[Trombone-l] Sunburn ..please share your remedies.

Mon Jul 2 13:19:12 CDT 2007

I actually suffered a similar plight while on anniversary vay-kay in 
Puerto Vallarta. Watch out for the 1000m hip-deep pool with hot&cold 
running Mai Tais every 10 paces!!

My lovely bride somehow felt it her divine right to get the corn-row 
braids all tourists get while on tropical sojourn. Only she has super 
fine curly hair. This means it took 3 of the poor unsuspecting local 
girls a total of about 4 hours to braid her up right.

This of course left me in said pool "people watching" for the whole 
4hrs. And the cocktail staff around the pool... Bless their hearts... 
Never let me Mai Tai get down below half-full.... FOR FOUR HOURS!

They make 'em small...

You barely taste the booze...

I think I was on pace for 3 - 4 an hour.

Thank gawd our room had a separate living-room and marble floors.

I looked like a frikkin' lobster. Couldn't put my arms down for 3 days 
without severe pain. Had a fever w/ chills for 3 of our 10days there. 
And the only comfortable place to be, if I wasn't taking a cool shower, 
was lying flat-backed on the marble floor.

So let this be a warning to you: While in tropical swimming pools, 
beware the smiling waiters bearing trays of free Mai Tais!

Didn't have Noxema in Mexico. And didn't remember the tea remedy. So I 
had to ride it out with a bottle & a half of aloe vera and as many 
Tylenol/Rum Punch shooters as I could handle.

..and now I, too, am wary of spending any time in the sun at all.

I have found that Nutregena makes a face lotion that is SPF15. My bride 
started me using it 'cuz she kept complaining that may face was always 
dry. (Too many sunburns on the fair white boy from Cleveburg, I guess.) 
Anyway, it does a good job of keeping the face moisturized and provides 
adequate sun protection.

For the lips, I go back & forth between Blistex Lip Medex and Burt's 
Bees Beeswax Lip Balm in the little yellow tin. The Burt's Bees has 
peppermint and almond oil -- refreshes and keeps the choppers supple 
for the looonngg gigs.

That's my $0.04 anyway.

Cheers!
-D-
www.radionoise.com <- Rock star by night
www.burchinteractive.com <- Tech-nerd by day #;-)

On Jul 1, 2007, at 3:03 PM, Bill Dinwiddie wrote:

Oh yeah...pretty hard to forget those sunburn experiences. Mine 
happened on
a sunny July day in Michigan when I spent about 3 hours on the wrong 
side of
the hotel pool, so I got the sun's direct rays, the reflected rays from 
the
pool, and the reflected rays from the concrete. I was OK for about two
hours, then it started to come on. We were playing a show that night 
outside
and the temp dropped to about 50. I was cooking on the inside and 
freezing
on the outside, which produced a very obvious and uncontrollable 
shiver. I
was shaking so bad that I couldn't play.

There was a "cast party" after the show and I asked the hostess if she 
had
anything for sunburn. Bless her, she led the way to the bathroom and
produced a big jar of Noxzema. I coated myself with it to a depth of 
about 4
inches. It worked great...for a while. Then it stopped working. What 
really
worked, however, was about 5 stiff drinks. I didn't feel anything for 
the
rest of the night...but the next day....Oi !!!

Big hangover plus major sunburn equals absolute misery, and I was very
miserable for about 5 days. Today, I stay out of the sun. That 
experience
totally traumatized me and now I use a lot of sunblock and always wear a
shirt and/or hat.

Have great respect for the sun. Those UV rays only have about 20 miles 
of
nitrogen to penetrate before they penetrate YOU.

Bill Dinwiddie
billdin at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Burch" <daryl at burchinteractive.com>
To: "Charles Levine" <chardy2 at totcon.com>
Cc: <Trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Sunburn ..please share your remedies.

> I actually fell asleep on the observation deck of a cruise ship in
> 30ft. seas with 30-50knot winds because it was the only place on the
> ship I could feel relatively comfortable and not hurl my brains out
> anymore. When I awoke, I had apparently slept 6hrs. in full sun + the
> winds. Fortunately I wore long pants and a wind breaker. So I ended up
> with 2nd degree sunburn only on my face, hands & neck.
>
> My cheeks and and backs of my hands blistered, cracked & weeped for a
> week.
>
> Two things that helped ease the freakish pain and promoted the healing
> believe it or not were:
>
> A) Noxema -- slather it on & cover with a cool soaked wash cloth. Cools
> soothes & smells good ta boot! (The key is to leave it on and cover it
> with a cold wash cloth.)
>
> B) Tea bags (Tetley! Not herbal!) -- Something about the soaked tea
> leaves (maybe it's the caffeine... more likely the titanic acid) really
> soothed the pain. Microwave 2 or 3 tea bags in a mug of water for 2 or
> 3 minutes. Let steep and allow to cool. You can either place the tea
> bags themselves on the affected area. Or put the brewed tea in a spray
> bottle (we are 'bone players after all!) and spray the affected
>
> I've never forgetten that experience, mainly because I had to perform 2
> shows in those seas, while 99% of the 800 passengers were bringin' all
> that great boo-fay! back up for discussion. Nobawdy wanted to watch
> half-wit cruise singers do yet-another Bette Midler medley badly. But
> we went on anyway.
>
> After which I drank heavily and nearly signed off at the next port.
>
> ..unwisely, I calmed down & did 5 more ships. I just made sure they
> were bigger than that first floating pop can!
>
> On the 4th I met me now wife of 15yrs., 2 kids & a 4th mortgage. So I
> guess it wasn't all bad.
>
> I've got plenty of other "cruise ship war stories." Many involving vast
> quantities of rum, a couple of sharks, and one time with the police on
> the beach in Antigua. But fortunately that's the only one involving a
> severe sunburn.
>
> Cheers!
> -D-
> www.radionoise.com <- Rock star by night
> www.burchinteractive.com <- Tech-nerd by day #;-)
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2007, at 11:02 PM, Charles Levine wrote:
>
> I have found that the best thing for sun-burned lips is "Aquaphor"
> .charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mcclurefamily at srt.com>
> To: <trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 5:27 PM
> Subject: [Trombone-l] Sunburn ..please share your remedies.
>
>
>> How have you handled the experience of sunburn and playing?
>> Especially if your face and lips were sunburned.
>>
>> I fried myself really good this past week (easy to forget
>> sunscreen when you start work & it is 45 degreees outside).
>> Then I had to play W and R.  It hurt quite a bit. Happily, I am
>> beginning to get over it now.
>>
>> What do you do when it happens to you? This is what I did.
>>
>> 1. Applied vinegar to ease burning  (first three days)
>>
>> 2. Alternated slathering vaseline/vitamin E oil/Aloe Vera gel on
>> all the burned spots-- face,ears, neck and arms. Just vaseline on
>> lips. Anywhere from four to eight times per day...as soon as it
>> felt dried out again, I applied it again.
>>
>> 3. Used sunscreen when outside, even though  already sunburned.
>>
>> 4. used the opportunity to order daily from Dairy Queen all sorts
>> of cold treats.
>>
>> It took from Tuesday till today (Sat) to not feel like a crunchy
>> lobster. Today, though, you could call me flaky and I would just
>> have to agree with you, as the next step of healing..the flaky
>> skin...is just beginning.
>>
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>> I was surprised at the advice to use vaseline* ( & sunscreeen)*--
>> that came from my dermatologist's office. They advised NOT using
>> hydrocortisone cream. I did call in anonymously for this, I
>> rather expect a lecture if I go in for a checkup on anything else
>> with her. She will KNOW even if I go in December.
>>
>>> From someone who won't forget the sunscreen ever again,
>>
>> Chris Ann
>> ND
>>
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