Hi Sarah,
You seem to be having a strange time this year. I am
so glad to hear that you are OK.
Here are some thoughts on the bee still alive at this
time of year. On the roof of the supermarket there are
roof exhaust fans. Since the roof is warm from being
exposed to the sun and there is warm indoor air
flowing by they become excellent places for the bees
to nest, especially the ones that make the paper
umbrella nests and even the ones that make the conical
nests, ie the wasps, hornets and yellow jackets. The
fans don't run so fast as to make it impossible to fly
through them and there may be an occupancy sensor that
shuts them down at night. Then they would fly in
towards the lights, they love lights. Once inside and
near the lights they become dazed by the light and
will fly down towards the floor, (I watch them in my
garage in the summer). I suspect that the darkness of
your pant leg may have seemed like the way back out
and when it found it wasn't it stung you. Incidentally
we have a whole lot of bees still alive in New
England, I have to wait until Jan or Feb to get up
into the attic to pull down the nests near the roof
vents. In November, I was working on my gutters up on
the ladder and had about four or five fly out at me, I
killed four of them.
Your doctor probably figured if you waited you might
not start back up with the shots but I agree that you
ought to wait a month after the sting.
It sounds like you preformed very admirably under
stress.
One other consolation, the bee was in the produce
department probably attracted by the sticky sweet of
the fruits. That means its time is almost up. So worry
less, and don't be paranoid about them.
If you do wait a month it will be January, A month
from today is Monday the 3rd. Start January off right,
with resumption of the immunotherapy.
Good luck and keep up the good work of being calm in
crisis.
Bye,
Doug

--- Sarah <XArmyGirl@...> wrote:

> Clear Day
> Hello Everybody,
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> I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday season!
> Well guess what? I was stung Tuesday 30 Nov 2004. I
> was shopping at Dominick's and while in the produce
> department a yellow jacket flew up my pants leg. I
> had felt something but figured it was my
> imagination. I thought I had maybe a dryer sheet in
> my pants or some of my hair. ( I have a lot of hair
> and sometimes in the wash it will get in my clothes
> ) So I figured I was just panicking. Well I felt a
> sting and we all know how much those hurt. But since
> I have been having panic attacks I assumed it was
> that. In less then a minute I felt my blood pressure
> dropping and breathing was difficult. I went to the
> service desk and asked if there was a female who
> could go to the bathroom with me so I could check my
> pants. The female security guard was there and she
> came with me.
>
> All within a couple of minutes from the time of the
> sting to the bathroom I had took my Benydryl and had
> my needle ready. But in my mind I am telling myself
> this is a panic attack. It was in the bathroom when
> I saw the stinger in my leg that I got very scared.
> I told her to please call the paramedics. I went and
> sat in the security office. The security guard said
> I looked very pale when I walked up to the service
> desk then I started to break out in hives by the
> time I was in the security office.
>
> The paramedics were there in just a few minutes.
> They said my oxygen and blood pressure were very
> low. The good through all of this is I never lost
> consciousness. Everybody was so shocked because it
> is winter in Chicago. It was about 33 degrees here
> that night. What is a bee still doing around? What I
> don't understand is, Why Me? There must have been
> between 7-10 people in that department. Do I give
> off a pheromone that bee's like? I don't wear
> perfume anymore and I had my pants on all day and I
> don't think they smelled like laundry soap or fabric
> softener? I smoke, if they smelled at all they
> should have smelled like smoke. I don't think bugs
> are attracted to smoke smell.
>
> The doctors did not release me from the emergency
> room until about five hours later. The doctor told
> me to go to my doctor about getting checked for
> asthma, low blood pressure, low blood sugar and said
> get back in the immunotherapy because it took so
> long to come back up. The low blood sugar may be
> because I forgot to eat that day.
>
> I saw my allergist ( who is also a asthma
> specialist) today 03 Dec 2004. Good news I do not
> have asthma. He wanted to start me on shots Monday,
> I remember being told to always skip a month if your
> stung. I am going to wait. The funny thing is I was
> excited to go back for my shots because I figured
> they worked because I did not go total anaphylactic.
> But as soon as he said start Monday I got scared
> because I questioned on how quick he wanted me back.
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> This whole thing has blown my mind. It is freezing
> here, when can I let my guard down? And without
> sounding like a brat, WHY ME? I honestly want to
> know if I give off a scent that bee's like. Or is it
> because I have been sort of worried, did it smell
> my fear? Or what???????
>
> I hope everybody is enjoying there cool seasons!
>
> Sarah
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