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Thanks Epi. I will share some other wonderful moments of my childhood and 20 something years that stand out and give me pause to think of again with such wonderment:

1) The first kiss I ever received at age 12 while playing "Spin the Bottle" at my girlfriends birthday party. Wow, I almost passed out in shock!! The boy probably did too!! It was a truth or dare type of spin the bottle game. It was a quick peck type of a kiss but I saw stars.

2) Capturing lightning bugs and putting them in a jar and walking at night as if with a night light.

3)Catching gorgeous butterfliles with a butterfly net in the bright sun.

4)Walking my 2 dogs at night in a park on a path that millions of lightning bugs were fluttering on. I thought I was walking through millions of little Tinkerbells in a Peter Pan scenario in another dimension or time. They landed on clothing, in my hair on my dogs, on other people walking, on tree and bush leaves all around me and lit up everything around. It was magical and I have never seen that happen again with future walks at that time of year. (must have been a banner year for those fireflies)


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The season is autumn. I can fondly remember many years tight rope type walking across the white fence in our front yard over to the big maple tree, and grabbing the thick rope I had put up. I would take a running leap off the fence and swing wide around the tree and let go just in time to slide right into the giagantic wide pile of mutlicolored red, orange and rust colored cool leaves that I stacked so high.
I must have done this over a 1000x throughout my childhood every year. I'd do it all over again even now at my age if the right stack of leaves were there and the rope setting was right.
Such freedom of flight and fantasy for a kid!



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[b]I'LL GIVE THIS A TRY!![/b

QUESTION: What is greater than?
ANSWER: More than

QUESTION: What is more evil than the devil?
ANSWER: Rich people or 2 or more devils

QUESTION: What do rich people need more of?
ANSWER: Poor people to take advantage of

QUESTION: What do poor people have?
ANSWER: Too many more rich people taking advantage of them

QUESTION: And if you eat, you will die!!
ANSWER: No matter if you are rich or poor, you die anyway. Everyone has to eat to live for some period of time. So if you eat, you are bound to die eventually anyway. Bon appetit!! Enjoy the food while you are here and watch out for the devils temptations.



Never heard this one before but it certainly makes one think rather abstractly. Perhaps grade school kids see the world differently than us adults.




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Since I love to cook, read my profile for the perfect recipe. I was very specific. I have found that perfect recipe and the rest of the ingredients with Miked56. Just spell out what your favorite ingredients are and you will find the perfect recipe of life with the special guy who is looking for you, to complete his recipe.
He is everything my recipe called for.


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Hi everyone!!

Awhile back, I saw someone post a website on Connecting Singles that listed pictures of scammers and also how some of them write to us.
I would appreciate that listing again and any other sites you might know of. I'm still getting some of the scammers that write me.




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Wild garlic is great. Wild ramps are also very tasty and healthy, albeit very strong smelling. They are very popular in West Virginia. Went to some festivals called "ramp feeds."

You may want to try several Gas-X tabs that you can find in a pharmacy. Beano works great if you take it just before you start eating the garlic.


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I began treatment by applying over the counter antibiotic cream and an antifungal cream immediately after seeing it. Thought some bug had bit me. But after a week and noticing that it slowly started spreading, I went for medical care. It didn't appear like typical poison ivy yet. So I was given a prescription of cortizone cream to apply for another week to combat dermatitis. Well, it then spread fast then but still was questionable as to looking like poison ivy. Kept questioning me about eczema dermatitis from maybe changing detergents. But when the rashes got big pink and also large white blistered pimples and the large burn areas and the fever, aches and confusion, then it was thought to be possible poison ivy now infected. I never had typical white clear fluids in pimples. I was 3/4 covered in the rash and looked like something out of an X-File series. Quite frightening to say the least. I

I hope never to get this again but know that if a rash starts to spread, I need to start on prednisone immediately or the consequences can be devastating. I was scared to take prednisone because of fear of side effects. Better I should have had side effects than the agony and complications that severe poison ivy havoc causes.
I have no side effects from the prednisone thank goodness!!



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Thank you everyone for all your advice on trying to cure the poison ivy. The rash spread, deep burning, itching and stinging was unabled to be halted as it was already in my bloodstream. Fever, aches, confusion went along with this. Was nearly hospitalized. Blood pressure went up and body temperature dropped.
I was placed on an antibiotic, antifungal and antiviral meds, prednisone, creams along with rhus tox homeopathic pills.
What I have learned is one heck of a lesson in dermatology and the urishiol oil.. Poison ivy mimicks other rashes and there is no one typical ivy rash lookalike for every person. Poison ivy also can become infected on the skin as well as go systemic and other complications can set in.. Hence, the multiple barrage of medications.
I had never had poison ivy and do not even know where I came into contact with it. It is not in my daylilly flowerbeds that I could see.

Possible ways to transmit that one might not think of: computers in a public place, flying insects, brushing up against someone's clothing, inanimate objects...?
It is now 5-6 weeks with it and it is healing. Some scarring will be visible from the large burn areas.

Dermnet.com is a site to help identify rashes.

I would like to see a Nobel Peace Prize for the person who can create a lifetime immunity vaccine against the urishiol oil. I'd be in the front of the waiting line.


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Yes, I do believe some of these reunions do work out well. An old boyfriend of mine from the 1970's called me one day this year and told me he looked up his first love, his junior high school girlfriend. Well, they both had never lost the love for each other but way back they were both too immature.
Well, they were both currently divorced and decided to go meet for the first time in more than 30 years.
They are now married and so very happy and still very much in love.
We remained friends and this gave me great happiness to hear that he has this happiness in life. Their children are all grown and happy for them also.


