Hi. I have just discovered your great website. I am anaphylatic to paper wasps here in Australia. They live all around us and often fly into my home and I...
Antonia
cats77au@...
Sep 7, 2009 5:20 am
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Hi Antonia, Great to hear from you - like you I haven't gone for therapy yet,our health service will pay for it just I haven't got my head round the logistics...
Oops, said a few weeks ago that due to all the wet weather we hadn't had many wasps .... had 4 in the kitchen ... got told off by 17 year old son for leaving...
We seem to have quite a few here in Sussex..yes, slow flying, maybe a little sleepy. Certainly more than we saw in France. Son off to Chessington World of...
Hi David, Thanks for that, he has actually been stung several times before, he is 9 and boys will be boys. Think you are right about the infection he could not...
laurah196508
laura@...
Sep 14, 2009 8:27 am
2371
Just curious to know how many times everyone has been stung. I have been stung two times that I can remember, and must've been stung one more time (probably...
sethzondag
sethzondag@...
Sep 14, 2009 8:27 am
2372
Just curious. I have been stung twice that I can remember, but I must've been stung when I was little too or I don't think I would have had the extreme...
sethzondag
sethzondag@...
Sep 14, 2009 8:28 am
2373
It is interesting but I have also been stung around every 10 years and my last sting was very recently - the first since 2000. I was driving the car (taxi...
I have had 2 bee stings - first one as small child being fascinated by the bee and decided to scoop it up into my hands :) Second as an adult ... once every...
I dont think I can recall all of the times I have been stung! Growing up, us kids spent most of our time playing outside. One game we played, was running...
I had multiple stings as a baby all over my face after happening on a nest in a flowering almond bush. One when I was 12 and one when I was 30 something....
I have only been stung twice. The first was a mild reaction around the sting area, the second a total systemic reaction. I do not want a 3rd. Antonia ... ...
My 'pet' spider who lives in the corner of our dining room window just behind the phone socket has caught another wasp in her web. It is double her size and...
Following our visit to Prof Warner at St Mary's Paddington he has recommended that Joe starts immunotherapy! The Prof suggested that Joe's next sting (!)...
Hi My 2 children disturbed a wasps nest last night during a golf lesson and my son ended up being sting 16 times, my daughter 6 times. Thankfully they didn't...
sam4hair@...
sam@...
Sep 28, 2009 8:58 am
2381
I have now been stung twice in life by a wasp the first time about 3 years ago on the ankle. I didn't have any problem with it at all. I got stung again on...
sdhshalford
sdhshalford@...
Sep 28, 2009 8:59 am
2382
I heard Stuart Hines, the insect expert from the British Museum saying that this autumn was going to be very busy for spiders and so those with a fear of...
Hi Sam, This is a very interesting question from a medical perspective and whilst I am not a qualified doctor I think the answer an allergist would give is as...
Fingers crossed that they can do it at Surrey - Paddington is a bit of a slog from our part of England! Anyway I am glad that they have come off the fence at...
They are MOST welcome in my house ... as long as they don't dangle above the bed ..... caught one there a few weeks ago {{shudder}} Well done Roz - great news...
Thanks for your good wishes David and Maggie. Yes, fingers crossed for Guildford as I am about to go back to full time teaching and cannot take days off to go...
Hi all ! That sure would be nice to get his shots someplace close. The more people you can get on board the better. Good luck Debbie ... From: Roz Hannan To:...
Thank you that eases my worries a bit. Its a great website. Thanks for all the info. Sam...
sam4hair@...
sam@...
Sep 29, 2009 1:11 pm
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Thanks to all who responded to my question about how many times you've all been stung! My husband and son were playing in our backyard today looking for bugs....
sethzondag
sethzondag@...
Oct 2, 2009 9:51 am
2390
Hope your sting test goes well on Monday! David From: sethzondag Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:33 AM To: insectstings@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
Aaagh -you think all the wasps and stingy things have gone for the year .... warm week and our wall which is covered with ivy - now flowering - was literally...
It has been an amazing few weeks - for all those who do not live in the UK we have had a very warm October and the wasps have therefore extended their busy...
Hi for the last month I have had an awful itch on legs and arms and when scratched it burns... then it turned into a rash... two visits to the docs and...
casadownes
csdownes@...
Nov 11, 2009 11:41 am
2395
It really is very difficult to tell either way from your brief description - but it sounds more like an infection than an allergic response so given the option...
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