I was at my cousin's over the weekend, and we canoed across the lake by their house, and my legs got direct exposure for about 5 hours. Second degree burns. If someone hit it, I would literally go into the fetal position and start crying.

It's only on the inside half of the lower half of my legs, or I'd be crying much more.

If I my legs are verticle, without moving, it starts to hurt almost unbearably. It's like my skin tightens up like a "skin-cramp" and then it feels like the skin is getting ripped from my lower legs. I can walk around, because it moves my legs, but I can't just stand up. If i'm standing, I have to be moving, or it starts to hurt after a couple seconds. I can't sit most of the time either. So, I have to be walking, or laying.

Taking aspirin helps a little. It's anti-inflammatory, and helps with the swelling. The pain fighting effect of aspirin isn't what helps, at least not noticeably.

Tried Aloe-Vera. It helps a little bit too, but it's not worth causing myself the pain that rubbing it in makes me feel.

I've just been staying home from school for a few days. I'll have my mom take me to the doctor for it, so i can get the absences excused.

It probably sounds like i'm over-dramatizing, but i swear to you i'm not. When I get up after laying down, my skin has to "stretch out" before it quits hurting so i can walk somewhere.

I could not sit in class and get anything done. I would have to be walking around the room all day, and distracting everyone, and not getting anything done myself.

I actually don't own any shorts that are in our dress code, so I would be having to wear jeans all day too, which would make it a little bit worse. At home, I've just been wearing my bathing suits.

All i need is some liquid cocaine to rub on them, and i'll be fine.

Ahhhhhh duuddeee that suuckkss. :\

I almost fell your pain. I've gotten bad burns on my arms and legs that aren't the usual sunburn. Luckily for me, it was during the summer, so i could wear tank tops and shorts around my house no problem.

Wish you luck, man.

that sucks man. i hope you feel better soon

I kind of half expected the blisters to pop, then the skin to peel, and it just skipping the tan stage and going straight to skin cancer under the layer of dead skin.