I love it when I am able to piece things together and match a symptom with a reason other than Lyme.
For example. A couple weeks ago, I read an article about how you aren't supposed to go outside with any citrus juice on your skin because it can make you sunburn easily and bad.
Last Saturday, I was at an outdoor craft sale and sitting in our booth with my friend. We had a tent us, but I was sitting near the edge and the sun was shining on me. I thought it was nice that it was keeping me warm, because the day was somewhat chilly.
It was bright and I have light sensitivity due to Lyme of course, so I was wearing sunglasses. That night, I took them off, and I could see what shape they were on the side of my face that was in the sun. In other words I was pretty red. Later that night I put up my hair (which I took down when we got home from the sale) and found out my neck on that side was very burnt. I thought it kinda funny that I burned that bad when I didn't burn all summer.
Fast forward to yesterday... I wore a thin scarf to church to hide some of the redness, and on the way home the I took my scarf off and the sun was on that spot, and it started hurting, pretty bad.
So I wrapped my scarf around my head and we were talking about sun burns, etc. I mentioned that article I had read, and then I realized that there is a lot of orange in the essential oil mix I'm taking for treatment. And I drink quite a bit of Lime-aid* to take daily to take my meds. Both are very citrus-y.
So that's why I burned so bad when I hadn't burned all summer. Mystery solved. Except I'm still very red and sticking to tank tops and loose neck shirts because now it's peeling (I was wearing a loose neck shirt when I got burned, so a good chunk of my shoulder is burned too). :/ Oh, well, live and learn.
*Side note about the Lime-aid. Ya, limes are the background of my blog, but I'm not drinking lime-aid because I have Lyme. lol I need something besides water to take my liquid meds in, and since I can't have oranges, lime-aid is my next favorite low-sugar juice. I do have my younger sister (6 yo) convinced it gives you Lyme disease though, so she doesn't drink it all on me!!
For example. A couple weeks ago, I read an article about how you aren't supposed to go outside with any citrus juice on your skin because it can make you sunburn easily and bad.
Last Saturday, I was at an outdoor craft sale and sitting in our booth with my friend. We had a tent us, but I was sitting near the edge and the sun was shining on me. I thought it was nice that it was keeping me warm, because the day was somewhat chilly.
It was bright and I have light sensitivity due to Lyme of course, so I was wearing sunglasses. That night, I took them off, and I could see what shape they were on the side of my face that was in the sun. In other words I was pretty red. Later that night I put up my hair (which I took down when we got home from the sale) and found out my neck on that side was very burnt. I thought it kinda funny that I burned that bad when I didn't burn all summer.
Fast forward to yesterday... I wore a thin scarf to church to hide some of the redness, and on the way home the I took my scarf off and the sun was on that spot, and it started hurting, pretty bad.
So I wrapped my scarf around my head and we were talking about sun burns, etc. I mentioned that article I had read, and then I realized that there is a lot of orange in the essential oil mix I'm taking for treatment. And I drink quite a bit of Lime-aid* to take daily to take my meds. Both are very citrus-y.
So that's why I burned so bad when I hadn't burned all summer. Mystery solved. Except I'm still very red and sticking to tank tops and loose neck shirts because now it's peeling (I was wearing a loose neck shirt when I got burned, so a good chunk of my shoulder is burned too). :/ Oh, well, live and learn.
*Side note about the Lime-aid. Ya, limes are the background of my blog, but I'm not drinking lime-aid because I have Lyme. lol I need something besides water to take my liquid meds in, and since I can't have oranges, lime-aid is my next favorite low-sugar juice. I do have my younger sister (6 yo) convinced it gives you Lyme disease though, so she doesn't drink it all on me!!
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