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Sport & Sun Burn

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Gazhay

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Just in from my first sport since diagnosed Type 1.
60 minutes of hockey (3x20 'halves' pre-season friendly)

all went well, took less units before went from 11.6 just as I started to 10.3 then 13.1 and 13.6 as I finished. Got home 30 minutes later and was back down to 6.4

quite happy with all that, but the weather was shockingly good! Forecast had been bad, looked gray skies as I arrived, sun came out for entire match, then went away right after!!

any way, i've got a bit of redness on face, and hands, but think my arms and legs 'got away' with it.

Other than staying hydrated and using aftersun, is there anything I should be doing? or be aware of re:sugars?
 
Try a little cream aloe vera or aftersun and next time put sunscreen on
 
I usually would - i burnt easily before diagnosis anyway - but it really was bad weather up to the minute we started and then turned bad again at the final whistle.
 
The Skin experts are telling us to use sunscrean ALL the time.
I learned the hard way.
I was at an oudoor dog show some years ago, wearing short sleeves. My forearms burned and I have permanent sun damage to the skin there. A long skirt proteccted my legs.
I often wonder about the crimson ring steward, who was sitting there in a strapless suntop. I wouldn't be surprised if Malignant melanoma hasn't got her.
 
Well, if you want to avoid sunburn, you could always move to Scotland.

It has rained every single day and most of the day for the last six weeks. This is the THIRD **** summer in a row we have had.

I used a product called "Ultrasun" which I got from QVC in Vegas and the canyons this year. This is a sun filter rather than a block. It allows some tanning rays in and keeps the burning rays out. It was 110 degrees at times and I went walking with bare shoulders and did not get burned. At the same time I managed to get a tan. I was very favourably impressed with it. The gel formulation for the body was great but the "facial" stuff was so thick and difficult to spread out that I looked like Coco the Clown.
 
Katharine said:
Well, if you want to avoid sunburn, you could always move to Scotland.
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Yeah.... just back from a week in Scotland. It rained almost all the time. I took the sunscreen and only used it on one day - the other guests at the hostel blamed my use of sunscreen and a hat for the rain that came in later that day :roll:
 
That's right! Northern Ireland gets the same rotten weather as the West of Scotland. Aberdeen and the East coast are much drier because the clouds have dumped it all on us before they get over to the other side of the country.
 
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