My father was immune to poison ivy and poison sumac. He literally pulled it out with his bare hands. If I touched it, I would get a little right at the contact spot, but it would not spread. My mother would get serious cases of poison ivy without any contact, if any of it was disturbed near her.
My father and I spent most of our spare time one summer cleaning the poison ivy out of a new girl scout camp. My mother (who was on the regional Girl Scout council) would have us take all our clothes off and wash them outdoors with yellow soap before we brought them into the house. We would shower and change at my aunt's home to avoid infecting my mother. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:21 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh dear.. thats awfuL! > > No, of course I assume I"m NOT immune - but it is quite remarkable I've > never gotten even the slightest bit of it, given all the trapsing around in > > the woods I've done... I know of several occasions where I did brush > against itaccidentally and nothing happened.. but of course that could > change > > over the years too, I guess. squirrel grass out west got me once. > > ann > > > On 9/5/2016 8:04 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > >> Ann, glad you liked the photo. >> >> I had never had poison ivy (though I know I was exposed to it) until >> about 10 years ago. There was a large patch of it by the front door of >> a vacation cottage we rented, so I got thick rubber gloves and a >> disposable body suit and pulled it all out. OOPS! The rubber gloves >> were latex, and urushiol (poison ivy oil) waltzes right through latex >> (I learned later). A week later I was covered, head to foot, in a >> weeping itchy rash; it took a week of prednisone for it to clear up. >> >> So, don't assume you're immune--you might not have had an adequate >> exposure! >> >> Best to stem your curiosity and leave it alone, though. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rick >> http://photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:54 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I clicked on the shot before reading anything you wrote below - and >>> chuckled >>> at your subject line.. >>> >>> Happily, I've never gotten it - can't imagine that I always saw it in >>> time >>> to step aside... maybe I had some when >>> a child and developed immunity... it -is- pretty. >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> On 9/5/2016 9:46 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >>> >>>> I was intrigued by the colors and textures along a back road in New >>>> Hampshire. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18280901&size=lg >>>> >>>> (K-5, DA 16-45) >>>> >>>> The lovely foliage above the wall is all poison ivy. >>>> >>>> It was rash of me, I know. >>>> >>>> Comments (and more puns) appreciated. >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
