Graham, Wow!!!! What a story!! Makes me glad I have a full-face helmet and a winshield. :) So glad you're okay.
Paul On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey you all, We had a bit of excitement here night before last. On > returning from a bike ride (NH 750), a bee flew in under my helmet > and stung me on the side of my forehead - at least I think it was a > bee. Within a minute everything started getting brighter and > brighter (this was at dusk) and then my vision started narrowing like > I was seeing down a tunnel that was getting smaller and smaller. I > realised (because of my keen insight) that I was losing > consciousness. I pulled over to the side of the road, managed to get > off my bike - kind of just laid it on my leg, and within about 5 > seconds was unconscious. A nice Mennonite couple found me on the > side of the road. Others stopped. Joan (my wife) showed up because > they found my cell phone with our # listed as 'home'. She (Mennonite > wife) happened to be a nurse and he (Mennonite husband) rode my bike > home to our place, locked up the house and left a note on kitchen > table. Amazing that they stopped, that she was a nurse, and he rode > motorcycles. I woke up in an ambulance being rushed to hospital . I > had IVs in both arms, apparently I had suffered anaphalactic shock. > Good thing I was out when they put in the IVs or I would have passed > out anyway. Well, I came to, they told me I'd been given a second > chance. > We got back from the hospital at 12.30 yesterday morning. I refused > to stay there overnight because of the $$ (no insurance) and someone > was coming for a motorcycle yesterday morning at 9.00 am. I'm a > little swollen all over but fine otherwise. I went for a bike > (mountain bike) last night for nearly an hour and all was fine. > So up till now I haven't been allergic to bee stings. I'm assuming > this was a bee. It seemed small. I didn't see it but felt it under > my helmet. It didn't sting as I remember bee stings, it was a > radiating kind of pain that spread over a couple of inches and puffed > up around my eyes. I remember the paramedics yelling at me trying to > find out what had happened and I thought I was yelling at myself to > answer them because I didn't believe it could be me in the > ambulance. I wasn't in one the last I remembered. It all seemed a > bit unreal. I'm training for a road race (running) and this has set > me back a couple of days - bummer, (not a scratch on my bike > though), Graham > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
