weather may be great, but please do be careful all with the protection - even when it's grey or you are in shade as the UV rays do penetrate cloud cover and reflect off surfaces.

[CarolMcl]

Hi, unfortunately I can relate. We got a puppy and I was out in the back garden three days ago in an attempt to make him toilet. Anyway 20 minutes later my arm felt like it was stinging, at this point I too remembered I had gone out without sunblock. Later that night my knees, elbows, hand and feet were so painful. This along with extreme lethargy has continued, feeling pretty miserable at the moment.

[Josiah150767]

Hi

I did this recently too and woke up to feeling that I had been hit by a bus! I make a point of having a spare tube in my bag all the time now, just in case. It is so easy to forget when you have other things on your mind. Hope you are feeling better

[svfarmer]

Your not the only one doing silly things - right at the start of the lovely weather going back in April I had no sunscreen on and was in the garden for 20 mins and I hate the worst rash come up all over my neck and chest that lasted a good 2 weeks and 3 different types of cream - I have learnt my lesson- I never go out now with out it on -hope you feel better soon x

[SurferGuy]

Thanks all for making me feel a little less silly 😁

The sun is rather hit and miss for me. A couple of weeks ago, I was in the garden for a good 2 hours mowing the lawn and doing some general tidying. I realised I hadn't put sunblock on but as I was in the flow just kept going and braced myself for the pain. But surprisingly the pain didnt come. Nor the red cheeks.

But this has been a lesson learned.