Ok in a venture to find the holy grail new stand sight the other day on some new property, I managed to get i believe a combo of Ivy, Oak, and summac on my arms (scratch,scratch) after hanging a stand in i believe killer location We will see soon if it was all worth it
I HATE ALL THE ABOVE. If I'm in the woods, where it is present, I can get it if the wind blows towards me. I've had to go to the hospital a few times, after getting it. It sucks.
Man that sucks :mad1: I usually dont get much but this tree was just reaping with the stuff. It was to good of a tree not to. got a really good feeling about this spot.
If my wind pans out ill be there Sat morning with morning 30's temps It might be best early Nov but we will see. I have been holding out with a secret from everyone...trying not to jinx my mojo :d The rain couldnt have came at a better time either. Hung the set and got rain latter that evening to wash the sent out
i get it bad too! i use alcohol (rubbing) to dry it out and seems to work! the other kind helps me sleep though!!!!!!!!
Blood, I usually need to be percribed medication during the entire fall... But if you start to get it pretty bad, fine some ointment called "ivy rest". It does WONDERS. Take it from the guy who needs to go to the hospital if the wind blows the wrong way
I'm really lucky in this regard. I get it a little bit if I get in a whole lot of it, but I could walk through some of it and it won't bother me at all. I still try to avoid it though, because I know the way allergies can change.
I got poison oak on my right forearm a little over three years ago, I still have scarring from it.... I had my arm wrapped around the tree attaching a lock on..... With my forearm grinding into a poison oak vine with all those little brown roots going everywhere... Well, I had probably 50 of them burrow into my arm and break off.... I guess the roots have a much higher concentration of "posion" than the leaves or branches, or so I was told.... My arm swelled up like a balloon and the pain from inflammation was almost unbearable.... I couldn't even straighten or close my fingers let alone bend my wrist for over a week, the tendons felt like they were on fire.... They gave me 3 shots and a bunch of meds...... Couldn't imagine how bad it could have been with out the meds
ummm not so much, it kinda feels good cause it'll turn the whole thing kind of a bubbling white and take that itch away for a while... i did it like 4 or 5 times a day and kept it as dry as possible. even when those things pop try to blot them with a tissue and i dont have to tell you to keep outta your eyes!!! oh also NO, NO, NO hot showers. (sleves will help)
Dam Scott, scarring from Ivy :huh: I did the same thing, i was playing tree hugger when i got it. vines everywehere. Hank, it was miserably hot when i did this,,,,i had on short sleeves :smash: Isaiah,,,the alchol is working...both of them UH,OH I have been holding my arms under Hot water guess that has got to go.
My bro in law used to get it so bad! And he would never realize he had it on him until he had "relieved" himself a time or two! He's have it all over himself! He would have to go to the doc and get shots just so he could sleep. They kept giving him shots until he got immunized to it. Hasn't had it in 4 or 5 years now! You know that guy loved to hunt, he kept goin back for more! lp
nice!!!!! the only reason i say no hot h2O is cause it'll bust those blisters and the ooze inside will run onto uninfected skin and might cause more! but i know why you do/did it... IT FEEL SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO F-ING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! just a bit of relief is like bliss hang in there bro!
peak, i had it there too!!!!!!!! sooooooooo bad. it was IN my eyes on top of that too... finally had to go to the doc and he gave me a steriod that knocked it out...it was in college and the medical staff wouldn't even let me practice with the rest of the team...
