Reply #68: Not all of it is unreasonable. [View All]

[Lurking Dem]

For some of us it is very serious.

I can be outside, unprotected, for 3 to 5 minutes this time of year -maybe 2 minutes in the summer.

Under tube fluorescents I can last about 2 hours, tops. I would suspect longer with CF's but probably not by much.

With sunblock, which I have to wear even under my clothing, I can go about 30 minutes outside or next to a window or 4-5 hours under fluorescents.

I develop bright red lesions wherever my skin was exposed. My joints swell. The glare causes intense eye pain (and the UV will worsen my cataracts) and headaches. This is not what I'm "afraid" will happen. This IS what has happened to me under fluorescent lighting.

If change to fluorescent is mandated, it will very much limit my lifestyle. I won't be able to spend an entire day or an entire evening someplace that is so lit without wearing head to toe special clothing and covering my face and head completely.

As it stands now, to go out in the summer I have to be completely covered, including my hands and a headwrap. This is WITH the aforementioned sunscreen. It is almost unbearable in the heat.

If I can also no longer do inside activities, what is left?