Worshipping the Sun.......

tasha_111
tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Just how long are we meant to live 'In the Shade' after rads?

I was sprawled out on the deck yesterday doing my 'Starfish' impression. I got a nice bit of a tan and no burn. I am a year out of treatments now and don't want to carry on looking like Caspar!

Jamie and I went shopping this morning and I bought 2 pairs of shorts (Yeah, I have great legs...I'm told) and a lovely TURQUOISE Top!

Chuck is giving Jamie guitar lessons. Doing great. Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxx
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  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #2
    Tan???????
    Oh Tasha, I am sooo the wrong person to ask about tanning! I am way too vain to tan (and remember, LEATHER is made from tanning the skin of animals!) and I am not adding to the wrinkles age is already bringing to me. Add to that the real possibility of skin cancer and age spots~ NO No No!!!!! I wear a 50 SPF on all exposed skin all day, everyday~ I kinda like the Casper look, myself. It is a nice contrast next to the skin of my dark, Native man! :-) Tans are natures way of showing our skin is now cooked, getting dry and on its way to damage! Aside from that~ go ahead! LOL LOL

    I know I am outnumbered by the sun worshipers on the planet, so no doubt you will get great advise on the Go For It But Don't Get Burned sisters in here! :-) Lather some glowing self-tanner on your gorgeous legs (gorgeous maybe, but are they 40'long???? hahahaha) and enjoy the wolf whistles!

    Hugs,
    Claudia
  • taleena
    taleena Member Posts: 1,612 Member
    #3
    chenheart said:

    Tan???????
    Oh Tasha, I am sooo the wrong person to ask about tanning! I am way too vain to tan (and remember, LEATHER is made from tanning the skin of animals!) and I am not adding to the wrinkles age is already bringing to me. Add to that the real possibility of skin cancer and age spots~ NO No No!!!!! I wear a 50 SPF on all exposed skin all day, everyday~ I kinda like the Casper look, myself. It is a nice contrast next to the skin of my dark, Native man! :-) Tans are natures way of showing our skin is now cooked, getting dry and on its way to damage! Aside from that~ go ahead! LOL LOL

    I know I am outnumbered by the sun worshipers on the planet, so no doubt you will get great advise on the Go For It But Don't Get Burned sisters in here! :-) Lather some glowing self-tanner on your gorgeous legs (gorgeous maybe, but are they 40'long???? hahahaha) and enjoy the wolf whistles!

    Hugs,
    Claudia

    Okay... okay.. you have me
    Okay... okay.. you have me convinced... I will never be able to enjoy laying in the sun again.. you convinced me at animal leather...lol... nope none for me thank you..I enjoy looking too young to have children the ages I have... and though I am a grandma.. I have no desire to look the part... okay.. count me out of the sun bathing party... and no more light bulb beaches either... I'll spray mine on! Good points Claudia.. Tasha were you paying attention!!??

    Hugs, Love & Friendship

    ~T
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #4
    taleena said:

    Okay... okay.. you have me
    Okay... okay.. you have me convinced... I will never be able to enjoy laying in the sun again.. you convinced me at animal leather...lol... nope none for me thank you..I enjoy looking too young to have children the ages I have... and though I am a grandma.. I have no desire to look the part... okay.. count me out of the sun bathing party... and no more light bulb beaches either... I'll spray mine on! Good points Claudia.. Tasha were you paying attention!!??

    Hugs, Love & Friendship

    ~T

    Daft Sods!!!!!!
    Tanning and Tanning are totally different things........They Tan animal skins with acetic chemicals (Tannin/Lye) to stop them from returning to rawhide!

    You crazy people in here....I worry about you

    Huge Hugs JxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxLOLOL
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #5
    tasha_111 said:

    Daft Sods!!!!!!
    Tanning and Tanning are totally different things........They Tan animal skins with acetic chemicals (Tannin/Lye) to stop them from returning to rawhide!

    You crazy people in here....I worry about you

    Huge Hugs JxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxLOLOL

    Oh Yeah?????
    As the kids say Tasha : " WHATEVER!!!" I never saw a cow with skin cancer either, but it can happen to us! So there~ LOL And, if I may say so, chemo does too count as chemicals, so we have all of the leather-making ingredients!!! hahahaha!!

    Ok...get some tincture of iodine ( is that even still on the market or legal??), mix it with baby oil, slather it on your skin, lie outside in the mid-day sun ( isn't there a phrase about Mad Dogs and Englishmen???) turn yourself every 20 minutes, and by dinnertime you will look like a Thanksgiving Turkey! Again, NO I say~ a 1000X no!

    Thanks for making me laugh, and I know you, you are going to do exactly as you please anyway~ and well you should! Post pix of you all glowy and TAN, will you???

    Hugs,
    Claudia
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    #6
    tasha_111 said:

    Daft Sods!!!!!!
    Tanning and Tanning are totally different things........They Tan animal skins with acetic chemicals (Tannin/Lye) to stop them from returning to rawhide!

    You crazy people in here....I worry about you

    Huge Hugs JxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxLOLOL

    ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Now you have J worrying about the Daft Sods on this board!! LOL!!

