Sunburn

A few days ago, I went to the hospital for my sunburn. I was hoping that I would just get some cream from the local grocery store and that would be it. The response I got from the Hospital was something different. After one of the first Doctors has a good look at me, I became a traveling medical show and tell within the hospital. Sure, I was half-naked with women giving me ohh’s and ahh’s sympathy while the men were just laughing. I knew I would.

The first Doctor said it was sunburn but a second Doctor stated it was a combination of sun and wind damage to my skin. Nevertheless, they confirmed I have second-degree burns. Seeing, as my skin was hot enough to cook a steak, they had to cool me down first. Therefore, a young female nurse prepared to put a lot of cream all over my burnt areas. Normally this is something one would dream about or see in a porno movie. However, on this day, the last anything I wanted was anything or anyone touching my burnt areas. Just getting my shirt off at the hospital was extremely painful.

I was biting down on my teeth so hard I might have pushed a few teeth further into my gums as she was putting the cream on me. It’s not everyday one can say ‘Oh man, I can’t believe this is happening, I just want to die’. She had to put a lot of cream on me for it was melting the moment it was exposed to my burnt areas. I went from looking like Mr. Krab’s from SpongeBob Squarepants to Frosty the Snowman. Nevertheless, once the cream took out a lot of heat from my body and a few pictures later, I was able to leave the hospital.

Oh the joy. I have sunburn on my upper body area and after removing the heat part, I could go home with the pain part of sunburn. The Doctor was concerned that a few skin parts were located on the inside of my shirt. She contemplated giving me a steroid shot plus pain killing medicine. But once I got my shirt back on without passing out from the pain she just gave me a prescription for pain killers and more of the gel. Once home, I continued my adventure of trying to get some rest were I didn’t have to lay on my back, sides or chest area.

But oh those pain killers, once I took that first pill I didn’t care about the pain or anything relating to the pain. The only part I did not like about those pain pills was that I missed my TV show. In addition, waking up in searing pain from resting on a sun burnt area. And so I spend my time trying to not move my arms over my head or have anything or anyone touch me but with five cats and two boys who wanted to pick the yellow puss holes all over my back, it was not easy.