• Politics are not permitted. There's plenty of places to discuss that elsewhere, and a hot pepper forum is not the place. Thank you for respecting the community!

Is sun sick cumulative?

Yesterday was that peekaboo sun.  You know, it hides behind clouds but can still burn.  I did a number on myself right down to puking and feeling drunk without the fun parts.  Drank over a gallon of water, figured I was good to go today.  Nope.  After just a couple hours, was all yuck again.  Switched to something else, am fine.  Just wondering.  Could sun sick be cumulative?  Like if you get sick one day, will the next day be effected and make you less resistant?
 
Yes ,
you have not fully recovered overnight, same inflammatory reaction as a bad flu , will take a couple of days to recover.
 
karoo said:
you have not fully recovered overnight
^ This.

Take it from a redhead who used to do framing and roofing. Especially in August (yes, with sunblock on) I'd come home and be nauseous, lightheaded, sometimes blistered, and have fevers. Sometimes it takes over a full day to recuperate. I'm so fair skinned that I'm as red as a lobster for almost 6 months of the year. It blows. Even in the Winter sometimes! Just from the sun reflecting off the snow. Never had a tan in my life. Just burn on top of burn on top of burn. I can't win, haha

I absolutely freakin' hate that wretched ball of fire...

Best of luck, AJ. Feel better soon, man. I feel your pain
 
Mike, roofing is the most horrific occupation ever invented.  If it is 100 degrees outside, it is 120 on a black roof.  Got me wondering, what idiot decided shingles, tar, stretched plastic and everything else we put on a roof should be dark or even black?  I'd go into attics to find water damage / leaks and poke a rod up threw so I could spot it from the other side.  Felt like a 50 / 50 chance I would come out alive.
 
Your name says you were a marine.  Didn't you train in hot sand?  I was Army.  Basic was all about snow.  I kind of like it when the drill couldnt find your tent threw the snow.  If you were one of the summer sand folk, thanks for the service but sorry for the feet.
 
AJ Drew said:
Your name says you were a marine.  Didn't you train in hot sand?
Yup, active duty from 1999-2003. Never even left The States. Can you believe it? I was so pissed. Everybody joins the active duty Marine Corps to "see the world" and kill America's enemies. Not to "see North Carolina" and get into 100 bar fights :rofl: Never made it to Iraq/Afghanistan, although I honestly did beg to go. 9/11/01 was right in the middle of my enlistment. I was so pumped to go, but my unit never went. Even put in request papers to transfer to the next unit getting deployed (3x actually). Every request denied. My chain of command wasn't too eager to please me because I was somewhat of a trouble maker, haha. At the end of 4 years, they couldn't guarantee I'd deploy if I reenlisted, so I got out.

I did get stationed in 29 Palms, CA for a year though. Shittiest duty station in the Corps. Smack in the middle of the Mojave desert. Used to be an Army base until the 1930s (or 40s?) until the Army declared it "uninhabitable." Naturally, the USMC bought it, haha

AJ Drew said:
I was Army. I kind of like it when the drill couldnt find your tent threw the snow
Must be nice; tents ;)

AJ Drew said:
thanks for the service
All kidding aside, thank you for your service too, AJ. Plus, I totally agree; roofing has got to be one of the most miserable jobs out there (if you don't fare well in the sun). Hope you feel better, bud. Get well soon, best of luck

Sorry, couldn't help myself, teasing you s little bit! The Army/USMC (friendly) rivalry is as old as the institutions themselves!

Mike
:cheers:
 
I did almost all of my four years in Germany.  Officially stationed in Frankfort but seemed like I lived in Fulda (SIC I am sure).  Every winter: snow, snow, and more snow.  It was great cross training with the Germans, East and West.  Met many Russians to.  Not at all what I expected.  Right in the middle of the cold war it was as if there was no cold war except the snow.  I get the feeling we knew the wall was coming down and the cold war was ending, but did not want to say it officially.  You and I are different eras.  We were all about the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming.  Your time was all about Radical Islam.  Now it looks like we have both to worry about at the same time.

On roofing, that is what I was qualified for when I got out of the Army.  Roofing, gas stations, I didnt much care.  Work was work.  If the heat didn't kill when roofing, the robbers at 24 hour gas stations would.  The people in suits (officers) have no clue what it is like to be working class (enlisted).  Never have, never will.

Fortunately, years later, I have found my nitch with a microfarm and some crafting / knife making.  Kind of odd that I used to want my kids to serve.  But everything is so crazy now.  I kind of hope they stay in agriculture.  Even if not in the military it seems like everyone wants the working man to die or just doesnt care if he does.  Here in AG country, neighbors actually care about each other and we are all working class.
 
Back
Top