Ever use poison ivy as toilet paper? I must have by accident and it is no picnic! I am covered everywhere and taking predisone, any other bad stories to make me feel better?
Ever use poison ivy as toilet paper? I must have by accident and it is no picnic! I am covered everywhere and taking predisone, any other bad stories to make me feel better?
I've done it twice. Two years ago I used a leaf that may have been poison ivy. It burned like hell for a week or so then it went away. The next summer I did the same thing, but I made sure it wasn't poison ivy. It wasn't although it may have been in contact with some of the poison from another plant. I escaped the itch this summer and rejoiced that I wouldn't have to grind away on my office chair to make the itch go away. In general I now make sure to get it all out before my run now.
I did it once and it was one of the worst weeks of my life. I don't want to go into the details but you'll be better in a few days. I didn't get on predisnone so maybe you'll have it easier. It seems to be the drug of choice these days.
I was on it this summer for my foot but didn't notice much from it.
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Ever use poison ivy as toilet paper? I must have by accident and it is no picnic! I am covered everywhere and taking predisone, any other bad stories to make me feel better?
Did it two weeks ago and it's just going away now. It was awful.
I had the same experience earlier in the summer and kerosene helped me.
I burns the bunghole a little but quickly get rid of the problem.
Good Luck
heck ya, oh by the way I am one of those rare people who isn't allergic to it. In middle school, bullies used to chase me. I outran them for eight miles, to some poison ivy in the woods and just layed in it. These guys were top 3 in districts for high school track. They didn't try to get me in there, but sometimes they;d wait just outside the plant, and I'd eventually have to drop the deuce and well, its just leaves to me. Anyways, running from them helped me become a 14:09 guy.
1996 Olympics in Atlanta.....Staying with a friend and teammate who I'll refer to as "Boyo". After "Boyo" destroys me, my brother, and Darin Shearer up Kennesaw Mountain, he decides to leave a deuce in the woods nearby. Picks up the wrong leaf(where's the Boy Scout training?)and we proceed down the mountain. 24 hours later, "Boyo" begins to feel agonizing pain and has to go to the emergency room for relief. Spends many nights in the bathtub and applying Calamine lotion to his affected areas. While watching the pole vault one afternoon, "Boyo" and I decide to head to the concourse to get out of the sun. While resting in the concourse, I notice that he has fallen asleep in his favorite Charlie's Angels T-Shirt with his mouth wide open. I also notice that he is scratching his balls to relieve himself of the p.i. itch. Eventually our favorite action hero returned to consciousness and heads to the facilities to put more Calamine on.
Always know your leaves.
Kyle
You guys are some sick people. Using leaves as toilet paper. What is wrong with you guys? Can you just tear a piece of your shirt? You can use your underwear and just throw it away.
Strange.
i'll have u know, i dont use shirt, underwear,or socks for that matter
CURTIS GADULLLA!!! The old Ontario pimp runner. I heard he ran into trouble like this once and it ruined his season.
Why ruin perfectly good clothes when you can use leaves?
I did it five years ago during a long run at cross-country practice. Had to walk about 4 miles back in agonizing discomfort
Remember this little jingle:
Leaves of three, let it be.
Leaves of four, eat some more!
Yes I have done that, in 2000, taking a shit in the woods midway through a run in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. I don't know if it was poison ivy or stinging nettles, but that shit HURT!!
You guys crack me up...I've run/backpacked through the woods all my life and I have never once had a case of poison ivy/oak/sumac. This includes stomping through the woods and brush near our house when I was younger. I've always made a point to go "off-trail" if the scenery is worth it or if it just made the trek more challenging. I used to not care about it until my brother got a case. Now, I know how to spot it and avoid. Still...I haven't even come close to getting poison ivy...
On this board, not only are people getting poison ivy, but they are wiping it up places where the sun doesn't shine! I would think this is an isolated event, but I might need two hands to count the number of board posters this has happened to...just friggin hilarious...have to love this board.
It just occurred to me that I might not be allergic to it...(my mom and brother are though)
Apologize for not being any help....