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Spent 2 hours in the middle of poison oak....
..intentionally. I'm clearing our treeline @ the road so we can put flowers n bushes there. Thought about this because I did it with jeans and a T-shirt - I just don't break out if I come into contact with it. I mean, yeah, if I'm in shorts or something and I spend serious time there, I'll get a bit of a rash on my legs, but it lasts maybe a day, and it's not bad at all.
Anyone else the same way?
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05/17/11, 09:10 PM
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Not here!
My Yorkie walked by some poison ivy and then laid on my pillow. I slept on that pillow that night and the next day it was like my face was on fire, my eye was swelled shut and I was MISERABLE. Took weeks to clear up, even with doctor visits.
But in the end, my face was really soft because, well, chemical peels do that.
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05/17/11, 09:10 PM
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Yep, same with poison ivy. Does nothing to me. We're blessed.
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05/17/11, 09:16 PM
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No kidding - after seeing how many people break out so badly, I'm ecstatic that I essentially am immune to the stuff.
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05/17/11, 09:29 PM
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SO ended up getting a shot of something from the doc last year. We were clearing out brush, too and ended up with an eye swollen shut. I was fine but don't want to chance it again. It's growing up the fence pretty quickly so I think I'll let the goats feast on it.
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05/17/11, 09:51 PM
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Doesn't faze me either. Seeing what it does to other people, I'm very thankful.
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05/17/11, 10:32 PM
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There is a poison ivy soap that you can wash with that will dilute the oil that causes the itch. I don't have it now but it does work and it is soled by a local store so the next time I get the $8 to buy it I will try to buy it and give you the address of the manufacture. He lives in Marshall AR and makes it from an herb and spring water from his home. If somebody wants to purchase it I will mail it to them.
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05/18/11, 12:02 AM
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I lived most of my life "immune" to it, but it finally started affecting me when I reached about 45.
I just try to avoid it as much as possible
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05/18/11, 12:47 AM
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Kung,
Your military. Borrow a gas suit and take a hose down when done 
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05/18/11, 12:56 AM
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Kung,
Your military. Borrow a gas suit and take a hose down when done |
Trust me, if I could, I absolutely would. I used to work at the facility on base that had access to industrial-strength flamethrowers and a bunch of other cool stuff...I'd borrow it in a NY minute if I could. 
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05/18/11, 02:23 AM
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I never had problems with poison ivy until I was waaaaaaaaaaay past 60.
We had it all over our 'farm' years ago and I cleared it all out. My oldest son was very sensitive to it, but it never bothered me - until --
It broke out all over me and I tried everything I read about. The only thing that gave me any relief was - banana peelings. I rubbed the peelings on the site and it stopped the itching. Now it also may have been something in the bananas. Since I head peeled them, I couldn't waste them so I ate a lot of bananas.
After I had it cleared up, there were still some purple spots left. I also had what I am pretty sure was spider bites. I wouldn't have been concerned, but they also looked like some spots my husband had when he got a bad staph infection from the doctor's office.
Since I was on my way to be with my daughter for the birth of her first child, I felt I needed to see if it was staph or something else. The doctor said she couldn't tell as it was healing, and not to be concerned.
She did ask about the purple spots, and I told her it was poison ivy and I had never had it before. She said something must be going on as she had treated more serious poison ivy outbreaks this year than in all her practice.
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05/18/11, 02:23 AM
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One winter I sawed down and cut up a river birch tree.I noticed it had lots of vines on it but paid them no mind,they looked dead.
About two days later my skin started breaking out.Not much on my face,but my neck,both arms and hands,chest,and even under both arms, were covered with water blisters.I could not even wear a shirt.
I had to sleep on my back and be careful how my arms touched the covers.The worst place I have had it break out,was between my fingers.Its impossible to keep them from touching one another,and when one blister touches another,well,,words can't describe the feeling.
KUNG,YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS.
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05/18/11, 08:06 AM
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Yep, same with poison ivy. Does nothing to me. We're blessed.
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Same here, none of these "problem" plants bother me. But a Pine tree, I can't even have one for Christmas...
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05/18/11, 09:13 AM
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I swear I can break out if I just see a picture of the stuff.
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05/18/11, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by EDDIE BUCK
One winter I sawed down and cut up a river birch tree.I noticed it had lots of vines on it but paid them no mind,they looked dead.
About two days later my skin started breaking out.Not much on my face,but my neck,both arms and hands,chest,and even under both arms, were covered with water blisters.I could not even wear a shirt.
I had to sleep on my back and be careful how my arms touched the covers.The worst place I have had it break out,was between my fingers.Its impossible to keep them from touching one another,and when one blister touches another,well,,words can't describe the feeling.
KUNG,YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS.
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That's just it - I pulled down about 30 of these vines yesterday, as well as pulling literally hundreds of them out of the ground. I had gloves on but that was it.
I have 3 small red spots on my right arm, and that's it; and they don't itch. 
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05/18/11, 02:28 PM
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Hopefully it won't get any worse.Which I was wearing gloves to,but the chainsaw slung sap and sawdust everywhere.I started itching as soon as I started breaking out which was the 2nd day after.I was thankful not to have got it in my eyes.  
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05/18/11, 03:55 PM
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No kidding - after seeing how many people break out so badly, I'm ecstatic that I essentially am immune to the stuff.
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You do know that immunity can be outgrown, especially with repeated exposure, right? I was also immune, until I wasn't any more. Which was revealed to me in the middle of a backpacking trip. Pure misery.
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05/18/11, 06:50 PM
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Yes, I know it. Which is why this is literally the 3rd time EVER that I've been exposed to it.
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05/18/11, 07:04 PM
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I pull out poison ivy with my bare hands. As long as I don't come in contact with the sap I am just fine. The sap will cause some slight blistering but doesn't itch unless I run warm water over it. Always dries up in a couple days. But if someone is burning poison ivy and I get into the smoke I have problems. Some swelling, red skin, little bitty blisters all over. I had it all over my face the first time I got it, didn't itch but I looked horrible. A neighbor took one look at me and said she felt so sorry for me. I asked why, she said "that poison ivy rash all over your face". Oh, so that's what it is. The only time it bothered me was when the skin started peeling, then it itched like crazy.
Dh OTOH looks at it and breaks out. What's really bad is if I don't get all the oil off my hands and I touch him he breaks out.
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