I have to tell someone!

Jean · Post by **Jean** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:29 pm

I work with a girl named Katy, who is in her last year of pharmacy school. She went fishing a few weeks ago on the same river I caught my 16 lb. carp. She had to pee, so she went into the woods and wiped with some green leaves. Well, you've probably already guessed that they were poison ivy and apparently she wiped well...the poor girl has been to the emergency room three times for steroid shots! I just had to tell someone since I'm sworn to secrecy at work.

Jean

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:58 pm

Oh, what a NIGHTMARE for her!! I don't blame her for swearing you to secrecy. Poor Katy.

Shirley

annie oakley · Post by **annie oakley** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:49 pm

Yowsa! Man oh man...I feel bad for her...bet she takes TP with her next time. I have had posion Ivy...aint no fun..even in a better place if there's such a thing. Love Oam

CAMary · Post by **CAMary** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:58 pm

Oh my goodness

What a nightmare....I wonder if the hospital staff could keep a straight face when she explained her *ailment*.....

I just got back from camping - and I must say I would "drip dry" before I EVER used foliage as TP.....too risky!

Mary

Post by **tex** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 11:09 pm

Ouch! One would think that the course work in pharmacy school would cover that topic in toxicology studies, at least in a general sense.

I hope this doesn't turn her against fishing.

Tex

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:12 am

Oh! How awful! Every time I get poison ivy, I develop greater respect for it. It is one of the most miserable reactions going. Poor lady.

Love,

Polly

Sally · Post by **Sally** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:52 am

The same thing happened to me when I was 5 or 6. Talk about misery!!! It's a wonder it didn't turn me against all plants and the whole woods thing forever. I am very careful now about where I point my

!!!!

Lots of love and my deepest sympathies to your friend, Jean,

Sally

Tessa · Post by **Tessa** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:20 am

Oh, my goodness... I hope she is better now...

Love,
Tessa.

Peggy · Post by **Peggy** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:21 am

OUCH!!!!

JJ · Post by JJ » Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:16 pm

Ouch...that is terrible.....I think I squated on nettles when I was a kid...and...I had a friend who wiped her mouth with nettles after she was sick in the woods...but....neither of those experiences sound as bad as poison ivy!!!!!!

Jill

Momster · Post by **Momster** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:19 pm

Poor Lady - I feel for her.
I can understand why she doesn't want it known at work, but they must wonder why the trips to emergency.
Hope she feels better soon.

Love - Momster

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