A Year Ago Today
A year ago today I was in my car at this time driving to a lake north of my place to go fishing for the afternoon. Being the adventurous idiot that I was I decided that I was going to get one helluva tan, so I didn't take any sunscreen and decided I was going to keep my shirt off all day. It was a very nice day. I think that the temperature was around 80-85. The sky was clear and the sun was shining nicely.
I was out in the sun for about 4 1/2 hours floating around in my inflatable raft. I did catch about 13 fish that day, but I also got the worst sunburn of my life..only I didn't know that it was the worst until tomorrow, last year.
When I returned home my wife informed me that I looked like a lobster and she then scolded me for being so burned. She said that I was going to hurt and she was right, only she didn't know just how right she was.
I did wake up in the night several times with the cold shiver which is customary for bad burns like what I had. But the worst wasn't discovered until I went to get out of bed to go to the bathroom at about 7am. I put my feet down on the floor and tried to stand up only to find my legs in excrutiating pain. I couldn't walk. They hurt worse than ever and the muscles tightened up to the point where I couldn't stand.
To make a long story short, I couldn't enjoy our anual festival that we have in our little town every year. I finally was able to stretch the muscles out enough to walk, but it was really stupid looking and I had to use a cane. I couldn't sit down anywhere because I had to keep moving to keep the muscles from cramping up.
Thankfully some of our friends were up to see us and they were both med students. Well, Troy was med and Wendy was a nurse. They got me to start taking 800mg of Ibeuprofin every 4 hours. And then after the festival was over, I literally spent the next full week lying in the couch with ice bags on my legs. My wife was patient though and I haven't been as stupid since.
So this year I will be at the festival and I only have a slight tan on my arms but that was from one day outside mowing.
The worst lessons have to be learned the hard way.
I was out in the sun for about 4 1/2 hours floating around in my inflatable raft. I did catch about 13 fish that day, but I also got the worst sunburn of my life..only I didn't know that it was the worst until tomorrow, last year.
When I returned home my wife informed me that I looked like a lobster and she then scolded me for being so burned. She said that I was going to hurt and she was right, only she didn't know just how right she was.
I did wake up in the night several times with the cold shiver which is customary for bad burns like what I had. But the worst wasn't discovered until I went to get out of bed to go to the bathroom at about 7am. I put my feet down on the floor and tried to stand up only to find my legs in excrutiating pain. I couldn't walk. They hurt worse than ever and the muscles tightened up to the point where I couldn't stand.
To make a long story short, I couldn't enjoy our anual festival that we have in our little town every year. I finally was able to stretch the muscles out enough to walk, but it was really stupid looking and I had to use a cane. I couldn't sit down anywhere because I had to keep moving to keep the muscles from cramping up.
Thankfully some of our friends were up to see us and they were both med students. Well, Troy was med and Wendy was a nurse. They got me to start taking 800mg of Ibeuprofin every 4 hours. And then after the festival was over, I literally spent the next full week lying in the couch with ice bags on my legs. My wife was patient though and I haven't been as stupid since.
So this year I will be at the festival and I only have a slight tan on my arms but that was from one day outside mowing.
The worst lessons have to be learned the hard way.
posted by The Raging Paradoxidation at
15:21
2 Comments:
That's the most excruciating sunburn story I've ever heard! I had no idea it could affect your muscles.
The worst lessons have to be learned the hard way.
I do sometimes wonder if this "hard way" is the only way to really "learn" something...
No, I am not suggesting we all go out an get a sunburn, so that we learn the power of the sun..
I am suggesting that those lessons that empact the hardest on us, tend never to be forgotten. Stay with us for a lifetime..
I desire "Faith" to slap me as hard as this powerfull sunburn.. that I may never lose it...
Steve
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