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Post by janet on May 26, 2015 17:19:19 GMT
Wear long pants and long sleeves when you're putting down mulch. Otherwise, it's possible that some poison ivy got ground up in the mulch (apparently it grows near cedars?) and you will get it ALL.OVER.YOU. And you'll wind up in the ER on a holiday weekend and be put on 3 different meds!
No clue this was even possible, but it also happened to a couple friends of mine - as I found out AFTERWARD when moaning on Facebook about it. So here is my PSA to you. Cover up and shower after!
Signed, Itchy In Chicago
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 17:20:09 GMT
Oh no, that sounds awful! I hope you'll feel better soon.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 17:20:39 GMT
I was once covered with it from shifting a load of delivered firewood. My sympathies for your itching -- hope it clears up quickly.
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Post by FLA SummerBaby on May 26, 2015 17:21:43 GMT
That sounds miserable. Hope you are feeling better soon. Thanks for the PSA.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 26, 2015 17:22:23 GMT
Oh gosh.
That would have never crossed my mind as a possibility.
Was it mulch you bought in bags, or from a local free mulch pile?
If it was bought, I'd want my money back.
I hope you feel better soon.
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Post by georgiapea on May 26, 2015 17:22:27 GMT
That's dreadful. I'm highly sensitive to plant poison too and would be a big mess if I contacted that particular mulch. I don't suppose the situation is 'recall' worthy?
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Post by scrappert on May 26, 2015 17:22:57 GMT
Oh boy!! Hope you are doing better today. I will make a note of that, certainly don't want that to happen!
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Post by KikiPea on May 26, 2015 17:23:55 GMT
Yikes! I have never heard of that! So sorry you were miserable. Hope you are feeling better now.
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Post by janet on May 26, 2015 17:30:22 GMT
It was in bags at the grocery store and I wish I had some way to prove that is what happened. I may give them a piece of my mind anyway. my left forearm, where it all started, looks BURNED. It's horrible.
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Post by BoilerUp! on May 26, 2015 17:31:38 GMT
That sounds terrible! I'm sorry that your weekend was ruined by Poison Ivy - That is no fun, on a side note - I bet your flower beds look amazing!
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Post by Basket1lady on May 26, 2015 17:46:47 GMT
Oh my gosh! That sounds horrible!
We just did our mulch this weekend. Luckily, we are all good. DH is horribly allergic to the stuff. I hope you feel better soon.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 17:50:53 GMT
I am sorry! That sounds dreadful. Where I live we don't have poison ivy, poisonous snakes, fire ants or skunks (if you smell skunk it is just someone smoking BC Bud). Poison ivy scares the sh!t out of me. There was lots of it near my Granny's cottage on Lake Winnipeg and I never wanted to go outside because she always wanted us to stay away from it. To this day it still scares me. Hope you feel better soon and the meds work quickly.
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Post by anniebeth24 on May 26, 2015 17:51:03 GMT
Itching for you from many miles away! Hope you heal quickly.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 17:55:14 GMT
I'm so sorry this happened. Thanks for the PSA and feel better soon!
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Post by originalvanillabean on May 26, 2015 17:56:36 GMT
Oh no! Thanks for warning us and sorry your weekend turned into a crummy one.
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on May 26, 2015 18:03:21 GMT
Oh no, that's horrible! I never knew it could be ground up in the mulch!!! DD#2 had a really bad reaction to poison ivy a few weeks ago, so thanks for the PSA!!
Hope your itchy's go away ASAP! One trick that helped DD sleep was putting on hydrocortisone cream, then lots of calamine lotion, then wrapping her arms with an ace bandage when she was going to bed, so she didn't itch so bad in her sleep!
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Post by coffeetalk on May 26, 2015 18:06:26 GMT
Thank you for the PSA, and I hope you feel better soon. I will pass this info on to my DH who is in the process of mulching our flowerbeds. How long until the rash heals/clears?
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Post by blondiec47 on May 26, 2015 18:28:07 GMT
Wow thanks for the PSA--we did out mulch over the weekend and we are all good, but I will note this for the future
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Post by Sue on May 26, 2015 18:29:31 GMT
You poor thing! So sorry this happened to you but thanks for the PSA warning the rest of us. Sorry you had to find out the hard way.
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Post by valleyview on May 26, 2015 18:30:06 GMT
Thanks for the warning. We have lots poison ivy around, but I would never have thought of mulch having it.
I sure hope you're better. Did you need a shot? To add to you PSA - Zanfel is a great treatment/prevention rub for poison ivy. It's pricey, but really works on both itch and rash.
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Post by janet on May 26, 2015 18:50:05 GMT
No shot. Steroids, antibiotics and steroid cream plus OTC antihistamines. Blech.
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Post by sharlag on May 26, 2015 18:56:39 GMT
I'd be SO SCREWED if that happened to me! I'm super sensitive to the stuff. I wonder if you can wash it down (the installed mulch) with lots of water to reduce the possibility of airborne stuff bothering you. And now, you can't really mess around in your mulched areas to weed or plant, can you? Bummer!
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Post by purplebee on May 26, 2015 18:56:59 GMT
Oh Lordy, I'd rather go through labor and delivery again than a bad case of PI! Been down that road before and it was absolutely awful! Hugs to you and non-itching vibes sent your way.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 26, 2015 19:00:00 GMT
that is horrible!! And I'm with Sharla, in wondering whether it will dissipate over time, or do you have to be careful of your mulch all season long, now? I know I'd probably forget at some point when I was weeding or taking care of the plants.
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Post by hdoublej on May 26, 2015 19:00:43 GMT
That's terrible! I never thought about getting it that way. I hope you feel better quickly!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 19:02:37 GMT
No shot. Steroids, antibiotics and steroid cream plus OTC antihistamines. Blech. Oh boy, I've been there. Good thing is that the steroids will really help. Just make sure you follow the directions exactly. I was told that if you stop them too soon, the rash can pop back up. Blech, poison ivy is really miserable.
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Post by lindas on May 26, 2015 19:13:02 GMT
You never want to burn the stuff or be around anyplace where it may be burning. You can inhale the poison from the smoke fumes. Even dead poison ivy is still toxic.
Hope you feel better soon, having poison ivy is the absolute worse especially in hot weather.
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Post by Peamac on May 26, 2015 19:18:56 GMT
Oh dear! I had no idea either! My mom used to get poison ivy just thinking about it. Once she got it in the dead of winter (in PA) b/c some of the firewood had dried out poison ivy on it.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 19:35:36 GMT
You never want to burn the stuff or be around anyplace where it may be burning. You can inhale the poison from the smoke fumes. Even dead poison ivy is still toxic. Hope you feel better soon, having poison ivy is the absolute worse especially in hot weather. I knew I hated that stuff! Yikes!
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Post by oldcrow on May 26, 2015 19:43:02 GMT
Sounds like a perfectly good excuse for not mulching. I shall strike it off my to do list thank you.
Hope this resolves quickly.
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