Comments on: On Getting Over Poison Ivy [or, Mind Over Plant Matter]

By: ChickiePam

ChickiePam — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:27:45 +0000

I am a charter member of the PI club. However, it’s been much better the past few years. I’ve used Chines Medicine – acupuncture and herbs – as well as making friends with the PI. It’s worked for me.

My Rinnie has been given a diagnosis and we were just talking about how sad she feels that she can’t hang out with her friends this summer (not a good thing for a teenager!) because she is in the midst of the healing process. She’s spent her summer so far in doctor’s office and the hospital. She was hurting and feeling itchy. We were stretched out across her bed talking. I just came back to the computer to finish up reading your blog and shut things down for the night, so I just went back and shared with her your “My body knows exactly what to do”. Perfect. Thank you. The perfect thing always comes to us. This was one of those well timed moments.
Pam

By: John

John — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:59:26 +0000

Made me weep.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:50:10 +0000

I am not a part of the PI club. I only got it once in my life and that was in a sweat logdge. Someone else in the lodge had entered to clear their PI and I didn’t know it and he ended up giving it to the rest of us. Go figure.

However, what worked for me was Colloidal Silver. I put it in a little spray bottle and just kept spraying it as oftern as needed and in a few days it was all gone.

By: Jannie Sue

Jannie Sue — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:02:16 +0000

With mosquitoes if you can keep from scratching for the first 3 minutes you’re home-free.

By: pati

pati — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:13:25 +0000

Hi all,

When I neared the bottom of your story, I was holding my breath. Thank you for sharing your positive post, Christine.

Pati

By: Mindful Mimi

Mindful Mimi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:41:02 +0000

Never had poison ivy but I feel with you having had many skin allergies and the likes. I do agree that the body does know what to do. When I run I get this tired feeling in the legs when I think it gets too hard. But I switch my mind (and my wanting to stop thoughts) off for just a while and suddenly the body is taking over and just runs and it becomes fun even.
Now mosquitoes is a different alley alltogether I attract them unless someone with more ’sugary’ blood (i.e. my husband) is with me. So while travelling I stick as close as possible to him. I suggest you find a sugary blood person too

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:29:45 +0000

m – i do indeed! (and I’d recommend cutting out any “hot” foods or heat inducing food too!)

By: m

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:43:01 +0000

hey do you think this will work for stress induced excema on feet ?!

m:)

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:53:26 +0000

Great, and since this post I’ve really started noticing the mosquito bite on my foot. I’ve also learned how to spell mosquito.

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:17:58 +0000

It just occurred to me that the mosquito battle to out story your story might be similar to the poison ivy battle.

Reading Emily’s post above, where she talked about the number of mosquitoes in Minnesota, I immediately got defensive and thought, “You have obviously never been to eastern North Carolina. Our mosquitoes are bigger and badder than your mosquitoes, they carry away small dogs and children, and they drink beer and smoke cigarettes, THAT’S how bad our mosquitoes are.”