Back on the juice

I'm covered in poison ivy (again). It's been about 9 months since my last steroid-worthy case, though, so I figured I was due. I'm not exactly sure where I got it, although I suspect perhaps it grows at church, and I met some during the Crawfish Boil. It started out this time looking more like hives of some sort, so I took plenty of Benadryl & Zyrtec, but this morning I noticed the telltale signs of poison ivy--even on my right eyelid, which is pretty puffy. The real reason of this post is not to gain sympathy, however. It is to celebrate the fact that I have an off-base OB who will call in steroid prescriptions for me. You see, I'd have to call and get authorization to go in to the ER if I went the regular-doctor route. And let's face it--this would not be triaged as any sort of emergency. So I'm glad that at 9am I can call my doctor's answering service, and be popping pills by 10:30. I'm secretly hoping my eye swelling will go down before my shower this afternoon...