Eric Tapley

I haven’t posted anything this year about my annual bout with poison ivy, but I have it yet again (and yes, once again it’s a bad case). This is such old news I just don’t have the heart to go into gruesome detail once again about all of it.

But it’s still affecting me, most immediately by affecting my sleeping patterns. Right now it is after 2:00a and I’m up, alert, when I should be asleep. I’m exhausted, mind you, but I just can’t sleep. And it’s thanks to the steroids and other meds I’m on to help manage the poison ivy. Every time I make a change to my dose - increase or decrease - my system goes all wonky for a few days.

I’m getting over the poison ivy so right now I’m on a downward taper of the steroids. It’s making me moody and sleep deprived. Ah, well, in a few days it’ll be over, and at least the itching has stopped. And in the meantime you know why I’m cranky and have droopy eyes!