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Originally Posted by wemple2  Paula...So you've been in the weeds and now have poison ivy. I haven't had that since I was a kid, I guess I became immune to it...or I learned to stay out of the weeds. I still have nightmares, of my mom running after me to plaster me with calamine lotion...God I hated that stuff, and I spent every single summer covered with that pink paste.
Laying out in the sun...or taking a hot bath/shower IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!!! Try the Ivy Itch stuff (cheaper) but the Zanfel (expensive) is suppose to work great. Or just wait until tomorrow and ask the doctor you work for to cure you!!!
Benedryl at bedtime...will help you sleep and take away the itch.
Wish you well...NOW STAY OUT OF THE WEEDS!!! |
Oh forever more!! This is why I need a husband, so I don't have to clear the back fence!!! Well, for the poison Ivy update, It is now in and around my left ear, both arms, my belly button and.....this just in... a new blister on my left lower leg. I'm tellin ya, my heart goes out to all who get this all the time and are widely covered with it. I'm hoping this is my first and LAST encounter with poison ivy/oak/sumac. I don't even know exactly what it is I have. I'm trying not keep myself from buying the 40.00 zanawhatever cream, but that may be what it comes down too. I shower twice a day, I don't understand why it keeps spreading!!! I may ask if I can have a solumedrol shot tomorrow. Geeesh! I'm such a wuss!!!!
P.S. I NEVER gotten this before despite spending lots of time in the woods and weeds. So I was unaware I needed to be cautious. LESSON LEARNED!!!