Zimbler:
re: "So I dressed out, long sleeves, gloves, hat, mask. Yanked out and trashed as much as I could. Then ran for the clothes washer, stripped neckid and threw
everything in then ran for the shower and scrubbed
long and hard."
Alternatively, you can rub yourself down from head to toe with chicken drippings, and THEN go tackle the poison ivy. Chicken fat, as it turns out, is a natural repellent to the oil in poison ivy and poison oak. The neat thing about this solution is that no special clothes are required and you won't have to shower when you're done.