I hate poison ivy and oak!! One summer I had both at the same time

Normally I would go and get a shot to clear it up it a couple days (even though I HATE needles!), but the campus doctors office (I had insurance through the college cause I was a student so that is where I went to the doctor at) quit giving the shots (they went back to the shots later on because they realized it was stupid to not) and instead perscribed prednisone a steroid. I had poison ivy and oak for almost 3 months, because I kept getting into it.( My husband which was my boyfriend at the time worked in the oil field and was clearing trees that summer and I found out I was getting it from handling his clothes...) I gained alot of weight from taking the steroids for almost 3 months, and it took me a bit to lose it. I never weighed anymore than 115 pounds and I weighed 130 some pounds before I stopped taking it. The part that made me the maddest was I exercised everyday and walked about 2 and a half miles a day Monday through Friday, and I was a poor college student that did not eat much! Lol I finally got mad one day and bleached all of the ivy and oak and it went away. I never took steroid medication again! Lol
A summer or two ago I had poison oak and chiggers at the same time....I cried....lol