Like everyone else, we are all so sorry for your sting. Hope you
get over it all soon - know how tough it is.

There are far fewer wasps and bees around in the winter but don't
let that fool you into thinking there are none around at all! Do
remember that the queens hibernate in nice warm places waiting for
the weather to warm up and start looking for nest sites. Those
places for us humans are usually indoors, often in airing cupboards
snuggled up amongst the towels, wardrobes, attics, in fact anywhere
in the modern home is pretty good! When they get disturbed then
they just fly around, very cross and sting the first person the come
across that gets in the way of them finding another warm quiet place
to hibernate. I do get quite a few e-mails from people who have just
been stung and can't quite believe it possible in the middle of
winter. It is very possible and happens a lot.

As for Sarah's symptoms, well hives and low blood pressure don't
come out of panic attacks and they sound like anaphylaxis to me. As
for starting immunotherapy - well I would definitely suggest you
should wait a month (recommended in the literature) and then you go
for it.

Oh, and try not to get stung during the treatment!!


David