In which my fears are not unfounded

[ajodasso]

lifegivingsword came home from the WWI re-enactment weekend with not only a bad cold, but also with a case of poison ivy. As you can imagine, sharing a flat with this in my current condition has me somewhat on edge. My immune system, for once, has proved sturdy against the arrival of unpleasant weather; by now I'd have normally come down with terrible

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[ajodasso]

Actually, we did not know about this! The doctor at this point says it shouldn't be spreadable, so that's something. I suffered an odd rash on my foot about 48 hours ago, but I hit it with Benadryl cream, and it went away; James had noticed the poison ivy on his hand beginning to break out on Sunday, but it didn't get bad until yesterday, which is when he saw the doctor. I've seemed to be immune to poison ivy like my grandmother for most of my life (the number of times I was seen playing in or near it as a kid without ever being affected, you wouldn't believe), but the red rash on my foot for about 24 hours or so and then the doctor telling James he's got it on his hand (and it does look like a textbook case to me, too) made me wonder about my foot. It was the same foot with which I had the odd stubbed-my-toe-and-got-cellulitis/staph back in July, so I was vaguely spooked.

[ajodasso]

You make a good point. I've been taking several different things, as you can imagine, so the chances that it was some reaction tied to one of those are far greater than the chance of it being poison ivy when I have a track record of resisting poison ivy. I wish your niece and your friend the swiftest recoveries possible! <3

[ashlyme]

I can't offer you anything better thatn well-wishes, sadly.

I didn't know you wrote fiction, though! Anywhere I can read it?

[ajodasso]

Hey, no worries! You found the (admittedly short) list of published fiction on my profile; for anything else, just PM me. I have a lot of writing out there in the world that's been done strictly for fun (as opposed to for fun and profit).