Worst Day EVER!!!!!

Glad you're okay!!!

Been there-done that-formed the support group.

Not 20 stings, but 1 is enough to send me packin' to the ER. Ditto with some of my food allergies.

I had a wasp get under my glasses once, and stung me about 5 times all over the orbit of my eye and the bridge of my nose.

I was NOT a happy camper.

I can't stress enough that you HAVE TO carry the Epi-Pen.

Hope you're getting over the Epi-jitters and on your way to feeling better.

I carry one at all times, keep one at home and my employer now added 2 at work (one upstairs and one downstairs) in case of emergency.

WOW! That is scary!
I'd never been stung by a hornet before I moved here. First sting hurt worse than anything I ever imagined. Second time it hurt even more and my whole arm swole up! The neighbors told me it's like you said~ the previous sting made the second time around worse.

It's odd that I should stumble across this just now. I just~ as in just before sitting down here~ just put two of my goats into an area of the yard I suspect there are hornet nests. Mowing or weed eating it would give a nicer, cleaner look much faster than the goats will but I was dreading the idea or the hornets I think are over there! When those two goats are full I'll go ahead and put the other 5 in there too I think!

If it wasnt for the operator sending someone to check on you, I highly doubt you would have called 911 again. Be thankful that operator did his/her job, cause now adays alot of people dont do their jobs right.

Yikes, snakes all over the place and it's teeny tiny bees that bring you down.

Hope you feel better. I hate the itching that stings cause. Drives me crazy.

Well Steve, you are not alone with the yellow jacket stings and a trip to the ER. It was shortly after you posted this I too got zapped by only half a dozen of the stinging little bastages and I broke out in hives from head to toe. Both my feet had swollen up to where I couldn't wear socks and the itching was insane!!!!! I too now carry an Epi-pen due to the fact that I got stung and had the reaction I that I did (I never had this reaction with prior stings either) as well as a preventative since I have a number of stinging and biting insects in my collection (which, knock on wood, I have not been bitten or stung by as of yet).

On a side note, while I was still on the Prednesone I went out and had me a yellow jacket cook out (since the spray didn't work too well with the ground nest). The yard needed the sticks and twigs picked up anyhow so I gathered them and a with the help with some gas and a match the pile eventually became a charred mark on the ground. No more yellow jackets.

Wow, glad you're both okay Steve and Dave.
I hope I'm not allergic to anything, sounds like a nightmare. I mustive been stung by wasps over 30 times when I was younger. X.X

Originally Posted by Heart4Dragonz

Wow, glad you're both okay Steve and Dave.
I hope I'm not allergic to anything, sounds like a nightmare. I mustive been stung by wasps over 30 times when I was younger. X.X

The crazy thing is I was stung half a dozen times about this time last year without having any reaction. The only difference was I was stung by yellow jackets this time and Boldfaced Hornets the last time (not a pleasant experience either).

I've been stung by Bee and Wasps; this is why I now pay someone else to mow my yard.

I'm so glad that everyone is ok!