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kassidy62 ([personal profile] kassidy62) wrote2009-05-23 12:30 am
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I have poison ivy. ON MY FACE. Around my nostrils. Heading towards soft tissue (shriek)!
They gave me 12 days of Prednisone and my brain is leaking out of my ears.
Earlier I posted a thing where you can ask to see anything on my desktop. Cass asked if I'm being an exhibitionist. The answer is YES.
I know I'm not around much, but if you have anything you feel like asking, if you have an urge or want to see something, ask. I'll PROBABLY do it. 
If not, maybe I'm saved because I am roid raging and cannot TRUST MYSELF.
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[identity profile] mara-snh.livejournal.com 2009-05-23 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Kass, poor baby! I had exactly the same thing a few years ago, from burning brush to which someone had added fresh poison ivy, without my knowledge. It took two courses of prednisone to clear it up; don't be surprised if it takes you that long. For faster-acting relief, I used a product called Zanfel that you can buy in the drug store -- it's pretty expensive, like about $35, but it really, really works. I can't recommend it highly enough. Sometimes you have to ask the pharmacist for it because it has a tendency to walk off the shelves all by itself at this time of year, if you get my drift.

Sending you all kinds of comforting energy.

[identity profile] kassidy62.livejournal.com 2009-05-23 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you SO MUCH. I don't care if if costs $35 (well I do but, but desperate times).

[identity profile] mara-snh.livejournal.com 2009-05-23 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The sooner you get started with the Zanfel, the better. It really is amazing stuff. Also, your doctor might be able to provide some kind of numbing cream. Good luck, baby!
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[personal profile] hardboiledbaby 2009-05-23 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that sucks. I've never had poison ivy, but I know what it's like to be uncontrollably itchy. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. *gah*
I don't know if this will work for you, since it's on your face, but hot water (like in the shower, as hot as you can stand, for as long as you can stand) might give you some relief. Something about drawing the histamines out of the skin ... it'll itch as you're doing it, but it'll feel better afterwards, and it lasts a while. For me, it lasted longer than the Rx steroid cream. Kept me from going completely apeshit when I was having radiation treatment.
Hang in there, sweetie.

[identity profile] kassidy62.livejournal.com 2009-05-25 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's getting more bearable - thanks for the advice! It's just very slow. I feel a little silly complaining after reading you had radiation treatment.

I've seen some of your posts around at three of the same fandoms I've loved, you know that?
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[personal profile] hardboiledbaby 2009-05-25 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
No need to feel silly. From what I've heard, poison ivy is nasty stuff. And on your face? *shudders* Must be miserable. I'm sure it feels like it's taking forever, but hopefully it gets easier as it goes.

Three fandoms, huh? Kewl. Great minds, and all that ;)
Lessee, I know S&H and ASJ, for sure. The only other one I've really been writing in is Nero Wolfe--do you follow that too? Callisto is trying to suck me into SPN, but I've only just started watching the eps. Jensen Ackles--yum.

BTW, have I told you how much I admired "Blood on the Sun"? If not, shame on me. So dark and powerful, that one stayed with me for a long time.
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