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Hey Ship,

Wish it was the case of fooling around with someone in the woods. At least there would have been some satisfaction to all this suffering.

I can't seriously pinpoint where this poison ivy came from. Possibly from my neighbor's outside cat that sneaks in my door when I go to go out. She heads straight for my indoor cat's food bowl. I pick her up and put her back out. Haven't touched her since and am now very careful about touching her, just in case she was the culpriit.

Or maybe touching something somewhere in a public place where someone who has poison ivy on their hands had touched. Guess I'll never know where it came from for sure. Can only guess.


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Valleygirl

Thanx for that tidbit about aveeno cream. Didn't know about that. Only knew of aveno soap. I'm calling around now to try to locate some of the things that the CSers have recommended.

I'm desperate for anything that will work. Perhaps a cocktail of the various ideas will work together.

So I'm on the phone calling now. Calamine lotion will be a surefire with this scourge along with other stuff too that I will try.

Believe it or not, the bright pink poison ivy breakout areas are tender to touch. They are not oozing but they are itchy and actually hurt a bit, especially on the chest and rib cage. They are definitely not shingles but classic ivy rash.



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I guess I should also try the real tried and true old fashion calamine lotion too. My doc had actually said that it wouldn't be real effective. But I'm at the point of trying a variety of things perhaps on different areas of my skin and see what seems to work the best.

I seriously appreciate everyone's input on what has worked for them or their family. Interestingly, the itching has stopped very briefly now where I had the teabag placed. I would need no less than about 100 of them or more across my abdomen and chest alone. Now that would be quite a challenge. Then across my legs and some on my arms and neck too.


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Ladyheart,
Where does one find super strength oil of oregano? I have never heard or read about this treatment. I guess I can call around the health food stores and see if I can locate some. Would love to go the natural way to heal this as the rash has taken quite a hold on me and continues to march on a little everyday.




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Trish, I'm starting now with the tea bag regiment. I will later on try perhaps the baking soda and vinegar regimen that you wrote about. I saw the banana peel remedy on the internet and did wonder about it.
I'm beginning to look like the head to toe pink girlscout already with this rash. I have no doubt that it will eventually resolve but until then.....ohhhhh!


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Hi Valleygirl. I will try it. I have read on some of the internet sites about tea bags.
I guess I can try it on some areas where the rash is the heaviest and see if it works. I don't have Salada tea but I have Lipton green tea bags. I will heat some up now and try it and see if the rash will at least fade.

I appreciate any serious ideas that will work. If anyone has had poison ivy, you know that I am not kidding around here. I feel like a walking "Typhoid Mary."


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Hi Mastic!! Yes, it's true about such a small amount recking such havoc. I was amazed when I googled poison ivy and read that on several of the sites. What a warfare weapon it would be to disable the enemy in no time.


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I'm using tecnu, calagel, cortisone 1% cream and also the 2.5% cream by prescription. I wash my clothes everyday, change the sheets, alcoholed my body, then washed with soap and water. I don't mind the rash with it's healing time but what bothers me is the new breakouts. I'm beginning to wonder if it's in my bloodstream. I have no fevers.

Whomever could find an immediate cure should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
Having a large amount of poison ivy rash on your body is certainly no fun!! Grrrr!!


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I've googled and read alot on this rash and seen some pictures that I can most certainly compare to. I'm seriously hoping that some CSer's have some serious good advice on what worked for them or their family members. I've since learned that poison ivy isn't just the 3 leaf plant but there are at least 5 different varieties and they look different.


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Somehow I contracted poison ivy. Not even sure how I got it. But it continues to march it's path on my body in spite of putting the corisone creams on from the doctor. It even hurts in areas on the chest where it's heaviest. The creams take care of the itching but not the spread of it. I wash my hands frequently and keep changing my clothes. It's almost 2 weeks now.
I'm hoping not to have to take prednisone as I'm concerned about side effects.

I was amazed at how little it takes to cause a rash. I was amazed to learn that 1/4 ounce of the urishiol oil could cause a rash on every person on this planet who is sensitive to it and that it could last on an inatimate object for up to 5 years and even survive in bitter cold temperatures on the object outside.

One would think that with all of modern medicine out there, the cure would be so simple.

Seriously, does anyone have any proven non-painful cures

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Yes. I have had several experiences with the spirit of my favorite deceased aunt. When I am troubled by something, she always shows her presence by making pennies appear no matter where I am.
Prior to her passing, she told me the spirits of the deceased who were visitng her at the bedside when I was in the room and what they were saying. She even went so far as to describe an incredible hunger and thirst that accompanied her through her process of dying as she knew would be very soon.
Also experienced the heaviness in the air in the room of her home where she passed away. When her spirit finally departed her home, the air in the room got very light. Also felt the spirit of her husband and son in her home before her passing, felt like a shudder would go through me when their spirits would walk through me. I never saw the spirits though but definitely felt the temperature changes.
My son went running out of the attic when he felt my uncle's presence up there. He had never met my uncle and yet knew someone was watching him. He was quite scared. He was 16 yrs old and had never had that kind of an experience.
My aunt and uncle also made a visual and verbal contact with my next door neighbor last year, to give me a reassuring message that I should not worry about an upcoming surgery at the time and everything would turn out OK. Everything did turn out OK.
these were wonderful people in my life and I treasure the fact that they still care to be around to comfort me during my lifetime still. It is truly a blessing.




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