1) Any recomendations on natural sunburn relief, other than aloe? My hands are fried- I'm on doxycycline and forgot to apply sunblock one day, drove most of the day for work- that was a week ago. Red, swollen, sores, awful. My Dr prescribed Fluocinonide, a topical corticosteroid. I'm using it for a couple days, but would always rather have natural remedies- aloe is doing nothing, though.

Burn is so bad I'm afraid of permanent scarring. Hands are all bandaged up.

Side effects of the cream are "Burning, stinging, itching, or redness." Wait a minute, isn't that what it's supposed to FIX?

She also wants me to buy some hyper-expensive sun protection clothing and gloves- anybody know of a less expensive brand or source?

2)Doxycycline has been working very well for me so far. Doc wants to add Plaquenil, but told me to research it and be well informed of the possible side effects first. What do you think of that combo?

3)Laughter is the best medicine- I'm reading a hilarious novel I thought ya'll might enjoy,

Pirates of Pensacola

I sucessfull switched to minocycline because of the doxy photo side effects got intolerable.

But when using plaq/Mino together, I found I had to lower the dose
of both - one day I'd do 100/100 mg Plaq/ Mino, then the next day 200 mino, then the next day 100/100 plaq/Mino.. and this worked very well for me. Alot of people can't tolerate Mino though, so be carefull - you may want to talk to your Doc about it.

Barb

I went all over town- ok, three stores- shopping for big floppy hats. That with my sunglasses helps me endure indoor lighting at least.

I was outside, covered up and smothered in 50spf for a short while today and still got ill.

The sun protection clothing is so stinkin expensive. Anybody try the new wash-in stuff that makes your regular clothes sun protective?
http://www.ritdye.com/sun_guard/

I bought 4 packs yesterday, and some lightweight material to make myself some loose but extremely covering clothing.