    J, I'm not sure when it is safe to tan after treatment. I still have the "tan" from my rads.
    Otherwise, I burn easily, so I think I may avod the sun, at least this year.

    Hi Jamie!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hugs!

    CR
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #7
    CR1954 said:

    ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Now you have J worrying about the Daft Sods on this board!! LOL!!

    J, I'm not sure when it is safe to tan after treatment. I still have the "tan" from my rads.
    Otherwise, I burn easily, so I think I may avod the sun, at least this year.

    Hi Jamie!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hugs!

    CR

    Cow with cancer? LOLOL
    Did you ever see a cow with a sun-tan?
    You are right, you know me, as soon as she sun shines again, I'll be out there Basting myself in your suggestion.. (Thanks for that one Claudia LOL)

    CR....Until you shave that lot off I don't think you need to be concerned about the sun....Jowl to Jowl carpeting is a great sunblock!

    Hugs to you all

    J & J Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    #8
    tasha_111 said:

    Cow with cancer? LOLOL
    Did you ever see a cow with a sun-tan?
    You are right, you know me, as soon as she sun shines again, I'll be out there Basting myself in your suggestion.. (Thanks for that one Claudia LOL)

    CR....Until you shave that lot off I don't think you need to be concerned about the sun....Jowl to Jowl carpeting is a great sunblock!

    Hugs to you all

    J & J Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!
    You have me laughing so hard that I can't catch my breath!!! OMG!!

    Thank you for making me laugh!!

    Hugs,

    CR
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #9
    OH OH OH
    You all have me so conflicted. I think I'll tan my back and slather SPF 50 on my front. :} Lynn
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #10
    OH OH OH
    You all have me so conflicted. I think I'll tan my back and slather SPF 50 on my front. :} Lynn
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #11
    CR1954 said:

    BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!
    You have me laughing so hard that I can't catch my breath!!! OMG!!

    Thank you for making me laugh!!

    Hugs,

    CR

    Count me in with probably the minority on this one...
    I'm in Kindred Spirit's camp - all the way! Although I most certainly do believe this is a completely personal choice to make - to each his own. So, go ahead, J - brown yourself up. If it feels good, do it!

    I tan very well, yet stopped at 30. At that time, under the regular care of a dermatologist who convinced me it was the worst possible thing for skin (she was somewhat ahead of the times, by the way).

    Now, my med onc says to anyone and everyone who will listen... That his life's work is devoted to breast cancer. And, skin cancer awareness is his hobby.

    Sheesh. Doctors.

    Kind regards, 12/25
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #12
    lynn1950 said:

    OH OH OH
    You all have me so conflicted. I think I'll tan my back and slather SPF 50 on my front. :} Lynn

    Bugger That,, I gave at the office!
    I couldn't enjoy the sun at all last year as I was in treatment....This year I am going to Frazzle Myself to a Crisp!

    I'll Grow dreadlocks, turn up the Bob Marley and Get DE accent!

    When I grow up I want to be a Jamaican!

    Which reminds me of a joke...Which I daren't tell you. LOL

    Hugs Jxxxxxx&Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • taleena
    taleena Member Posts: 1,612 Member
    #13
    lynn1950 said:

    OH OH OH
    You all have me so conflicted. I think I'll tan my back and slather SPF 50 on my front. :} Lynn

    ROFLMAO..... Oh my gosh you
    ROFLMAO..... Oh my gosh you two... my my my... we have quite the controversy going on here don't we... to bake and sag or not...you two are toooooo fuunnnnyyyyy~!!! (One minute I was crying and the next... roflmao... my hubby thinks I'm having a break down.) He will just never "get it"..

    Hugs..

    ~T
  • mimivac
    mimivac Member Posts: 2,143 Member
    #14
    Sun worshipper
    Hey Tash, well officially I think you are OK to "expose yourself" three months post radiation. At least that is when I am told I can resume sitting in the sauna of my gym. Man, I have missed that. But don't get too crisp, OK? Put on that sunscreen. Am I a, what do you call it -- a daft sod?!!
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #15
    mimivac said:

    Sun worshipper
    Hey Tash, well officially I think you are OK to "expose yourself" three months post radiation. At least that is when I am told I can resume sitting in the sauna of my gym. Man, I have missed that. But don't get too crisp, OK? Put on that sunscreen. Am I a, what do you call it -- a daft sod?!!

    MIMI......Exposing Myself????????
    Oh No it sounds like a sketch from Benny Hill, Lurking about a public park in his 'Flashing Mac'..ROFLMAO!!!!

    Mimi......Official welcome to the 'Daft Sod Club'!!!!!!!!

    I will print your response out and Flash That when the Police arrive. Hey we havn't had a Phantom Flasher here yet~!

    (The Phantom Raspberry-Blower of Old London Town comes to mind here)

    "Ohhhhhh It's Big and it's Black and its Hairy and I be afraid of it!"

