I would take a mild allergic reaction to poison ivy in a heartbeat.
It's gotten better though, I can look at it without breaking out now.

Last time I had Poison Ivy, sales guy I worked with recoiled in horror " my god what is wrong with your arm?"

 

I got a bit of poison ivy once out in the yard. I never went near the stuff again!

 

as a kid, if it was summer, I had poison ivy.
Worst summer I had it on every square inch of my body below the chest.
Used to have to soak in a kiddie bath full of aluminum acetate to dry it out.

Now they just give you prednisone.

 

I learned how to spell it, and I make sure I take none of it, because clyndomyacin is the only thing I'm allergic to.