that is scary. just a little sting could end your life like that. you are more corageous then i would ever be to leave the house, but then again the medicine your friend had did help and probably saved your life. i guess it is something very simple to counteract the poison from the bee.
also if i were allergic to bees, i would know because i would also be allergic to honey, which i am not. i think i am safe to say i am not allergic by the reaction you had compared to my knee swelling triple its size. pesky bugs cause more problems than they are worth! --- Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacquie) wrote: > > > Suzy, most people will not have anything more than a temporarily > > painful > > sting from bees and wasps - an icepack will very quickly remove > most > > of the pain. > > Yes, that's what I've always known to be true (and enjoyed the jokes > about killing a bee with an ax, when it was sitting on someone's > face). > Until I got stung myself. I suppose I should have been alerted to the > > fact that I might be allergic, because I'm "mildly intollerant" to > honey (as I am to milk). But, when I got stung - on the tip of my > finger (I picked up an apple to which a bee had claimed a prior > ownership <g>) - it never occured to me to do anything more than suck > > the finger and put a paste of bicarb on it... > > 12 hrs later - 4AM - my entire arm was swollen to twice the size, and > I > was worried the swelling was going to hit the armpit glands any > minute, > so I woke up DH and we hightailed it to the emergency unit of the > hospital. The doctor there said that, given I was so stupid, it was > lucky I hadn't been stung anywhere around the head, since I'd have > had > about half an hour instead of 12. And he was right, too; next time I > got stung was at an outdoors party (what can I say... I *do like* and > > apple-smelling shampoo... <g>). Bottom tip of the ear-lobe, and, by > the > time I realised what happened, got worried, reported to Severn, got > him > worried, started gathering stuff to head for the hospital - maybe 15 > minutes in all - I was beginning to feel a bit woozy and smiling was > becoming difficult (the facial muscles went rigid), as was swallowing > > (the throat was swelling on the inside). Luckily, the hostess's DH is > > highly allergic to a lot of things, so she had some high-powered meds > > on hand. By the time we hit the hospital 20 minutes later (the > advantages of a small town <g>), they began to kick in, and I was > almost back to normal, so I didn't get anything else except the > prescription for the Epi-pen. > > > A sting on the outside of your throat is no more dangerous than > most > > other > > places. > > 's not true, if you're allergic. If your throat closes because it's > swollen inside, you can't breathe, and being hit around the head gets > > the venom to the throat that much faster. DH, who loves shrimp as > much > as I do, is allergic to them, and we've got it down to a science as > to > how many he can eat before his throat starts itching and closing - 3 > medium ones. Thankfully, our son has not inherited either of our > allergies - he can pig out on shrrimp the way I can and he'd been > stung > by a bee with no more than a normal "itch and a bump". Of course, > he's > developed his own allergies, but living in CA and never visiting VA > in > May or September has kept him breathing normally... > > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
