Two weeks ago I noticed that something had fallen in my back yard. It looked like a branch and was sitting on my fence. I decided two weeks ago to cut it down as it was half over the fence, half not.
Turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes I could've made.
I didn't pay a lot of attention to it except that it appeared to be a tree/branch with a lot of branches. I noticed occasionally some "moss" on the trunk but nothing that gave me any clues. I continued to cut it up for about 2 hours. I noticed a few leaves on some of the "branches" but didn't pay a lot of attention to the shape.
Yeah, good job dumbass.
A few days later I started to notice a few red bumps on my right arm. I dismissed them but noticed that they were somewhat itchy. This went on for a few days and began to spread. Finally I decided to do some searching on google. That's when I discovered the "tree" was really a poison ivy aerial root that had fallen over.
Crap.
For the last week or so, I've been going between Benadryl, cortizone, Tecnu, and other products. So far they've been ok, but the rashes have spread and aren't really slowing down. My wife thinks I should see a doctor since I had that much exposure. I'm holding out, but I may end up losing this war.
The worst part is there are still remenents of the vine that fell down and there are still active leaves on it. I need to get some herbicide on them and get rid of that effing root.
Yeah, poison ivy sucks.
Turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes I could've made.
I didn't pay a lot of attention to it except that it appeared to be a tree/branch with a lot of branches. I noticed occasionally some "moss" on the trunk but nothing that gave me any clues. I continued to cut it up for about 2 hours. I noticed a few leaves on some of the "branches" but didn't pay a lot of attention to the shape.
Yeah, good job dumbass.
A few days later I started to notice a few red bumps on my right arm. I dismissed them but noticed that they were somewhat itchy. This went on for a few days and began to spread. Finally I decided to do some searching on google. That's when I discovered the "tree" was really a poison ivy aerial root that had fallen over.
Crap.
For the last week or so, I've been going between Benadryl, cortizone, Tecnu, and other products. So far they've been ok, but the rashes have spread and aren't really slowing down. My wife thinks I should see a doctor since I had that much exposure. I'm holding out, but I may end up losing this war.
The worst part is there are still remenents of the vine that fell down and there are still active leaves on it. I need to get some herbicide on them and get rid of that effing root.
Yeah, poison ivy sucks.
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