Yesterday I was clearing out some small trees on my property. These were thorn locust trees. I was wearing long sleeves and gloves, but still managed to get poked in my left hand by the small thorns on these trees. When I finished my left hand became swollen, with patches of red all over my hand. I could barely close my hand in a fist. My wife insisted I go to the hospital. They gave me some antibiotic medicine for this. Feels and looks better this morning. As a kid, I remember getting poked by these thorns many times, and it never bothered me. The same thing with poison ivy, oak or sumac. As a kid these things never bothered me. Now, I get it if I even get close to it. It's true. When we get older, our system changes. I'll have to be more careful, or pay someone to do this work in the future. Has anyone else noticed this as you've gotten older?
