For years I have played golf and rummaged through fields and forests full of poison ivy looking for my lost golf ball or just being a ball hawk and have never gotten poison ivy Well over 2 weeks ago I was trimming my yard with my power trimmer and came across a 1 foot poison ivy plant . So I use my weed whacker and whacked that weed. The problem was that I whacked only the leaves and bark off. So I bend over and start yanking on this bare stem . The stem was all slimy and slippery to the point that I could not get a good grip on it. I decided to give up and finish trimming. I went in and took a shower and went to bed I was a little itchy but ok.
Five days go buy I start to break out in rash so I go to the Urgent Health Care place and find out that I have a systemic reaction to the poison ivy. Get a shot and a prescription, which I follow, finish and feel better. A couple of days goes by and I start to get the rash again. I go back to the health care place. I am told that I am having a sever reaction to the poison ivy, another shot and prescription.
Moral to the story: If you come across a Poison Ivy Plant that you want to get rid of, buy surgical gloves (which you will put on three pairs on each hand) and a sharp hand trimmer. Trim the plant, put it in a trash bag by itself with the gloves and trimmer and throw it away.
Five days go buy I start to break out in rash so I go to the Urgent Health Care place and find out that I have a systemic reaction to the poison ivy. Get a shot and a prescription, which I follow, finish and feel better. A couple of days goes by and I start to get the rash again. I go back to the health care place. I am told that I am having a sever reaction to the poison ivy, another shot and prescription.
Moral to the story: If you come across a Poison Ivy Plant that you want to get rid of, buy surgical gloves (which you will put on three pairs on each hand) and a sharp hand trimmer. Trim the plant, put it in a trash bag by itself with the gloves and trimmer and throw it away.