Today has pretty much sucked hind tit. It started off with me arriving at work to discover a severe virus/worm infection. Took several hours to clear that up. Then I had to fight with my son’s teacher and his principal over some bullshit up at his school.
So, I decide to go to lunch and relax for a bit. I am standing in line at the subshop when I feel something crawling on my neck. I freak out a little bit and reach up to grab whatever the fuck it is. As I grab it my fuckin neck starts throbing with very sharp pains. What do I find in my hand? A bee. A big fucking bee. A big fucking bee that has just stung me in my neck. Sonofabitch this shit hurts. I haven’t had a bee sting in about 20 years.
Now the right side of my neck is swollen up to the point I am having a little bit of trouble breathing (just a little bit, I’m not worried about it). It is red, swollen and very painful. Now my fuckin head has started hurting.
Can today suck any fuckin more than it already does? FUCKING OUCH!!!
When you get home, and don’t have to drive or operate heavy machinery, take some Benadryl. Benadryl is your FRIEND in this case. I hope you got the stinger out quickly. I’m worried about your breathing ability.
I haven’t been stung by a bee in almost 40 years, but I DO remember the last time, as I’m violently allergic to insect bites and stings.
Sorry to hear about your misfortunes. Nonetheless, in answer to your final question in your OP? Yeah… it could get worse. It’s a sad thing but true - in life, there’s ALWAYS somebody out there who’s currently going through a tougher time than we are. I know, I know, that sounded a bit patronising and I’m sorry. It’s true though.
Actually, my concern with asking the question Can today suck any fuckin more than it already does? FUCKING OUCH!!! is that it inevitably will. You think the day has gotten as bad as it can, then something worse happens.
I’m with Lynn. Take the Benadryl, and definitely talk to your doc about it. I’ve spoken to my doc about it, since I’m allergic to bee stings, and difficulty breathing is a sign of a systemic allergic reaction. If you’re having systemic reactions, don’t want to scare you, but you might want to ask your doc if he / she thinks a beesting kit, complete with Epi-Pen, might be a good idea to have.
Last summer, I got stung for the first time in 15 years or more.
We were railroaded into going over to my mother-in-law’s house in a way that we couldn’t refuse, knowing that it was going to take up my whole Saturday and would be boring as hell.
Going up onto her porch, a hornet flew right at me and stung me over my eye near the eyebrow before I knew what was happening.
It swelled up on Sunday.
Monday when I woke up, my eyebrow area was filled with liquid and sort of drooped over my eye. My doctor had never seen such a thing. After leaving me in the examining room for ten minutes or so, she came back and said that it was probably cellular fascitis (I think…) and that if untreated it could lead to gangrene.
So, I got some heavy-duty medicine, and it eventually got better.
Yeah, I think I jinxed myself by adding that last question in there. I was on my way home from work and had a blow out. It took my 45 minutes to change my tire.
My neck is not really that bad today. My mother called me last night (like she does every Wednesday night). She is from Alabama and was trying to get me to put all kinds of shit on my neck. At one point she was wanting me to put a mixture of ammonia, raw potatoes, and tobacco all over the sting. I pretty much told her she was out of her mind and laughed it off. A little ice, some Benadryl, and a beer seemed to do the trick.
Glad that all is well, but I remember having a tobacco poultice work when I was stung ::mumble mumble:: years ago. Made the location numb and I’m told it also helps draw the stinger out. And this was in that paragon of all that is right with the world, Kansas.
I was very little (maybe four) when I was stung by a bee during a daycare field trip to the playground. The caretaker lady pulled a cigarette out of her purse, tore it open, stuck a big wad of tobacco in her mouth, pulled out the nasty mess and slapped it on my sting.