I was hanging a towel out the bathroom window that my goddam cat peed on, and a nestful of wasps or bees or hornets or something right below the window leaped out at me and one of 'em got me on the wrist. Ouch! I have no idea if I am allergic or not (my father was, to bees). How long before my heart seizes up and my throat closes? What does one do for these things, besides ice?
I killed a few of the little bastards before slamming the window shut, and will call the landlord. I think I’ll lock the goddam cat in the bathroom, too.
Well, on the plus side, if it hasn’t yet become difficult to breathe, and your tongue is its normal size, you’ll probably remain with us some time yet. Blurred vision? dizziness? Nausea? Numbness in your extremities?
Anaphalaxis varies in degrees…what could cause an extreme reaction in one person may only cause a mild reaction in you. I am horrifically allergic to bee stings; I carry an epinepherine kit and swell worse than Harry Potters’ aunt when stung. A friend who is also allergic just gets a very large area of irritation around the sting. If you’re at all having a reaction, please call your doctor.
Well, it happened 10 ir fifteen minutes ago and the only effect so far is it hurts like a sonofabitch, with local swelling, redness and my little finger feels kinda tingly. But I guess if my throat hasn’t closed by by now, it’s not going to? No stinger in my wrist; the bugs were kinda small, yellow-and-black striped, and their nest is small and squished beneath the windowsill. What do you think? Wasp? Hornet?
Omigod, they’re attacking! Does that make me Tippi Hedren?
My throat does feel kinds funny, but that may be from breathing a bathroom full of bug spray. Think I’ll go take that antihistamine and lay down. And put on a nice outfit in case I do have to call 911 . . .
Shoot! When I was 6 years old I looked in the open end of the top tube of a swing set in my grandparents backyard and disturbed a wasp net.
By the time I made it to the back door I had been stung 8 times. Last week I got stung by a single wasp in my front yard and it was nothing. I knew I got stung but kept on going…
That was in the book Pet Semetary!!![/hijack]
Anyway, when I was at the hospital for getting stung like 20 times and my legs swelled up like a balloon, he told me to soak my legs in like meat tenderiser. It’s supposed to bring down the swelling and decrease the pain. In the meantime, just ice it.
Come on, Eve, you know what baking soda is. It’s what is in the back of the fridge behind the tonic and maraschino cherries. In a little orange box?
Dave’s fine. It’s on his left ring finger. He didn’t even take an antihistamine or anything, the big brave boy! It’s not even big and red anymore.
When I was 5 or so, I was attacked by an entire swarm of bees. I was lucky and got away with only a few stings. My big brothers took me home and put a plaster of baking soda and water on the stings, and gave me candy. I felt much better after that.
He got stung on his ear, head, and both arms. Only one of them left a stinger in. And the dog got stung on the lip trying to help with the 3 that got in the house.
Why oh why couldn’t it have stung you on the upper lip? Then you could look like Michelle Pfeiffer for a couple a days!
I’m kidding, of course. I wouldn’t wish a wasp sting on my worst enemy, much less my favorite SDMB smart-ass! I’ve been stung by wasps twice, neither time enjoyable.
Here’s wishing you a swift recovery and satisfactory revenge upon your antagonists in the yellow jackets.
Now, you do realize that if you had said, “This morning I knocked the nest off the window with a broom handle and they all flew into my apartment and stung me 20 more times,” we’d all be laughing our collective asses off, right?
Saturday I opened the gate on my backyard fence up and found a wasp nest inside the crevice of the gate. Today I arrived at work and saw a big honkin’ wasp nest under an eave of the front of the building. :eek:
Thank Og for good ol’ Raid Wasp and Hornet Spray. Kills em dead! Or is that the slogan for another critter killer?
