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So, the evil I mentioned yesterday, turned out to be poison ivy.  In a big way.  As in, they sent me home from work, fearing I would infect the whole office.  I can barely use my left hand, the swelling is so bad, and that's after mineral baths, alcohol rub, benadryl, and several applications of calamine lotion.  And, I never even saw the sneaky bastard plant that infected me!

Okay, so I'm starting to see their point about infecting the whole office.

Anyway, I've been sleeping since I got home, due to the benadryl.  Which means I'll probably be up all night.  I may not be back here, though; the pain is just too much to justify typing.

Edit:  Thanks to everyone for the kind words and good wishing.  There has been some speculation that I was actually infected by a sumac tree, not poison ivy.  The doctor didn't do any tests to figure it out, just labeled it a 'severe allergic reaction to a chemical irritant' and treated it as such.  Evidently plant allergies fall into the same treatment category as man-made chemical allergies.