Sunburn from Hell!

January 25th, 2008 Wade

Okay, so you know how we do it here at Outdoorzy. We like to give prizes away when we can. This most recent contest was sponsored by Sierra Summits. They make sunblock, bug repellent, and other great skin products for active people like us.

The contest was simple. Tell the worst sunburn story, and win a pack of skincare products from Sierra Summits. Let me tell you, this one was hard. All the stories submitted were great. It was alot of fun, and a bit distrubing reading them. So, without further adieu, the winner is laclimchick!

And here’s her story.

Mine would have to be spring break when I was 15 in St. Thomas. First day we went to the beach to get sun and windsurf. I guess when I sat down on the beach chair the sun screen wore off behind my knees and upper calves. That night I could not walk at all. My legs were huge, so I applied after sun care stuff to help. Two days later it was still bad and I was stuck inside. My dad took me to an “island” doctor. No English at all and they told me to take antibiotics. They said the name and it was the anthrax medicine so mom told me no. Next day really could not walk and apparently my legs were having this blue tint to them on the back. The only thing I could wear was skirts. So we went to this other doctor and he was American. First of all never put cream or anything like that on a burn, it just holds the heat in. I got put on Vicadin and prednisone and benedryll. No idea on spellings here. This is when we found out I was allergic go benedryll. I could not sit still, I kept laughing and shaking and rocking back and forth and I saw dolphins standing in front of me. Then I passed out.

So now my legs never really get that tan anymore because I freak out. It was so painful.

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