Meth and Sunshine.

dreamdaisy
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For those of you who are new to methotrexate this is a reminder that meth can make the skin more photosensitive so, no matter how weak we think the sun may be, it's time to break out the sunscreen. I use factor 30. DD
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Oh YES!
I'm sometimes asked how I can spend a month in California and return 'unsunburnt'. It's really easy. I sit in the shade and still use high factor sunscreen.
I've never had a meth rash but, having years ago taken a med subsequently withdrawn because of its photosensitivity, I can assure everyone they'll lose their delight in sitting in the sun once they've spent a night with their arm in a bowl of cold water and had to keep getting up to replace the water as it warmed up. So, not worth it.0 -
Today I will be mostly in the garden (under the sunshade and smothered in sunscreen) as the weather here is having a crack at emulating California. Get IN!
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The sunshine has made me want to clean :shock: the kitchen gets a lot of sun so shows up the winter grime but im fighting the urge
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I hope you have been able to maintain the resistance to doing anything towards shifting the winter grime - it will only return next winter.
This extraction was a doddle, maybe not having a roaring infection in the first place has made the difference. I have returned to the coolth of indoors and will now have a shower to get rid of the goo which is sun protection: I loathe the stuff. DD0 -
I've broken out the calamine and aqueous cream, I somehow missed a patch on the back of my neck. Ouch. It's not meth rash . . . . yet. :roll: DD0
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I got a little burnt yesterday while working outside. Have never had a major problem burning as I have olive skin but this is worse than normal. I am normally also very good with sun cream but left it at home.
I have been off methotrexate since mid January but .......
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These things happen, there's a chance that there's still a little meth swilling around your system, maybe the stronger the dose the longer it takes to clear but I don't know. Burning isn't the issue as such, it's the rash that can cause the trouble but I didn't make that clear, I forgot that basic info has to be repeated. :oops: Make sure you have sunscreen with you today if you are going to be out and about. DD0
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Thanks DD. I would say it is a mild rash. From someone who doesn’t normally burn, it is a bit strange!
Don’t worry, my arm isn’t going anywhere without suncream today!
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Shopping in town with my sister went into pr****k big floppy foldable sun hat for a fiver, coming home had to sit on the side of the bus that the sun came in so hat stayed on must have looked a right numpty.0
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I too have a big, pink floppy hat which I love: Mr DD is prone to borrowing it as it shades his iPad as well as him - and you think you might have looked a numpty?
Why does sunscreen have to be so greasy? :roll: DD0 -
dreamdaisy wrote:Why does sunscreen have to be so greasy? :roll: DD0
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Glad I saw this thread, always get a rash in the sun and probe to burning, didn't know about the methotrexate and sun.0
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Daffy, that makes perfect sense: I was speaking as someone who doesn't swim or do anything too vigorous to cause its removal. The manufacturers advise that sunscreen should be reapplied after bathing - how to double one's use eh? - so they ain't gonna like me, are they?
I'm pleased this information was useful, Hobble; side-effects leaflets have their uses as does years of experience (plus the occasional dose of nasty meth rash). DD0
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