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Subject: HELP! HELP! HELP!
Author: James Partsch-Galvan
Date: 5/9/2006 11:12 am
Views: 6698
Status: Approved
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I NEED SOME HELP IMMEDIATELY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO! I AM MISERABLE!
I HAVE HIV/AIDS. I HAVE POISON IVY GROWING IN MY BACK YARD. I CAN'T EVEN LET MY BLACK LABS OUT IN THE BLACK YARD ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY BRING IT IN AND I GET WORSE. I AM ON A VERY LIMITED INCOME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. HERE IS WHAT I HAVE TRIED SO FAR.
ON THE PLANTS, I HAVE TRIED BURNING WITH GASOLINE. NOW I READ WHERE THAT WAS A MISTAKE. I HAVE TRIED POURING CLOROX ON THE PLANTS. IT SEEMS TO KILL SOMEWHAT, BUT NOT ALL. WHAT OTHER PRODUCT CAN I PUT ON THE PLANTS TO KILL THEM THAT I CAN MAKE MYSELF OR DOES NOT COST TOO MUCH?
I ALSO DO NOT HAVE A CAR OR WASHING MACHINE. AFTER BEING IN THE BACK YARD TRYING TO KILL THE PLANTS, HOW CAN I IMMEDIATELY TREAT MY CLOTHES BEFORE I AM ABLE TO BORROW MY SISTER'S CAR TO TAKE THEM TO THE WASHATERIA?
ON MYSELF, I WAS TOLD TO TAKE A BATH WITH OATMEAL. IT SEEMS TO WORK A LITTLE BIT, BUT I STILL HAVE A RASH. I HAVE VERY SENSITIVE SKIN.
I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO ONLY LET MY 2 BLACK LABS OUT IN THE FRONT YARD FOR A SHORT TIME BECAUSE THE FRONT YARD IS NOT FENCED IN. I ALSO HAVE A CAT, BUT I AM MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY DOGS BRINGING IN THE POISON IVY BECAUSE THEY BOTH SLEEP IN MY BED. I HAVE NOT LET THEM OUT IN THE BACKYARD FOR WEEKS. I HAVE TAKEN BOTH OF THEM A BATH OUTSIDE SO THAT THEY CAN BE CLEAN, BUT I AM STILL ICHING! I COULD NOT SLEEP AT ALL LAST NIGHT EVEN THOUGH I WENT TO THE WASHATERIA TO WASH MY SHEETS AND ALSO TOOK MY DOGS A BATH.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!! IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE HIV/AIDS, NO CAR, LIMITED INCOME, AND INSIDE PETS!
ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPREACIATED!!! I CAN BE E-MAILED AT GALVANHOUSTON@YAHOO.COM
THANKS!

P.S. I'VE NOTICE THAT THERE IS MORE POISON IVY ON THE GROUND THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS JUST ON THE FENCE AND TREE. IS THAT BECAUSE I TRIED TO BURN IT? I READ WHERE THERE WAS A SHOT. CAN I ASK MY DOCTOR FOR A SHOT? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHOT THAT I NEED?

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HELP! HELP! HELP! (Approved)James Partsch-Galvan5/9/2006 11:12 am
  Re: HELP! HELP! HELP! (Approved)hopin it helps5/17/2006 4:13 pm