next time you are stung apply wet tobacco from a cigarette. it draws out the
poison. i too was hit doing about 80. it was under the eye. i kept driving but
not for long because of the swelling i was unable to see. i applied tobacco and
within 5 minutes i was back on the road. and as for the shock you should keep
some benadrill with you. the tobacco by itself might work if as soon as it
happens you put it on.
----- Original Message -----
From: Graham Rogers
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: a close call - bee season
I was wearing my full face helmet but had just lifted the shield up - it was
hot and I was only going about 15 mph looking to see if a friend was home
On Jun 8, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Paul wrote:
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
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