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Thread ID: 107796	2010-03-02 03:16:00	Worst place you have ever been stung by a bee or wasp?	xyz823 (13649)	PC World Chat

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863036	2010-03-03 01:14:00	You are fortunate to be alive after that many stings. Have you investigated buying one of those syringes (an Epipen?) for emergency use in the case of anaphylaxis? You just stab yourself with them I think and get a measured dose. If you only have three minutes grace, I would think you should qualify! You would need to leave it in a place where it wouldn't take more than three minutes to find it when you are in a panic!	John H (8)
863037	2010-03-03 02:28:00	My Dad is toast if he doesnt get to his anti histamine tablets in 5 minutes. Mum was going to sew a little container with a pill in it in his underpants after one almost fatal bee sting. Wasp stings are no problem for him.	prefect (6291)
863038	2010-03-03 05:12:00	I've sat on a bee before - the bee won. Having to rapidly down trou in front of the boys at school was not a personal highlight for that year. :rolleyes:	Jen (38)
863039	2010-03-03 05:38:00	Ah! My specialist also suggested I do desensitisation too, only for dust mites and rye pollen/grass thingie. How much did the first year cost you bk? My specialist wants me to come to him for the first 11 weeks, for which he charges $880 for the consultation alone! :eek: Well, couldn't really remember, but something like, the firsts 3 months was free as that was done in the hospital's outpatient which I got to go there every week! After that had to go to my own doctor which cost me $15 every time (once a month). But the venom was very expensive though. It's something like around $150 for a supply of 3 months. I went to the public hospital which was free but the parking fee was quite expensive - every time got to pay about >$10.00 parking fees. Was told by other patients that I could actually claim ACC but I didn't. Stupid me!	bk T (215)
863040	2010-03-03 05:43:00	I've sat on a bee before - the bee won. Having to rapidly down trou in front of the boys at school was not a personal highlight for that year. :rolleyes: LMAO. Oh Jen, but you made such a memory for everyone else! Be glad that in our youth none of our peers were armed with a camera phone and a network with which to disperse the embarrassment worldwide. If that were to happen today, you'd be on uTube forever.	Paul.Cov (425)
863041	2010-03-03 06:24:00	These days, if any bee stings me, I get into the car and straight to ED because 3 mins later I will be in anaphalactic shock. Adrenaline injection and some antihistamines and I'm good to go. About 20 years ago I tried to burn out a nest of honey bees, and never saw the hole in the back of the tree. Only realised that they've "escaped" when they started hitting me on the back. Breathing problems almost immediately, drove to the local GP only to pass out (?) in front of the rooms, fell luckily onto the car horn. They ran out to see where the frickin noise is coming from, saw me passed out and the GP saw all the bee stings on the back. Same thing as in first para. The nurse that removed the stings counted something like 427. sarel extremely lucky. people with no allergic reactions have died from less. you don't "burn bees out" anyway so i hope you learned your lesson.	tweak'e (69)
863042	2010-03-03 06:34:00	Hmmm, it seems I'm perhaps the only one to get stung by the groin . i wish :p In Lincoln road Henderson on my Honda XL250S with open face helmet got a wasp under the strap and it was stinging the crap out of me . . . . . . Neck swelled up like elephant man . lucky . thats probably one of the more dangerous situations . for bee stings, get the sting out or sack off as quickly as possible . don't pull it out (ie don't squeeze it) SCRAPE it off, even just with finger nails . if its stung through clothing just pulling the clothing will pull it out . however it often will break the sting so the sting will stay in you . once the swelling is down the sting often will puss up like a pimple . thats generally bacteria etc thats on the sting . also if the sting doesn't come out with the puss, it can stay in and get infected for a long time . you may have to dig it out .	tweak'e (69)
863043	2010-03-03 06:41:00	that last part sounds painful	nedkelly (9059)
863044	2010-03-03 18:02:00	John H, no, I don't carry an Epipen because : a It's frickin expensive b I live very near our Hospital c The shelf life of Epipen is very, very short . Yup, I agree, burning out honey bees is not a good idea but it was a damn good idea in those days (or so I thought) . LOL . I had to do something with the bees - the children were getting stung and they were really problematic, with their nest probably too close to my house so any movement disturbed them . sarel	sarel (2490)
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