Munchlet
28-08-16, 16:46
So I've been on Effexor for about a year now (very low dose) and my HA has been great.
However I've just returned from holiday in Antigua and I'm having a meltdown about Skin Cancer.
A bit of background I'm very fair skin and freckled in my teens I stupidly used sunbeds/got burnt etc, before the dangers of sun exposure were particularly well known.
Ever since then I've been really careful, hardly ever go in the sun, if I'm out in it I use a high SPF and even on holidays I sit in the shade etc.
I have had my GP (who is a dematologist) check my skin several times and he said my skin isn't too bad and doesn't really look damaged and just keep an eye on moles etc and report any changes.
This holiday I was determined I would wear and SPF 50 all the time which I did but I managed to get burnt and so did my son and now I'm having a meltdown that I've put him at risk and also increased my own risk again.
I put my son in a rash vest and long shorts, cap and sunglasses but in the water his rash vest rose up slightly and he got burnt on his lower back quite badly so that really upset me and then we went on a boat trip both smothered in a waterproof factor 50 and covered up for the journey there. We got off to do some snorkeling for about 45 mins and in that time both mine and my sons shoulders burnt.
I'm trying to get it into perspective by thinking I took all sensible precautions and with the best will in the world sometimes these things happen but worrying myself silly.
I'm thinking of taking us both to my GP so he can check the areas but I know there probably won't be anything to see at this stage and it's a waiting game.
Can anyone else relate?
However I've just returned from holiday in Antigua and I'm having a meltdown about Skin Cancer.
A bit of background I'm very fair skin and freckled in my teens I stupidly used sunbeds/got burnt etc, before the dangers of sun exposure were particularly well known.
Ever since then I've been really careful, hardly ever go in the sun, if I'm out in it I use a high SPF and even on holidays I sit in the shade etc.
I have had my GP (who is a dematologist) check my skin several times and he said my skin isn't too bad and doesn't really look damaged and just keep an eye on moles etc and report any changes.
This holiday I was determined I would wear and SPF 50 all the time which I did but I managed to get burnt and so did my son and now I'm having a meltdown that I've put him at risk and also increased my own risk again.
I put my son in a rash vest and long shorts, cap and sunglasses but in the water his rash vest rose up slightly and he got burnt on his lower back quite badly so that really upset me and then we went on a boat trip both smothered in a waterproof factor 50 and covered up for the journey there. We got off to do some snorkeling for about 45 mins and in that time both mine and my sons shoulders burnt.
I'm trying to get it into perspective by thinking I took all sensible precautions and with the best will in the world sometimes these things happen but worrying myself silly.
I'm thinking of taking us both to my GP so he can check the areas but I know there probably won't be anything to see at this stage and it's a waiting game.
Can anyone else relate?