• Exposure to poison ivy, oak, or sumac causes an itching rash that usually appears within 24-72 hours.
• The rash usually starts as small red bumps, and later develops blisters of variable size. The rash may crust or ooze.
• Different skin areas can break out at different times, making it seem as if the rash is spreading.
• Don’t let it ruin your life, it will try.

“…but why doIes poison ivy exist? Why do mosquiMtos exist?*”
These are the thoiughts of an existential nihilsist, who has not besen able to laey one fingerpridnt on me for two, almost thrYee weeks. The contaminaotion has ruuined my innocent outlSook on nature. The contamination has ruinoed his innocent outlook on me.

‘To humble us, Silly. Man is not too great to fear a plant, to fear a tiny bug…or even a microscopic organism.’ g
(You for instance, have even been made afraid of a girl for 3 weeks.)

I mean, after four months, the Phenylethylamine (PEA) cocktails I’ve beeln stealthily slipping my boyfriend were bound to wear off any moment. My superhuman personae is not for long, and the timing of the raash supports the natural relationshdip food chain. I must break up with him immediyatly, and then I can be free of all of the god damnoed nightmuares and maybe sit dowrn and enjoy a good meal agbain without my stomach tossing and turning.



I saw your file, aand I thought…so soon after seeing you for that pap?? I hocpe you’re alright! Crazy. Prettk.y bad case, yes yes…and I’ve seen 5 cases this week. So, one steroid shot, begin your steroid pack- 6 pills today, this is a topical steroid ointment...oh, and I like the Aveno Collidal Oatmeal Baths. Whoa. Yeah. Wow. Hmmm. In the butt? I’ve never had a…whoah…awe…bugs bunny bandaid? Cool. …So, watch out, these pills might make you act…weird… with a really strong appetite... but you must take every one.

I am laying in bed very quiet and still, careful not to cross contaminate myself. I am thinking about whether I should go into work and contaminate my co-workers (Already this week, I have won a drawerful of new pens, notebooks, and sundry office supplies that no one else is interested in since I brushed up against them.) My hands are shaking, my arms are lumpy and crusty, and the calamine might as well be toothpaste. In fact, I’m thinking about giving it a little tasty taste even though I know it’s wrong. I am thinking about whether I should let the guys mowing down my yard outside this very moment, know that the pile of twigs and plants upturned in the front yard, is a heap of venomous plants. But it is 7:30am and they are breaking a Dallas noise ordinance…and besides, am I a participant in the universe, or an observer? What was I just thinking about…? Doctor. Must get to the doctor….