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Divine Geek · Guru

Too Early Tuesday

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Good morning. I've never had exposure to poison ivy. I'm not even sure I'd recognize it. One more wake up and I have a 4 day weekend!

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Southern_Belle wrote:
Good morning. I've never had exposure to poison ivy. I'm not even sure I'd recognize it. One more wake up and I have a 4 day weekend!

Hope the weather cooperates!

flan

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Please keep Czech in your prayers.

flan

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

flan327 wrote:
Please keep Czech in your prayers.

flan

Oh no! I hope its nothing serious.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

DG, it can takes weeks for all the itchy patches to appear. Get calamine lotion and take an antihistamine.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Going in to work late. I have an app't this morning so I get to be lazy for another hour or so.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
flan327 wrote:
Please keep Czech in your prayers.

flan
Oh no! I hope its nothing serious.

It's her father.

flan

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Morning.

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
DG, it can takes weeks for all the itchy patches to appear. Get calamine lotion and take an antihistamine.

I've got hydrocortisone cream. And I take an antihistamine daily already. I have a regularly scheduled doctors appointment on thursday. I'll make sure to mention it. I'm really not overly sensitive to it. This is only the third time in my life I'be had it and it's all over the place in the woods here. My mom is super sensitive. She ends up with it at least once a year - usually from just looking in the plant's direction lol. When we weren't sure what it was, mom said she hoped it wasn't poison ivy. I said well, if it is, better that it's me over here instead of you!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I wasn't allergic to it, either, until I was. Light contact would do nothing - but since my very bad experience with it - I can look at it and break out. Bad news is - once you've had the reaction once, you'll always have it, now.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Speaking of itching, my appointment this morning is with my dermatologist. My outer ears have been itchy for weeks, the tops of them. Today the itchiness has spread, no patches though. Weird.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

You guys are making ME itch...

flan

Tinydancer · Guru

Good morning everyone. It's supposed to clear up and be nice by noon time. Finally really starting to feel like spring around here.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Game of Thrones, Season 4 is waiting for me at the library...MM, I can't wait to get started!

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Good morning, Good Geeks.

Raining again, here. I think we might see the sun again, tomorrow. (I hope so.)

Czech and her family, are in my prayers.

Try to have a good Tuesday, everyone.

FNW · Guru

We get poison ivy in our yard at times. There are sprays for it. I hiked through poison oak years ago with my ex. He got the rash, I didn't.

Prayers for Czech.

Today is my work from home day. Went downstairs and got a text from my boss that due to an all hands meeting, telework for today is revoked. Carp. Anyway, I'm excused this time since I was out yesterday and was mixed up on the meeting dates. (They changed the date a couple times). I guess I need to check my calendar more often.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

FWM, did you catch last night's Castle? I just started it.

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

flan327 wrote:
FWM, did you catch last night's Castle? I just started it.

flan

Oh heck, flan. I forgot all about it. cry

I will watch it this afternoon. Is it the final episode for this season?

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
flan327 wrote:
FWM, did you catch last night's Castle? I just started it.

flan
Oh heck, flan. I forgot all about it.
I will watch it this afternoon. Is it the final episode for this season?

I don't think so. I saw photos from another episode.

flan

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

Roger that. Thanks for the info.

I'll probably watch it this afternoon. smile

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
Roger that. Thanks for the info.
I'll probably watch it this afternoon.

I'll probably finish after I get home tonight.

flan

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Morning everyone. Castle is waiting for me when I get home tonight.

Czech you & your family are in my thoughts.

Spring is starting to bloom here. It still gets chilly at night but is very comfortable during the day.

NAOW · Vette's SS

Prayers for you and your family Czech.

Tinydancer · Guru

Prayers to you and your family Czech. You've been in my thoughts since I heard about your dad.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Czech is at the hospital now, with her Dad.

flan

Honeys_Mom · Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

flan327 wrote:
Please keep Czech in your prayers.

flan

She and her dad (and family) are definitely in my prayers.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

He may be heading home tomorrow, with hospice care. I'll pass along everyone's prayers.

flan

p.s. And we're texting, so this is not from PM's.

jlbear71 · Guru

Thoughts and prayers for Czech and family.

Car has been giving me a little trouble so it's in the shop. Which means I am home today instead of work. I'll work tomorrow instead.

I am almost finished with all schoolwork for this semester. I have a peer review for one class (no one else has posted yet) and one assignment (discussion board) for a different class. And three finals which have not been released yet.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Praying for Czech and family.

I've had to turn the heat on the last few mornings. It was 48 at 7 this morning.

It's getting to 70 about 3pm.

NAOW · Vette's SS

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THis is my life right now.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

FWM, I just saw that Stana Katic got married to her BF in a monastery in Croatia.

flan

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

DG, DS got poison ivy. We fought it for about a week with calamine and all that other stuff. It was still itching. DH told me about this stuff called Technu. I bought some yesterday and DS applied it when I bought it and at bedtime. There is a night and day difference. It is almost healed in one night. It's pretty amazing. I will warn you though it's expensive. The bottle of cleanser was $15 and the bottle of spray was $15 too. You wash very thoroughly, pat dry, and spray. So in all it was about $30 but it has given him a lot of relief.

I'll be praying for Czech.

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

flan327 wrote:
FWM, I just saw that Stana Katic got married to her BF in a monastery in Croatia.

flan

I didn't know that! I'll have to google. I don't know who her boyfriend is. wink

Divine Geek · Guru

**knocking on wood**

it really doesn't itch too much. I put hydrocortisone cream on this morning and I just reapplied. There are a few new bumps on my arm, but not many. And my face itched earlier. Now every time I have an itch I'm freaked out its spreading.

If I would have realized it was poison ivy, I would have gone inside and showered right away. But since I waited a few hours, I think that's what did me in. My dads like this too, as long as he showers right after, he doesn't get it.

So my PSA is: that fuzzy vine/branch attacking your tree or fence? Yeah, don't touch that.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Divine Geek wrote:
**knocking on wood**

it really doesn't itch too much. I put hydrocortisone cream on this morning and I just reapplied. There are a few new bumps on my arm, but not many. And my face itched earlier. Now every time I have an itch I'm freaked out its spreading.

If I would have realized it was poison ivy, I would have gone inside and showered right away. But since I waited a few hours, I think that's what did me in. My dads like this too, as long as he showers right after, he doesn't get it.

So my PSA is: that fuzzy vine/branch attacking your tree or fence? Yeah, don't touch that.

LEarned that the hard way. I was crossing over a creek on a fallen tree. I panicked halfway across and sat and straddled the tree. Think horrible poison ivy on the inside of your thighs.

Divine Geek · Guru

Oh geez! That is horrible LL! I was removing some brush that had grown up into the slats of a fence. I had no idea what it was, I just thought it was some normal weed. It wasn't until I was telling my dad about it yesterday that he said it sounded like poison ivy. And I didn't show signs until today. Thanks dad, you couldn't have told me that before I spent an hour fighting with it??

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

I'm glad it's not bad. I wish I'd known about this stuff and had it on hand before DS got the poison ivy. I will definitely be keeping some on hand now.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

Fort Worth Mom wrote:
flan327 wrote:
FWM, I just saw that Stana Katic got married to her BF in a monastery in Croatia.

flan
I didn't know that! I'll have to google. I don't know who her boyfriend is.

She kept quiet about her private life, that's for sure.

flan

jlbear71 · Guru

DH uses Ivarest on poison ivy. He get it every year when he does weeding around the shed. We keep both the cleanser and the lotion on hand.

flan327 · Itty bitty's Grammy

I have never had poison ivy...

flan

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

flan327 wrote:
Fort Worth Mom wrote:
flan327 wrote:
FWM, I just saw that Stana Katic got married to her BF in a monastery in Croatia.

flan
I didn't know that! I'll have to google. I don't know who her boyfriend is.
She kept quiet about her private life, that's for sure.
flan

Crap....I just found out everything got preempted last night with the breaking news in Baltimore. So I most likely missed all or some of Castle in my recording! Damn looters!

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

jlbear71 wrote:
DH uses Ivarest on poison ivy. He get it every year when he does weeding around the shed. We keep both the cleanser and the lotion on hand.

I saw that at the pharmacy too. I never knew about this stuff and DH said to get Technu so I did! lol That had one bottle of this stuff called Zantel? I think that was sixty dollars for one bottle.

jlbear71 · Guru

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
jlbear71 wrote:
DH uses Ivarest on poison ivy. He get it every year when he does weeding around the shed. We keep both the cleanser and the lotion on hand.
I saw that at the pharmacy too. I never knew about this stuff and DH said to get Technu so I did! lol That had one bottle of this stuff called Zantel? I think that was sixty dollars for one bottle.

I only know about Ivarest because DH bought it when he went to CVS. He did not even tell me he had PI again.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

jlbear71 wrote:
Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
jlbear71 wrote:
DH uses Ivarest on poison ivy. He get it every year when he does weeding around the shed. We keep both the cleanser and the lotion on hand.
I saw that at the pharmacy too. I never knew about this stuff and DH said to get Technu so I did! lol That had one bottle of this stuff called Zantel? I think that was sixty dollars for one bottle.
I only know about Ivarest because DH bought it when he went to CVS. He did not even tell me he had PI again.

Thank you for letting me know! Seriously. If I need something and I can't find anything else it's always good to know there's something else that works well!

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I will think healing thoughts for Czech's dad and hope that she has strength.

Flan - get watching GoT !!

Because of my meeting yesterday, I took today off to do laundry, be lazy and cuddle with the dog and it's been amazing.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

Yeah for MM.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Lawyerlady wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
**knocking on wood**

it really doesn't itch too much. I put hydrocortisone cream on this morning and I just reapplied. There are a few new bumps on my arm, but not many. And my face itched earlier. Now every time I have an itch I'm freaked out its spreading.

If I would have realized it was poison ivy, I would have gone inside and showered right away. But since I waited a few hours, I think that's what did me in. My dads like this too, as long as he showers right after, he doesn't get it.

So my PSA is: that fuzzy vine/branch attacking your tree or fence? Yeah, don't touch that.
LEarned that the hard way. I was crossing over a creek on a fallen tree. I panicked halfway across and sat and straddled the tree. Think horrible poison ivy on the inside of your thighs.

Been there done that & had scars for years. I got it from sitting in the woods. It was miserable!

Fort Worth Mom · Mod/Penguin lover/Princess!

And, my day just went into the dumper. I'll put an update in the Break Room.

cry

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:
Yeah for MM.

Thanks. Took a long walk at the nature center and now we are considering a nap before dinner. Well, I am considering it...the dog is already doing it.