my garden attacked me

[theoriginalspy]

If I had my primary computer back, I would post the nastiest picture of what my hands look like right now. 

And before anyone asks, yes I was wearing gloves.  Sadly, my issues with allergies (currently being investigated, if my extreme allergic reaction to the virus last fall, has made them worse.  IDK, but they certainly are worse this year.  I always garden, but I don't wind up looking like this) mean that I can now only do this in fits and starts, but yesterday and today was turning it up, and serious weeding., but the prickles make it through the gloves, and one sort of got down inside said glove, and, yeah.

I look like I've been attacked by a rabid cat. 

Official count:

wounds: stopped counting at 23
bandaids: 6
swollen fingers: 5
Ability to still be able to type: priceless.

Comments

[theoriginalspy.livejournal.com]

I love gardening. Anyone who knows me knows I have a ridiculous love for the simplest of flowers: pansies (Something I share with my Gram) and now that I have my own garden, it's full of purples, and yellows, and no reds! (When I was little, my father preferred red flowers I'M REBELLING.)

I have taken my allergy meds and called Telehealth. They told me to take my allergy meds. NOT AMUSED TELEHEALTH.

[elysium1996.livejournal.com]

can you take the meds before you garden??

anyway that Telehealth sound like idiots

oh and I forgot to add as point that be interesting my neighbor's son is allergic to poison ivy, can't even be near.... he gets a reaction even if the spores are in the air.... maybe that is what is going on with you too....

[demimonde]

.........D:

[theoriginalspy.livejournal.com]

There's also quite a bit of O:

[slb44.livejournal.com]

Wow, do we have the same issue. Love, love, love gardening and flowers of all sorts, but my skin is so damn touchy about scraps, prickles, abrasions etc. Add the heat and humidity and sunblock and I'm lucky if I survive any gardening session without running for the heavy duty allergy meds and a variety of supposedly soothing lotions.

I did get my GP to prescribe the mega dose extra strength Reactine for such emergencies. It's supposedly the best allergy med for skin reactions.

The other thing I find helpful is crushing regular aspirin and making a past of it and applying it to my wounds/injuries. It helps a lot.

[velocigrandma.livejournal.com]

yowch.

[trziarre.livejournal.com]

Sort of random and not at all connected to your post (I hope your hands get better soon!) but I thought you might like this.

We were eating Panda Express not too long ago, and my fortune made me think of your recaps. I'll see if I can dig out my camera and take a picture, but this is what it said: Before an evening of romance, turn off your cell phone.