Nah - he probably looked like this
Loach - if I were you, I’d stay on dry land for while. 
Si
That sounds like what I had a few years ago - when I still wasn’t really reacting to Poison Ivy. I got some on my neck (while pulling roots) and then got bit by stable flies - I figured it was the fly bites that had turned black.
I can’t find any pictures of what this condition looks like, though. I do remember that the black blotches went away after a few weeks… or was it months…
(I’m no longer resistant to Poison Ivy, though - I believe that pushed me over the edge. In fact, I’m now on Prednisone for a systemic PI infection - really fun!)
I threw that line in there because I knew someone would get it. I didn’t want it to cause strife. Now everyone hug.
From what I read it is from direct exposure to the sappiest part of the sap. Brushing against the leaves won’t do it unless environmental conditions are just right to make the leaves very sappy.
Black spot is starting to flake away now. Giant red splotch and itching is coming on full force. At the point of impact it might leave a scar. Good news: I’ll probably live.
My sister had this once when she was little. She’s never had a poison ivy rash, though- can you get this, and be immune to poison ivy? When I told a doctor I had never had a poison ivy rash and I was in my 20s, he said it was likely I wasn’t allergic to it.
You too?
My dentist asked me if he could show pictures of my mouth to his colleagues. I have two sets of wisdom teeth that, aside from hurting like hell as they pushed through the gums, have presented me with no problems at all. I guess I have a long jaw, or something.
I told him it was no problem, but it seems weird to me. Do dentists show off pictures over beers after work? “Hey, Larry, I got a topper for that impacted molar you showed us last week. Check THIS mouth out!” “Oooh, aaah!”
Strange.
I had five. My mother had a hell of a time explaining to her insurance company that the fifth extraction was not a duplicate claim.
Just a drive-by post. My apologies to all.
But wouldn’t a prosthetic forehead with LED advertising embedded in it be cool?
Good lordy, I’m such a geek sometimes…
I have this condition, too and it sucks. Each successive set is weaker than the previous set, so I have all kinds of problems with my teeth. I broke an otherwise seemingly fine (even the dentist thought the tooth was ok) tooth by chewing on a piece of Trident gum.
I am a total medical oddity. I don’t even want to think about all the weirdness that makes up the person that I am. Suffice it to say that when I go to a new doctor/specialist for things and they take that deep breath and go “uhh” my response is “what now?”
Of course, one of the funniest things about me is that when I get sick, I don’t run a fever – instead, my temperature will drop. Combine that with a really low resting heartrate (think 40 bpm), a very low resting respiration rate, and an obscenely low blood pressure (can drop as low as 80/45 without me even noticing) and you have some seriously freaked out medical staff when I went in with chest pains (it was my gallbladder, but presented dead center of my chest).
My son is a total medical freak too with his inverted nipples, but more so with the fact that when he gets a sudden fever – instead of having seizures like a normal kid – his lips turn blue. After a serious of tests, all cardiac and respiratory issues were ruled out and the doctors basically threw their hands up and said “meh, it’s just what he does.”
Sure, as long as Thudlow Boink doesn’t mind a little ass-grabbing between friends. 
About a year ago, my partner had an atypical bout of Bell’s Palsy. Our doctor said “Don’t be surprised if he finds himself without his name attached in the New England Journal of Medicine.”
That’s nice. Will a journal article make him get better faster? Thought so.
I never did try to round up the names of all the doctors that saw him, and oh my, were there plenty of doctors all oohing and aahing, so no, it wouldn’t surprise me if they pooled their notes and wrote about him.
[insensitive comment mode] That’ll teach him to steal Long John Silver’s gold… [/insensitive comment mode]
Loach, best wishes for a speedy recovery. If it helps, my eldest was born with a thin crooked red streak on his forehead. It has completely faded now, but for years we endured Harry Potter jokes from ‘well-meaning family’ (ie assholes) at birthdays and Christmas.
On the bright side, you know what it is, you are actively treating it, and it is 100% cureable. Not everyone with an affliction in this world bats three for three on those.
I am sure that I am driving my endocrinologist nuts.
I broke the 5th metatarsal on my left foot back in feb. I ended up getting labwork which ensued in a prescription for furosemide to remove some of the 11.2 calcium from my bloodstream, an appointment for a bone density check and another visit to the vampires for more bloodwork. The furosemide dropped my calcium down to an almost normal 6ish. Now my vit D is down to 4. Not 40, four. So my endo gives me 50,000 units vit d, and another blood test 2 weeks later as my bone density is good. I get a call from her telling me to stop the vit D immediately and start taking actonel as my calcium is now up to 11.8. Of course followed by more bloodwork a couple weeks later. Now my calcium is 11.9.
Our most recent phone conversation was something along the lines of Are you sure you havent been taking the vit D? Yup. How are you feeling - any constipation, nausea, anything? Nope, regular as clockwork, no nausea, good appetite. Honest, I feel great.
sigh
I would be thrilled to find out what it is without them cutting into my throat and rummaging around. My parathyroid scan was negative …
But on the plus side, the furosemide had me nauseated, diarrheal and vomiting, and I lost 17 lbs in 3 weeks :rolleyes: and I have been losing weight at a nice steady pound a week since going off it, so it seems to have kicked my metabolism sort of into working :dubious:
I was going to say I was of medical interest too, but after reading this thread, I don’t think I am!
I had cataracts start at the age of 37 - with no reason such as the usual diabetes, steroids, genetic inheritance, ultraviolet light exposure etc.
I still say I win :eek:
MissGypsy, could your kid have tic disorder?
http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?section=Facts+for+Families&name=Tic+Disorders
I’ve only had poison ivy once, and it had what looked like black hash marks all over it.
I don’t want to be a freak. sob
Thanks for that link! We’re taking him over to the autism clinic at University of Virginia tomorrow, so I’m going to ask about that. I’d never heard of it before, but I wouldn’t rule anything out with this kid.
I think you should sue Zelazny for royalties for featuring you in a story without permission
No, I win!
Mine were doing ok too until my last dentist mucked up treatment of a cavity and now I’ve an infection below my bottom left. Means that it’ll have to go, thus reducing the number of freaks on the board by one 