Comments on: A Pretty Color But…

By: Barb Simon

Barb Simon — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:08:05 +0000

Ketchup! I saved myself after a serious exposure by first using hand sanitizer, then following up with ketchup! and it worked! I wasn’t anywhere near home and a steakhouse was our next stop, so that’s what I did and it worked.

By: John P. English

John P. English — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:10:27 +0000

Tecnu is the stuff that Scouts have found really helps, Rob.
http://www.teclabsinc.com/store/poison-oak-ivy
Available at most retail pharmacies.

By: Rob Protz

Rob Protz — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:20:31 +0000

I got into some a little bit doing cleanup work with Paddle Without Pollution in Tarentum yesterday (the stuff along the mouth of Bull Creek). And I can get it pretty bad, but so far so good, no reaction. Of course I was wet with river water, so that probably helped, but I don’t like to tempt fate, because the last few times I’ve gotten into PI, my face swelled up.

By: John P. English

John P. English — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:12:24 +0000

I’m also immune but cautious. I’ve been told that the immunity can go at anytime. Whenever I suspect that I may have come a bit too close, I wipe my hands with jewelweed leaves (if available) just to be on the safe side.

By: Alan G

Alan G — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:09:10 +0000

Fortunately I was blessed with an apparent immunity to the dreaded plant. In fact, a few summers ago I cleaned out an infestation in my next-door neighbors yard because they were afraid to go near it and were just letting it grow uncontrollably. Still waiting to be thanked for that good deed by the way!!

I am, however, much more cautious now that I have gotten to be in my seventies. I think us older folks sometimes may be tempting fate when we think we are still twenty and indestructible …