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A HERETIC I AM

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50. This is absolutely no lie.....

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 01:39 PM

Sep 2020

But I’ve spread it to my genitals more than once as a kid. Talk about misery!

When it became clear just how badly I reacted to it, we were living in Maryland, almost exactly 20 miles as the crow flies from the White House.

The woods out back had plenty of poison ivy and after the first season of me getting it all over, I started annual cortisone shots every spring.

The last time I got any on me was about 9 years ago, and it got so bad I had to stop at a doctors office in Fort Stockton, TX. after suffering with it for 2 days. I was on a cross country trip and I couldn’t sleep because of it, in spite of slathering Calagel and other anti-itch applications.

The shit is just nasty to me.

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I got a bad case of poison ivy. Please remember me tonite and in the next few days. [View all] sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 OP

howd that happen? Demovictory9 Sep 2020 #1

I clipped a shrub and it was growing up in the middle. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #2

You could also try aloe Vera gel. love_katz Sep 2020 #3

Thanks for that. The cortisone cream seems to keep it wet. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #9

The prednisone should help quick. dawg day Sep 2020 #26

I'm just wound up from the sadness of Justice Ginsburg and then my rash has upset me. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #31

Had the same outbreak this spring Rstrstx Sep 2020 #19

I had a small patch about 40 years ago. Nowhere's like this. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #21

Oh no🤯 Meowmee Sep 2020 #4

Thank you for info. So sorry you had that awful experience! sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #10

Aww ty Meowmee Sep 2020 #51

That sucks. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #5

💙 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #11

You got it hugs TEB Sep 2020 #6

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You poor thing, Sprink💙.. on top of Everything Else! Cha Sep 2020 #7

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Oh, dear. Nothing but sympathy from me. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #8

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IvyDry EarthFirst Sep 2020 #15

Thank you. The Prednisone makes sense, but the cortisone cream is keeping it wet. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #16

You all are so kind. I got beneficent direction to try another approach other than a customary sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #17

I just read about a poison ivy itch remedy tonight using epson salts. CentralMass Sep 2020 #18

Appreciate this. Later today I'll get all the remedies posted. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #24

I feel for you. True Blue American Sep 2020 #20

Thank you for kind thoughts. 💙 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #22

I hope you feel better soon nt Baltimike Sep 2020 #23

💙 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #25

Sorry to hear about that Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #27

If I get it I take hot showers. Chipper Chat Sep 2020 #28

Oh, no! I am so sorry, my friend! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2020 #29

Ugh, oh no! LittleGirl Sep 2020 #30

💙 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #32

Oh yuck samplegirl Sep 2020 #33

I called around for everything you guys and dolls recommended. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #55

So sorry to hear you are going through this! Take comfort in knowing it is Tanuki Sep 2020 #34

Feel better soon! iamateacher Sep 2020 #35

I feel your pain extremely. Throck Sep 2020 #36

Me too. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2020 #38

I once hit raspberry thorns then poison ivy. Throck Sep 2020 #39

My Boston Terrier walked through a patch.... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2020 #44

When I was in high school half the football team got. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #45

This is absolutely no lie..... A HERETIC I AM Sep 2020 #50

I was a big dope working around the plant thinking I dint get any junk on me. sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #54

It must feel like bad luck on top of bad news. That sucks. You've tried TECNU FailureToCommunicate Sep 2020 #37

I got it about 10 years ago using a weed wacker without a shirt Tribetime Sep 2020 #40

Prednisone should clear things up very fast DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #41

If you don't live in an area where aloe grows tavernier Sep 2020 #42

Try liquid white shoe polish SheltieLover Sep 2020 #43

Been there mindfulNJ Sep 2020 #46

Slather in calamine lotion and let it dry on you Reapply as necessary, lostnfound Sep 2020 #47

Just for you whistler162 Sep 2020 #48

This tune is been playing in my head since the rash made its debut. 🎶 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #53

Oh no! My sincerest sympathies. Poison ivy is awful. crickets Sep 2020 #49

Thx for your good wishes. 💙 sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #52