damn poison ivy
 

I'm covered in it. all over my face and 1 eye is closing a little. spent the am yesterday at the er getting steroids and being checked out. you would have thought i was rolling around in the stuff. damn vile weed.

That's not poison ivy, it an allergic reaction to TOG SLIME!

Personally I prefer poison Oak. Nothing like those massive liquid filled blisters you get. Luckily I haven't had a bout with either ivy/oak since being a young teen.

Stinks. I got a little right now too, from raking I'm pretty sure. I get it real easy but have never had it bad enough to go thru what you are going thru.

I feel for you.I know what its like.

Better safe than sorry - go see a doctor!

I had a skin infection on my shin that I thought was some poison ivy! Next time I will be careful picking at something on my shin that I was wondering if it was a tick or not after handling a bunch of freshwater fish! Darn ointment was about almost $45.

Be careful because the oils from the PI could still be on your clothes you had on. If you have a dog or cat that goes outside - those furry beasts can give you PI, too. :(

If it is PI -> Prednisone dose pack is the quickest way to clear it up. I had to take it about 3-4 times me life so far.

if you drink alcohol
 

it leaches the B vitamins right out of your body
lickety split.... muy pronto ie rapido .........gonzo ...lol :smash:

and that is what gives you a hangover as well........

now you can rely solely on the medicine, which works i'm sure

or you can double up the healing power of your skin

by replenishing those crucial B-Vitamins by making yourself

some brewers yeast milk shakes and flood your body
with the skin healing power of the b vitamins real fast.

brewers yeast has every single B-Vitamin in it except for B-12
which you have to get from meat or mushrooms...

i learned about this after accidentally hiding in poison OAK
out west....
that had red leaves ........so i didn't know what the hell it was

it turned that sheet completely around in 3 days man

when all these fancy medications were not even available.
~ .........
and while were on the subject: MOSQUITO'S HATE vitamin B-1

so when you take brewers yeast on a regular basis they hover
and maybe land but never dip their blood s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g straw in you
because you no longer taste good to them....

they are attracted to people who drink alcohol regularly

it's a bag of GOLD

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ionalyeast.jpg

Also keep in mind that the oil of the plant is active all year long, so even though the leaves may be gone, the vine still carries on the task.

I've been pretty fortunate - only ever had a slight rash from it. Even when I was in high school and landscaped for 4 summers, never more than a small patch.

However, that small patch drove me insane with the itch. Here's hoping you rid of it quickly:cheers: