I thought it was bad having it just around my ankles.

after she went to the clinic, which was already booked for the day.

People need to be constantly reminded what is happening to the healthcare workers, and other persons needing treatment as a result of unnecessary covid transmission.

It will have a negative effect on our healthcare workforce for many years. We must help them by protecting ourselves and our communities.

I've been having some aches and pains myself, but I hope that I don't have to go back to the hospital or an ER for a long time.

Had to go to urgent care this week myself after a fall. (Got two black eyes from it, so I am hiding now.) I was impressed at their precautions.

They have a separate unit for Covid testing and symptoms - completely isolated from the rest of the medical center. I still took extreme precautions.

for those w/ somewhat wilder yards, overgrown yards/edges of yards, etc. bordering damp areas. Don't even try to burn out these things either as the smoke from these burning plants will still cause to break out.

When I was growing up, I caught Poison Ivy/Oak/Sumac literally every week, had to take shots and medication to build up my immunity to it (a weekly routine, the shots weren't fun either). Getting it on your face is not fun. Now, I still can catch, but it remains for the most part, localized on my body (e.g., hands/arms) and does not spread (as rapidly). Of course keep the calamine lotion handy too. I've never tried the Cortizone stuff so no advice here...of course the rest of my family could literally wallow in the stuff, and never catch it/the 'itch' (don't do this!).

Similar to this story, I had just moved into an old house, and spent all day pulling vines and roots out of a garden bed. Turned out to be poison ivy roots and vines. Absolutely miserable experience. The scabs were all over my arms, neck and face, and looked disgusting. I felt embarrassed to go to any stores because people were staring at me, probably wondering what disease I had.

After that, I kept a supply of Ivarest poison ivy soap in the kitchen. Later I learned that just plain soap and water, if applied soon after contact, can wash it off. I became a fanatical hand/arm washing when gardening and managed to avoid any other problems with it.

state park (in central Missouri), and stand in the spring without a wader, the water would literally drown the rash out, but it sure was awful damn cold! Ha ha!

Keep the baking soda (you know, the yellow box of stuff, Arm and Hammer) handy, pour it into your bathtub when you get poison A, B, or C. Soak in it for a while, it does help w/ the itching and prevents it from spreading to other parts of your body.

I did not know the fact that Ivarest was just soap and water, so thank you for this tidbit of news.

I used to make a paste too, of baking soda and a little water, dab on thickly onto patches of itchy areas/rash-infected areas, let stand/cover w/ a gauze loosely, it seemed to help too.

Technu is the soap, and it deactivates the poison. Ivarest is for symptom relief.

which sometimes has a little sting to it when you use...