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Living where I do, it's remarkable how much spectacular resources are available just outside my door. This is near the end of a 6 mile hike, up and back that we did this morning. The only downside is the explosion of poison ivy that now lines the trail, I went home and rubbed and rubbed legs and hands with Tecnu. Hopefully I took care of any on me if there was. I picked up some garbage, one piece of cloth was under some brush and I hesitated before finally stuffing it my pocket.?ÿ
Wow. ?ÿBeautiful photo. ?ÿGross description. ?ÿ6-mile hike, yuk.
We are in or next to poison ivy most places we go.
Hope you enjoyed the hike.?ÿ I may have walked about the same distance yesterday while wearing muck boots.?ÿ That's why I was sleeping while you were hiking.
I was dealing with an infection of it early this summer. For whatever reason I'm very allergic to it, I'm good at avoiding it, but doing what we do there's an avoidance limit.?ÿ
I am among the small percentage who seem to have been blessed.?ÿ I've done everything but eat it and have never been affected.?ÿ Dumb luck, I suppose.
I never paid attention to poison ivy and walked through ankle deep patches with no ill effects.?ÿ Until one time I got a big dose of sap on me and reacted.?ÿ Now I have to be careful.
@bill93?ÿ
It would seem this canyon for some reason has become overrun with it, there's probably nothing that can be done about it, maybe fires control it. The canyon has gotten thicker with brush and ivy over the years, a stream crossing that used to be fairly open in a meadow is now covered in brush. There is no chance I'm scrambling down some of the slopes we used to go down to fish. Looking down those tight brushy trails makes me itch all over.?ÿ
So last summer I did a farm boundary where the the only plant on the uncultivated portion seemed to be poison ivy, some vines as thick as my leg.?ÿ Deathly allergic, so when I got to the site on the first day, I just started crying.?ÿ
Well, I slathered on IvyX every morning-
and washed my hands thoroughly about every two hours with LA's Totally Awesome and re-applied the IvyX-
I never saw a blister (from that job), and I had no choice but to practically wallow in the cursed stuff.
Thanks for the info, I haven't heard of those products.
@mightymoe Totally Awesome is just a cheaper version of "Fantastic" or "Formula 409" spray cleaners.?ÿ It'll also do a good job of drying out your skin, but I'll make that trade any day.
I also have a prescription steroidal cream "Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream" that really helps if my prophylaxis doesn't work 100%.?ÿ Good luck!
Wallowing.?ÿ I'm an expert at that.?ÿ In poison ivy, that is.
When you are carrying everything sideways, supported by your forearms to try to keep it away from your face, you are in a poison ivy forest.?ÿ Been there, done that, no rash.?ÿ Meanwhile, my helper would go a quarter mile out of his way to avoid following in my pathway.
Last time I had a poison oak rash, it lasted about 6 months. The previous time was about 2 months. Doc said I probably shouldn't be risking it anymore because it would eventually kill me. That was one of the reasons I stopped surveying.
The funny thing is, in my early surveying days, I used to wallow in it without any rashes. I literally macheted a tunnel through a 15' (ish) high patch at Oceanside, CA in the 80s without any trouble. ???æ????®
I was always the guy they sent in to clear it because of that. Maybe I overdid it. ???ú
Count me among the hypersensitive.?ÿ The last time I got it I was digging for an iron pipe in an area that was cleared to bare ground by a bulldozer.?ÿ Literally no vegetation, not even grass.?ÿ Unbeknownst to me it had previously been covered in poison oak, and by scooping dirt out the hole I got a rash all over my arms and chest (and a few other places I won't mention).?ÿ After trying to tough it out for 2 days I went to the doc and he put me on prednisone.?ÿ That helped a lot, but it's something to be used sparingly.
I've turned down more than a few jobs because of poison oak.?ÿ Life is too short to be miserable 24/7 for weeks at a time.
@wendell?ÿ
I had a rash that wouldn't go away, turns out that I kept re-infecting the area with my hammer. I'm guessing that you had oil on a tool or stake bag or boots or something you kept using and re-infection the same spot, mine was my right forearm, once the light went off I threw the hammer in the river and the rash went away.?ÿ
If I go into an area anymore I carefully take all the tools to the car wash, cover them with the engine tire cleaner, then the hot soap, then the rinse, then blow dry them. My clothes I soak in Tecnu then extra soap then two washes. Seems to work. Boots get soaped down at the car wash.
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"The funny thing is, in my early surveying days, I used to wallow in it without any rashes. I literally macheted a tunnel through a 15' (ish) high patch at Oceanside, CA in the 80s without any trouble. ???æ????®"
Yes, but this was the time you brought it back with you on your socks, and then infected me with it when I was rubbing feet with you when we went to bed that night. ??? Fortunately I had cream to help the itching!! ????
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"The funny thing is, in my early surveying days, I used to wallow in it without any rashes. I literally macheted a tunnel through a 15' (ish) high patch at Oceanside, CA in the 80s without any trouble. ???æ????®"
Yes, but this was the time you brought it back with you on your socks, and then infected me with it when I was rubbing feet with you when we went to bed that night. ??? Fortunately I had cream to help the itching!! ????
Oops. Forgot about that. ?????ÿ
@noodles?ÿ
You're lucky; my BIL got it somewhere, when he took a piss. then went home and was rubbing more that feet, with his wife!
@dougie?ÿ
OMG?ÿ ROTFLMAO
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do??ÿ Whatcha gonna do when they come for you??ÿ Bad boys.
