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I HATE POISON-IVY SOOO MUCH!
I currently have it all over the right side of my face, my stomach, and my leg.
I dont even know when i got into it!
So, do you have any stories of yourself with it!?
 
I'm immune to it :)

have walked through it with shorts and shirtless, rubbed it on my skin, you name it, never got it.
 
Friend of mine was cutting firewood with a chainsaw with out gloves on. Then took a pee without washing his hands, it put him in the hospital for 3 days and a whole lot of pain. Chris
 
I could care less about the poisons of ivy, I get it, but not badly.
The worst case I ever had was after a Coyote hunt.

We were set up on a hill over a draw, we had the calls going were ready for a good night. The minutes passed and I got bored, since we were in the middle of a field I grabbed, what I thought was just a piece of grass, and I stuck it in my mouth. The next morning my mouth was full of poison Ivy and I had some on my face. Other than that, I don't really have any bad experiences with it.
 
Story? Sure, I'll play along.

A few winters ago I was helping my inlaws clear some trees that were in danger of falling. I took several down and cut them up. A few were covered in thick vines, about 2"+, and I figured it was poison ivy. But hey, it's the middle of winter, so what's the big deal? I found out the hard way. A few days later both of my arms were broke out pretty bad. Yes, I worked up quite a sweat and "had" to roll up my sleeves like a moron. A week later, when it wasn't any better, I sucked it up and went to the doctor. I got the obvious question- " How do you get poison ivy in the middle of winter?!"

My "good deed" got me a shot and some prednisone.
 
VTguy17 said:
I'm immune to it :)

have walked through it with shorts and shirtless, rubbed it on my skin, you name it, never got it.
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Pretty much the same here, though I have more then enough other allergies to make up for it.

-sh00ter
 
I've gotten it pretty bad a few times. When I moved out to New Jersey, one of the nice things about the town I'm living in is the outdoors. It's not the wilderness, but woods, lakes, nature trails, at least. Unfortunately, that meant that poison ivy was the town flower. Along all the trails.

One reason I decided to leave the city was I lost my right foot. Time to relax a bit, get away from the crowds. After a couple of months in the country, I got comfortable enough to wander a few miles, and ended up farther away from home than I had been. Back in the woods. And my temporary prosthesis snapped off.

I had to crawl out of the woods to a business by the road, where a couple of the guys helped me up and out, and drove me home.

I had crawled through poison ivy for about a half hour.
 
I get it and when I do I get it bad, haven't gotten it in quite a few years, recognition and avoidance is the key if you're allergic.

Now, about 8 weeks ago, I helped a buddy cut up a huge fallen oak in his yard, about 3-4 feet in diameter, it was durin' the warm spell we had on the east so I got all sweated up while straddlin' the tree to cut it up, within' 48 hrs my legs and thighs were covered, took 21 days till it cleared up.

Good Luck.
 
i use to get it alot as a kid around my ears and eyes but i havnt gotten into it since i was maybe 10.
 
I used to get it worse as a kid than I do now. The poison Ivy would be a more logical choice for the Tennessee State Wild Flower than the Ocoee Flower. My yard joins up with hundreds of undeveloped acres on the side of signal mountain and poison ivy is the plant with the highest population. I cut the vines that grow on all of the trees in the yard but it's all around the perimeter. No good stories of my own, but I was at a doctors office a few years ago. A couple of mothers were there with their teenagers. They were neighbors that lived out in the country, one had a teenage boy the other a teenage girl. Seems the teens had decided to sneak off in the woods for a little fun, but didn't know how to recognize poison oak/ivy and went for a roll in a poison oak/ivy patch. After that I bet, or at least I hope, they've learned to recognize it now.
 
Don't have any in the West Coast. Poison Oak is what we have to look out for.

Only time I got "bit" by poison oak was when I was so busy looking out for it that I wandered into some stinging nettles. That stuff sucks, although the effects are gone within a day.
 
I get it and when I do I get it bad, haven't gotten it in quite a few years, recognition and avoidance is the key if you're allergic.

Now, about 8 weeks ago, I helped a buddy cut up a huge fallen oak in his yard, about 3-4 feet in diameter, it was durin' the warm spell we had on the east so I got all sweated up while straddlin' the tree to cut it up, within' 48 hrs my legs and thighs were covered, took 21 days till it cleared up.

Good Luck.
 
Me too. I read an article once in a med journal about genetic immunity owing to some with Northern European heritage, it was in relation to blood born diseases.
VTguy17 said:
I'm immune to it :)

have walked through it with shorts and shirtless, rubbed it on my skin, you name it, never got it.
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Hate PO with a passion get it 2-3 times a year cause its everywhere i like to hike and go geocaching. Once i got it sooooo bad that I couldnt ride my bike for 3 weeks. My face was so swollen that the helmet did go on my head. Once going to work had a guy that knew me for more then 13 years walk by me. When i called him by name he stared at me for maybe 10 sec before he recognized me, Yes I get it that bad. Had people walk away from me on the street as if I were a lepar. The things PO does to my body is not even funny. Went to the doc the first time i got it. I had no idea what it was and what i got. The doctor didnt want to touch me. He called another doc to get his opinion. Who after asking me a few questions told me its PO and there is nothing he can do about it. I just had an extrem reaction to it. Once went to pee during a hike, just to find the next day that it got all swollen and I had to walked funny.. It never used to have an effect on me until one time about 10 years ago when I got it the first time and now just looking at PO I break out. Now the good thing is when you take a realy realy hot shower it feels like heaven. would go and say it feels orgasmic (if there is such a word).. I hate PO and a few times i turned around and didnt finish a hike because the PO was everywhere. Just in case someone didnt notice I REALY HATE PO.
 
I don't really look for it and haven't noticed any irritation when I get back from the woods. I dunno maybe I'm immune to poison oak.
 
I get poison oak baaaaddddd :grumpy: Worst was rubbing my eye without knowing I had some oil on my hands, my eye swelled shut. Worse than the itch is the pain and swelling it causes. I hate that vile weed with a passion! I started carrying wipes that are supposed to get rid of the oil. If I even think I might possibly have gotten in it, I wipe down exposed skin and get my clothes washed asap.
 
tknife said:
I get poison oak baaaaddddd :grumpy: Worst was rubbing my eye without knowing I had some oil on my hands, my eye swelled shut. Worse than the itch is the pain and swelling it causes. I hate that vile weed with a passion! I started carrying wipes that are supposed to get rid of the oil. If I even think I might possibly have gotten in it, I wipe down exposed skin and get my clothes washed asap.
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As a good general rule, be careful rubbing around your face (eyes, mouth especially) any time you could be around irritants.

When I used to hike in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, I wore my camo jeans and shirts and tossed them into the wash immediately when I got home, right before a hot shower to get any PI off myself. Soap and hot water will take care of it.
 
Once when i was in memphis i got it from doing physical labor, It started on my leg then slowly crept up to my chest and all over my arms... That was just the first time- next time i got it it went all over my body and my neck took two weeks to go away - third time i got it was a week after i got it a second time and i starte dhaving ozzing sores all over my body. I have been afraid to go back to memphis ever since.
 
VTguy17 said:
I'm immune to it :)

have walked through it with shorts and shirtless, rubbed it on my skin, you name it, never got it.
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Same here. I'm immune to poison oak too. Makes the outdoors that much better. Couple less things to deal with.
 
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