We has three and a half trees knocked down by Hurricane Gustav, and we got an additional three trees removed afterward. The tree guys take all the wood and grind the stumps as part of the deal. But what they do not do is dispose of the stump shavings, leaving it up to me.
So I bought a pitchfork and tossed that shit into the back of my truck. It took me nine loads to dispose of it all. If you're wondering why I didn't use it for mulch, it's because it's too acidic right after it's been cut. So where I dumped it apparently had poison ivy, or as the doctor calls it, dermatological disorder, and I got it really bad.
I haven't had poison ivy since 2000, when I missed a week of work. I had some bumps here and there, but I just figured my immunity was building, which allegedly happens. But this time I got it on my eyes, which swelled to the point where I could hardly see. I remembered rubbing my eyes, which means the the poison ivy was probably not in my yard, but rather where I dumped the shit at the undisclosed location. I suffered badly for three days before I got a steroid shot, after which I not only dominated in volleyball, but didn't sleep for two days. But the rash went away. Thanks for performance enhancing drugs. Would a baseball player get suspended if he got a poison ivy shot?
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Poison ivy supposedly breaks down your immunity and not vice versa. It get worse the older you get and more times you get it.
ReplyDeleteThe steroid shot actually worked? I got some pills one time when I had it really bad and they didn't seem to do shit.
Did the doctor say you had a Schafer rash?
I hope I haven't out grown my immunity to poison ivy. Growing up my buddies and I would party in the woods and they would come home with horrible rashes but I never got anything ever. Also my mom would touch me and get the rash but I got away Scott free every time. I was like a little super hero or something.
ReplyDeleteMartin is the same way.
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