Should we cancel our holiday tomorrow?

[sarahb083]

We're meant to be travelling to Turkey tomorrow for a week to stay at my in-laws flat there. The forecast is 37 degrees and sunny every day. We're travelling with our 3 year old who has a recently diagnosed sun allergy - she gets a red rash on her face and goes quite puffy and itchy. Rather than having to spend the whole holiday indoors, we're thinking about just cancelling and staying home with her instead. My in-laws will be disappointed but I'm just not sure we'll have a good time. Should we cancel?

What was the medical advice?

Do your in-laws live there permanently? If so I would go and accept you stay indoor/shade/out for dinner at night etc but only if Dr said ok,

Can you get your Dr's advice? How long can she be outside before the reaction happens?
You must be reeling trying to get your head round this diagnosis OP. Hope your LO is ok.

I think YABU to cancel the day before.

Even if it's a recent diagnosis you must known about it long enough to discuss this with the inlaws much sooner.

Edited to add - I know it's not AIBU, but it's still really unfair on the inlaws to make the decision at the last minute.

I would go.

You don't have to sit out in the blazing sun.

What will you do when it gets sunny here? Stay inside?

Stay inside in Turkey.

Thoroughly douse in sun cream, hat, cover up and plenty of water.

Be a bit unfair on in-laws to cancel now.

If it was medically ok to travel I would go but resign myself to probably staying inside there

Be sure to be very clear on how to treat the allergy & bring the meds you need with you. Cover skin as much as possible, high factor spf & stay indoors during hottest part of day which is normal & sensible with a 3yr old anyway. You can't put your life on hold & has been said what will you do on sunny days in the UK, do that there

I would go but I'd seek medical/ pharmacy advice. It may be that you can give dc an antihistamine now and continue it whilst you're there.

I would go.
you don’t have to sit in the sun.
In laws likely have plenty of shade in and around house.
You have head out early to places, out later in evening when cooler, find local places that are shady or indoors

If it’s a sun allergy and not a heat allergy then she should be fine if you keep her in the shade.

I have a sun allergy, it sucks, I'm sorry - high SPF doesn't help at all though barrier sunscreen can help along with long sleeved loose tops / shirts, long trousers adn a big hat to keep face in the shade. Don't forget hands, with the above it would usually end up that my fingers would be the worst affected. I would go as you'll have to get your head around it eventually. In some ways, 37 degrees isn't a bad thing as you won't want to spend much time in that heat anyway.

I have that too!

Go and take precautions, including some antihistamines, you will need to manage it moving forwards so start now :)

I'd still go, get a good wide brimmed hat with neck cover, maybe a misting fan so she can have fine water misted on her face? Use chilled water in it. An insulated bottle to keep water cool, mine is Ion8 and works great.
Plenty of child's antihistamine just in case, we use Asda's own.

Surely you didn't only realise she had a sun allergy today?

I would go and take everything you'll need with you.

Go, cover her up with clothes, hat, sunscreen, go out before 11am and after 4pm. Myself and dd have this, factor 50 mineral sunscreen is a gamechanger, didn't exist when I was young or when she was diagnosed aged 3.

I'd go. Lots of sun lotion and loose fitting long sleeve tops. Can you get up early and go out before 7am for 2-3 hours, then again in the evening. In the day, fun and games inside, just chilling. If you're out in day, keep in the shade.

I can't cope in the sun either, I get a sun rash which becomes one big blotch. The above is how I've always dealt with it.

Assuming your in laws live there and you don't see them often, I'd go, and minimise the Sun exposure as pp have suggested.

You’re going to visit family, not for a holiday in the sunshine so I would still go and take precautions. It’s worth it for her to know her Grandparents.

You can get sun allergy sun cream, Piz Buin do one - we used a new one last year (can't remember it's name but you used it for a couple of weeks before and then out in the sun) my DS has it. I'd get a body suit and cover up as much as possible,

I have a sun allergy. What have the doctors actually said it is. I have PLE. Managed by rash vests, staying off the beach, the sand seems to reflect the UV more, and taking antihistamine. But mostly by staying in the shade.

I wouldn't cancel the holiday.

Probably pointing out the obvious, but it gets hot in Turkey in June.

Next time book a trip for winter, maybe Xmas.

Probably pointing out the obvious, but it gets hot in Turkey in June.

There’s hot and then there’s hot, is currently 12 degrees above average. Last year I went this week and it was 23, I’m going on Sunday and it’s 35.

So you don’t want to go

Consider what the insurance situation is - is DD covered if she needs medical attention?

Surely you just keep to indoor activities? Sounds like the trip is to see family... not a holiday. So it doesn't matter if you're in the house/shopping centres/ice cream shops etc