One thing I wish my mom had taught me
...was about all plants that are known for giving intense, burning, itching rashes. Now, she did teach us all about the lovely Pacific Poison Oak, and it taught us all about it's ability to breakout our skin in huge blisters that ooze slimy liquid. But, we never learned about Poison Ivy (and its various forms).
Now...I am paying the price. Let me take you back first to the impressionable years of my childhood. While we were young and growing my mom taught us girls all about the "squat", and how it never hurt anyone as long as we did not share our bare bottms to the world, and used flat, broad green leaf plants to wipe our rears. If we decided not, or could not, drip-dry.
To give credit where credit is due, my mom did tell us the story about our grandmother (her mom) not knowing what Poison Ivy was and using it as toilet paper and how it got so bad she had to go the the hospital for a steroid shot. I remember us girls would groan in sympathatic understanding, but I do not remember ever being shown this evil plant.
Guess what everyone? The Poison Ivy vine leaf is flat, broad and green.
Where was I? you wonder. Running along the river of course. :)
POST NOTE (6-21):
I had to go the doc and get steroids. You can not imagine...
posted by liveasyouchoose @ 7:00 PM
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2 Comments:
ohh, that sucks ass...and your on the..wait this is PUBLIC! er nevermind. Im sorry Liz, cant wait for you to come, im SOO excited to Noah and Cameron on the river
flat, broad and green? if it didn't have 3 points, it wasn't poison oak. there are other nasty monster plants out there. my sympathy however. oatmeal and baking soda baths, cool water will help. don't have to get the expensive oatmeal baths- just whirr some oatmeal in a blender first and then add to running water.
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