MaxTheKnife
Membership Revoked
I'm really hurting here. I get poison ivy/oak at least two or three times a year. This year was different because I'm really pushing the exposure envelope since I'm sawig down trees for a living. That dang poison ivy/oak really seems to like cedar trees for some reason. Most of the cedar trees are totally infested with it. I try to wear a long sleeved shirt when I'm in the woods but sometimes it's just too dang hot. Oh well......
I think my sensitivity goes back to my childhood. My Mom used to give all of us kids an elixer from a glass ampule that was supposed to stop us from getting poison ivy/oak every spring. I don't know why she did that now that I look back on it. We lived in the city and rarely or never came into contact with that stuff. But now, as an adult, any time I get near the stuff I break out and suffer terribly. Especially in the heat with all the humidity around here. I'm suffering right now. It's horrible. I can't work because if I do the rash will just spread while I sweat. I can't help the sweating. It's hereditary. I have it on both forearms and it's slowly spreading to my upper arms. I don't know why it spreads after all the washing and scrubbing I've done. I guess it's just an allergic reaction. But I sure am misreable. It makes me feel like I have a really bad case of the flu. Anyway......
The main reason I posted this is because as a prepping site, we need to always be on the cutting edge of keeping healthy. I have my own way of dealing with poison ivy/oak but it's not seeming to help this time. I'm a sick puppy and haven't been able to work for the past few days as a result of this stuff. It gets in my blood and really messes with me. What will you (I) do if this becomes a problem during a SHTF scenario? Do you have a home remedy that will cure it? I sure don't. I have a physical remedy but it's pretty gruesome. And once it gets to the stage it's in on me now, it's no use. I have that stuff on over 10% of my body now and it's growing. Heck, when I was just a young kid I got it so bad down in Mississippi that it almost killed me. If you're allergic to poison oak or ivy you need to know what to do if you get it. I'm open for discussion here. It got plumb away from me this time and I've resorted to taking Benadryl maximum strength. It seems to be helpig but I dang sure can't work while I'm taking it. Makes me all loopy and out of sorts with myself. But it does seem to be drying the stuff up on my arms. Tell your poison ivy/oak stories here. I hope we can all learn alot about how to deal with it. For people like me, it's a serious consideration. So please share your experiences.
I think my sensitivity goes back to my childhood. My Mom used to give all of us kids an elixer from a glass ampule that was supposed to stop us from getting poison ivy/oak every spring. I don't know why she did that now that I look back on it. We lived in the city and rarely or never came into contact with that stuff. But now, as an adult, any time I get near the stuff I break out and suffer terribly. Especially in the heat with all the humidity around here. I'm suffering right now. It's horrible. I can't work because if I do the rash will just spread while I sweat. I can't help the sweating. It's hereditary. I have it on both forearms and it's slowly spreading to my upper arms. I don't know why it spreads after all the washing and scrubbing I've done. I guess it's just an allergic reaction. But I sure am misreable. It makes me feel like I have a really bad case of the flu. Anyway......
The main reason I posted this is because as a prepping site, we need to always be on the cutting edge of keeping healthy. I have my own way of dealing with poison ivy/oak but it's not seeming to help this time. I'm a sick puppy and haven't been able to work for the past few days as a result of this stuff. It gets in my blood and really messes with me. What will you (I) do if this becomes a problem during a SHTF scenario? Do you have a home remedy that will cure it? I sure don't. I have a physical remedy but it's pretty gruesome. And once it gets to the stage it's in on me now, it's no use. I have that stuff on over 10% of my body now and it's growing. Heck, when I was just a young kid I got it so bad down in Mississippi that it almost killed me. If you're allergic to poison oak or ivy you need to know what to do if you get it. I'm open for discussion here. It got plumb away from me this time and I've resorted to taking Benadryl maximum strength. It seems to be helpig but I dang sure can't work while I'm taking it. Makes me all loopy and out of sorts with myself. But it does seem to be drying the stuff up on my arms. Tell your poison ivy/oak stories here. I hope we can all learn alot about how to deal with it. For people like me, it's a serious consideration. So please share your experiences.