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Post by Warkitty on Aug 10, 2009 9:04:13 GMT -5
It's a thin line between pleasure and pain.
I managed once again to get into some poison ivy, and I've been suffering the incredible itching for about a week now. Poison ivy reactions have about a 10 day span, and that means I'm getting to the final days. Yesterday the worst part was oozing and dripping down my calf and achingly painful. Last night I soaked in epsom salts to finish drying it all out and today... today it's very much in the healing stage.
Of course, that's not to say it doesn't still itch like crazy. Healing skin IS itchy, of course, and hence my initial sentence. I just caught myself scratching at a patch of poison ivy, eyes rolled back in ecstasy at the pleasurable pain. It felt sooooo goooooood. Too bad reason reminded me to stop.
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Post by gridbug on Aug 10, 2009 9:18:16 GMT -5
There's a line?
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Post by Kordax on Aug 10, 2009 10:48:52 GMT -5
Petulant, pustulating, peevish woman ....
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Post by ScarlettP on Aug 10, 2009 11:18:11 GMT -5
I thought you were discussing my husband's hair.
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Post by sargonkiadi on Aug 10, 2009 13:34:34 GMT -5
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Post by Warkitty on Aug 10, 2009 14:17:23 GMT -5
There's a line. Razor thin, but it's there.
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Post by rstewart on Aug 10, 2009 14:27:19 GMT -5
baking soda and vinegar
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Post by tnponder on Aug 10, 2009 18:48:15 GMT -5
Prednisone.
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Post by ohwell on Aug 10, 2009 19:12:15 GMT -5
When I get poison ivy, it is a gift from Hell. Nothing but a doctor's prescription can get me over it. It get in my blood stream and my entire body breaks out. Hope you find peace.
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Post by Police Moderator on Aug 10, 2009 19:23:19 GMT -5
I good sunburn will cure a poison ivy attack.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2009 19:36:29 GMT -5
TNPonder knows the cure.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Aug 10, 2009 19:59:11 GMT -5
Ocean Potion works great on most skin irritations, as it has lanacaine (sp?) in it...novacaine for the skin.
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Post by JC on Aug 10, 2009 20:10:16 GMT -5
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Post by ScarlettP on Aug 11, 2009 7:33:58 GMT -5
Oddly enough, neither hubby nor I was allergic to it when we were kids. Now we are. But apparently, it has to break the skin before either of us gets it. I get small cases... Hubby gets nasty, full blown, gotta go to the doc-in-a-box for a shot kind.
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Post by ohwell on Aug 11, 2009 18:13:39 GMT -5
Everyone is allergic to poison ivy. If you have never had a reaction, you have never been exposed. The leaf of the ivy is not poisonous. When you break the leaf and the juice contacts skin, ITCH, ITCH big time.
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Post by JC on Aug 11, 2009 21:06:59 GMT -5
Everyone is allergic to poison ivy. If you have never had a reaction, you have never been exposed. The leaf of the ivy is not poisonous. When you break the leaf and the juice contacts skin, ITCH, ITCH big time. Sorry,but some people are not allergic to it www.associatedcontent.com/article/249801/poison_ivy_how_to_beat_the_itch.html?cat=6The oil can also be found on the exterior of the plant also,along with other plants that are near by.  |
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Post by Babs on Aug 11, 2009 21:23:27 GMT -5
I knew someone who accidently burned some once. Her lungs were a mess!
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Post by tnponder on Aug 12, 2009 5:41:29 GMT -5
Animals can run through it, rub against you, sit on the couch, whatever and spread it. Door handles, tools, shoes, just about everything. If anyone in my house has worked or played in it or near it, I clean all the afore mentioned with Clorox wipes. Well, not the animals, they just get a bath!
My hubby wasn't allergic to it until a few years ago. Back then he would spread it to me all the time.
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