Wellness Wednesday: Sunburn is no dang joke!

Saturday, it was very hot here. Over 100 degrees if I recall correctly. Most of the day, my friend and I were out at the wat. Ordinarily, I don't go out on really hot days but this was necessary for a very particular reason so I made an exception.

We finished up what we were doing and decided to go to her apartment to pick up a few things.

Her car was so hot inside, we could have baked a cake!

Her visor was broken.

Basically, that means we were exposed to direct, unfiltered sunlight during the entire drive - to the wat, back from the wat, to her apartment and then to my house ~ all of which are at opposite ends of the city. She is more olive skinned and it didn't bother her. I am a very fair, blue-eyed blonde. It bothered me a lot.

I had no idea at the time that I'd damaged my skin. The entire right side of my face is covered with blistering welts. I'm also still nauseous and drained. At first, I thought I had shingles. The welts began to appear on Monday and are only beginning to look and feel better on Wednesday evening. They're not as red and angry. Now they're pink and obviously healing.

Did I mention I'm still sick though? Still tired. Still have a "run down" feeling?

I hate to think of what I actually did to my body. Thankfully, I don't know all the implications. But I suspect I might has well have jumped in the microwave.

All this to say - use sun screen or some natural concoction to avoid this. Or stay inside.

It's not fun. : )

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