Yet another reason I hate summer...

msarro

BLAH!
Atm about half my body is covered in poison ivy, and the other half is covered in prickley heat. Can't it be winter again? please??

:sad:

msarro

BLAH!
Atm about half my body is covered in poison ivy, and the other half is covered in prickley heat. Can't it be winter again? please??

:sad:

lisabeavers

i did that last summer, it was HORRIBLE!!!!!!! go to the pharmacy at walmart and ask them for the Ivy Dry. they keep it behind the counter. its a spray bottle. Its about $8 a bottle i think. I had it over 3/4 of my body and it is the ONLY stuff that helped. I think i went through 3 bottles, but it worked!!!!!

msarro

I wish I could, but this month I've only got a 35$/week budget for food and gas.. so... for now i'm going to take vitamins and wait for my immune system to kick in. The hard part is going to be not scratching

ali106

I wish I could, but this month I've only got a 35$/week budget for food and gas.. so... for now i'm going to take vitamins and wait for my immune system to kick in. The hard part is going to be not scratching

ugh! hugs and hope you feel better soon...my little guy has that dreadful prickly heat too...his back and chest....I keep giving him cool showers, and calamine lotion if he lets me lol...and corn starch baby powder to try and dry it up....anyway...lets not wish for winter just yet...how about longer and more REAL springs or even Falls....I'm not ready for that winter again LOL....

hugs and no scratching!!
Ali :flowerforyou:

GravyGurl

awwwww sorry to hear ur feeling miserable. Hope you get some relief soon from ur poison ivy and the heat. It's not been too bad here for the heat yet. We did have one day where it was 80 but then the rain moved in and it's been cooler.

msarro

Its been over 90 degrees with 90% humidity or higher since saturday morning. Its disgusting here... i have been jumping into ice cold showers every couple hours just to keep cool.
Bleh!

Koozy81

maybe this is a dumb question, what is prickly heat? Im from NV and Ive never heard of it?

auntkaren

I wish I could, but this month I've only got a 35$/week budget for food and gas.. so... for now i'm going to take vitamins and wait for my immune system to kick in. The hard part is going to be not scratching

ugh! hugs and hope you feel better soon...my little guy has that dreadful prickly heat too...his back and chest....I keep giving him cool showers, and calamine lotion if he lets me lol...and corn starch baby powder to try and dry it up....anyway...lets not wish for winter just yet...how about longer and more REAL springs or even Falls....I'm not ready for that winter again LOL....

hugs and no scratching!!
Ali :flowerforyou:

She has mentioned everything I could think of for advice as well. I would hug you but I might get it to:laugh: But know I am thinking of you.:flowerforyou:

Shannon023

Its been over 90 degrees with 90% humidity or higher since saturday morning. Its disgusting here... i have been jumping into ice cold showers every couple hours just to keep cool.
Bleh!

Might be time to move to a cooler climate. :flowerforyou:

I summer.

pmkelly409

Its been over 90 degrees with 90% humidity or higher since saturday morning. Its disgusting here... i have been jumping into ice cold showers every couple hours just to keep cool.
Bleh!

Might be time to move to a cooler climate. :flowerforyou:

I summer.

Its a love/hate relationship....we have to deal with this ridiculous humidity for the next 90 days....
But we HATE your winters!!

pmkelly409

I wish I could, but this month I've only got a 35$/week budget for food and gas.. so... for now i'm going to take vitamins and wait for my immune system to kick in. The hard part is going to be not scratching

Seriously, you need something! Email me your address, I am going to mail you the stuff!!! I live next door in Maryland and you will have it in two days!! Seriously!! I have suffered through the same and it is no fun!! and it doesn't go away in a day or two!! email me! I am off to CVS!

Healthier_Me

How's the poison ivy M?

Apply a cool, wet compress to relieve the itching. Add ground oatmeal or baking soda to your bathwater to ease the discomfort, or make a paste with either of these ingredients (mixed with a small amount of water) and apply it directly to the rash. Leave the rash open to the air to help it heal. Consider using a lotion with ingredients that dry up blisters and speed healing, such as calamine, alcohol, and zinc acetate. Don’t break the blisters as this may cause infection. If you are extremely uncomfortable, talk to your doctor about taking an oral antihistamine to relieve the itch but avoid the topical variety—they are not as effective and may cause a rash of their own.

msarro

Well, the poison has shrunk down everywhere except my left forearm, which i can pretty much ignore. Luckily we had a huge thunderstorm last night which broke the heat, and my prickley heat went away almost overnight.

For now I just have the poison covered with bandages so I can't scratch at it. I would have sworn I wasn't allergic to the stuff anymore! Bleh!

Healthier_Me

ugh... atleast you got some sort of relief:ohwell:

No scratching!!