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Cure Wanted |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines 
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Cure Wanted I'm not quite sure just when or how or why I'm made to suffer. You'd think that I have had enough and should be slightly tougher. With an itch itch here and an itch itch there I'm creamed and powder dusted. I wonder if I need repent or just am maladjusted. I have this lovely garden though the weeds this year are much. I think I pulled those three leaf ones when those I should not touch. So now I cannot where a shoe, on one foot I am nude, blister covered, oozing out. I hate to be so crude... Does any poet know a cure a tip or two, solution? It's getting on my nerves so bad this poison's distribution. I've tried it all, Aveeno baths, the hottest water ever, Gold Bond powder, clorox bleach, a Calamine endeavour. Still it clings to top of foot and multiplies wherever. I guess I must go bathe again, this itch to lose... whenever. M "Love is not blind - It sees more and not less, but because it sees more, it is willing to see less." |
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Krishankins
since 2002-06-23
Posts 972Texas |
This is a delightful way to put discomfort into words. I hope you find the cure you are in need of to rid yourself of this annoyance. I hate those three-leafed demons. I wish I could help, but the only thing I could recommend is keeping it REALLY dry. A bird never flies so high that it can't hit the ground |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
thanks..*s I have looked up every solution on the net..and am working my way down the list...the itch can be stopped with the hottest water bath you can stand...it feels so good when doing it..almost an itch that is beyond pain.. about this shy of pleasure ( read that it makes the histamines escape) and then I have about 3 hrs relief...but I just want it to be done with already. I have had it over a week... sighing M |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Calamine?.....There are some good poison ivy, oak, sumac meds out there....if all else fails...getta Toerag.... |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I think I have been using a toerag...you don't happen to have a foot fetish do you??? *s If you have the rag, I have the foot. you are making me think of weird sayings like...have foot will rag and I have no idea what it is supposed to mean  Thanks..I have tried all those creams..and clear lotions...guess it has to run its course M |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
nothing like an itch that you can't get rid of. However I can't offer anything but tea and sympathy. Have you tried vinegar? that takes the itch out of sunburn. Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I have tried alcohol and that doesn't even help...my friends who have stopped by say they haven't seen such a bad case in ages..at least the huge blistering is done..they all connected into a large blister...I guess because it was right where the tongue of my shoe is, it rubbed before I knew it was poison ivy... I just tried the vinegar. I smell pickled now  M [This message has been edited by nakdthoughts (07-22-2002 10:45 AM).] |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Native Americans have used the crushed leaves and stem juice of JEWELWEED to relieve the effects of poison ivy since .... well since they found it I guess. It also will help with insect bites and eczema. Try it on a little spot first to make sure you are not allergic and if it helps....then relief is on it's way. Very common and easy to find. Good Luck |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
don't know any poison ivy cures as I do not break out from it but I know a good peom when i see one and this one is great - I also hope you find a way to get some relief - Paul |
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