Hi Debbie,
I first found this site on the day after your sting.
You got very fast service from your doctor. My first
sting was in 1960 when I was 10. My reaction has never
been anaphylactic but my doctors tell me that someday
unexpectedly it will be. I have instead a severe
localized reaction. I swell from any insect bite or
sting mosquitos and other biting flies give me a welt
up to a half inch in diameter and ants give me one the
sizee of a half dollar, but bees and wasps leave me so
swollen that it looks like a dinner plate under my
skin. It lasts for days too. I told David when I first
read the material he has on his web site about his
ordeal with the treatments that I do not avoid bees in
fact I actually will go after them. I just have to
hold still when they are flying near me and not make
any sudden movement. Bees have faceted eyes. It is
like looking through broken glass or the bottom of
corning visions glass pots. When something moves it is
seen differently in each facet and even a tiny
movement shows clearly. They see light and dark so
they hover around dark spots to see if there is an
opening to fly in. Bees and wasps protect their nests
and the area around them. When there are many
residents there are several gaurds. They are attracted
to many smells mostly sweet like syrupy beverages,
(orange soda), and to meat. Perfumes can be an
attractant. They can see bright colors. Someone with
bright clothes moving their arms around and wearing
perfume could be a target. Similarly plain clothes, no
strong perfume and moving slowly you could pass inches
away from a nest, (the most protected area), safely.
So, what do I do? I go after them before they can get
me. When I see a nest I go back after dark, when they
cannot see much at all, and I spray it. I always carry
a backup can in case the first one fails. There is
absolutely no point in spraying a nest in the daytime
it just aggravates the one that are away from the
nest. I even kill wasps by crushing them with my
finger if I can get within an inch of them, Wash hands
carefully afterwards.
Well, Debbie, I wish you luck. If Ohio is anything
like Massachusetts, then the bees are active from
early March to late October or November, depending how
warm the nest is.
Doug
--- acet12000 <acet@...> wrote:
> My sting was on August 24, 2003. Eight minutes after
> the sting I was
> already near death.
>
> I have had my consultation with the allergist. I
> start my venom
> therapy on Oct. 7, 2003.
>
> I am somewhat worried about the amount of the first
> injection
> (1/500th), but I have a call into the office
> regarding this and they
> are to get back to me.
>
> I am trying to adjust to a different life cycle.
> Work in the day,
> sleep in the day, and do my other activities in the
> evening and night.
> ( Makes for some pretty nippy night motorcycle
> riding in Ohio right
> now)
>
>
> Would love to find a site that tells me, ( maybe
> aready on this site),
> when they, ( you know THEM!!) get up, what
> temperature makes them fly
> and what time they put their little wasp pajamas on.
>
> Like I said before, it's much like getting hit by a
> bus in my
> driveway.
>
> If the Dr. tells you something like......next time a
> cow bites you,
> you could die.....well it would be easier to avoid a
> cow !
>
> I am afraid of being not careful enough and I don't
> want to be over
> dramatic.
>
> Still dizzy from the shock.
>
> Am interested in learning about other peoples
> stories
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
>
>


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