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #16
    chenheart said:

    Tan???????
    Oh Tasha, I am sooo the wrong person to ask about tanning! I am way too vain to tan (and remember, LEATHER is made from tanning the skin of animals!) and I am not adding to the wrinkles age is already bringing to me. Add to that the real possibility of skin cancer and age spots~ NO No No!!!!! I wear a 50 SPF on all exposed skin all day, everyday~ I kinda like the Casper look, myself. It is a nice contrast next to the skin of my dark, Native man! :-) Tans are natures way of showing our skin is now cooked, getting dry and on its way to damage! Aside from that~ go ahead! LOL LOL

    I know I am outnumbered by the sun worshipers on the planet, so no doubt you will get great advise on the Go For It But Don't Get Burned sisters in here! :-) Lather some glowing self-tanner on your gorgeous legs (gorgeous maybe, but are they 40'long???? hahahaha) and enjoy the wolf whistles!

    Hugs,
    Claudia

    I'm with you, Claudia
    Except my SPF is a 70!! Had basel cell carcinoma on my nose (yes, looked like the strange wooden caracter whats-his-name) years ago and had to learn love the self tanners. The only problem is I stink applying them!! :) Pammy
  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #17
    chenheart said:

    Oh Yeah?????
    As the kids say Tasha : " WHATEVER!!!" I never saw a cow with skin cancer either, but it can happen to us! So there~ LOL And, if I may say so, chemo does too count as chemicals, so we have all of the leather-making ingredients!!! hahahaha!!

    Ok...get some tincture of iodine ( is that even still on the market or legal??), mix it with baby oil, slather it on your skin, lie outside in the mid-day sun ( isn't there a phrase about Mad Dogs and Englishmen???) turn yourself every 20 minutes, and by dinnertime you will look like a Thanksgiving Turkey! Again, NO I say~ a 1000X no!

    Thanks for making me laugh, and I know you, you are going to do exactly as you please anyway~ and well you should! Post pix of you all glowy and TAN, will you???

    Hugs,
    Claudia

    I'm with Claudia on this one
    Just went to the beach for five days and my sweet hubby insisted I get 85 SPF. no problems there except I did miss a couple of spots. My knee, ankle and back got burned.
    But sun in any extreme is bad for you, expecially when you have already had a cancer diagnosis, and you don't want to mess with the nice skin you have, do you Tasha?
    I do the fake tan stuff on my legs because everyone in the office says they need blinders when I'm around, I am very very white.
    Cat
  • mimivac
    mimivac Member Posts: 2,143 Member
    #18
    tasha_111 said:

    MIMI......Exposing Myself????????
    Oh No it sounds like a sketch from Benny Hill, Lurking about a public park in his 'Flashing Mac'..ROFLMAO!!!!

    Mimi......Official welcome to the 'Daft Sod Club'!!!!!!!!

    I will print your response out and Flash That when the Police arrive. Hey we havn't had a Phantom Flasher here yet~!

    (The Phantom Raspberry-Blower of Old London Town comes to mind here)

    "Ohhhhhh It's Big and it's Black and its Hairy and I be afraid of it!"

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxx

    Ha ha!
    Hey, keep my name out of it when you're carted off to prison!
  • The1percen
    The1percen Member Posts: 135
    #19
    mimivac said:

    Sun worshipper
    Hey Tash, well officially I think you are OK to "expose yourself" three months post radiation. At least that is when I am told I can resume sitting in the sauna of my gym. Man, I have missed that. But don't get too crisp, OK? Put on that sunscreen. Am I a, what do you call it -- a daft sod?!!

    too much!!!
    THANK YOU for making my day!!! You guys are toooooo much!! I haven't luaghed like that in acouple weeks!!! I love the bit about cows-n-cancer... I live in farm country and I could picture farmers putting suntan lotions on "the herd" I just hope NOBODY form PETA reads this thread!!! LOL
    Mike
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #20
    The1percen said:

    too much!!!
    THANK YOU for making my day!!! You guys are toooooo much!! I haven't luaghed like that in acouple weeks!!! I love the bit about cows-n-cancer... I live in farm country and I could picture farmers putting suntan lotions on "the herd" I just hope NOBODY form PETA reads this thread!!! LOL
    Mike

    Moooooooo
    My sister says that PETA stands for People Eating Tender Animals!!

    Yes, 1%, we are a fun and funny group, aren't we? If it weren't for this damnable Cancer thing coming along for the ride, you'd think this site was for the sole purpose of making each other laugh....

    Hugs ( and welcome)
    Claudia
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #21
    chenheart said:

    Moooooooo
    My sister says that PETA stands for People Eating Tender Animals!!

    Yes, 1%, we are a fun and funny group, aren't we? If it weren't for this damnable Cancer thing coming along for the ride, you'd think this site was for the sole purpose of making each other laugh....

    Hugs ( and welcome)
    Claudia

    10 minutes of fully
    10 minutes of fully unprotected sun a day is good for you, but thats it. After that it cover it up. I already have pre cancer cell on skin from all the years of tanning ( really burning )without good sun screen. I have fair skin so now I really have to watch it. However I was told thats the cells I have will not turn into full blown cancer.

    Tasha your to funny girl.

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