Got my stripe on Sat. Guess that's the next level. Got stung one time by a small yellowjacket. Panicked for about 30 seconds waiting to die and then...
Oh, I'm glad your ok Debbie! cate ... time by a small yellowjacket. Panicked for about 30 seconds waiting to die and then remembered all the years of shots....
Still not earned my stripe either - not sure whether I want to or not. On the one hand it would be nice to know that the treatment has been successful - I am...
Debbie-- Congratulations on surviving your first post-shot sting. Your post gives me confidence that the shots are worth it. It must be nice to have that...
Hey Sweetie Well, Bless Your Heart! That first 'field' sting is very scary! Having only run into paper wasp three times now, I've yet to run into a yellow...
Hi, Deb - glad to know the immunotherapy is working, I am still deciding whether or not to ask my GP to go on it. Robin, on the temperature front - we are...
Its stupidly hot here in the great white north. It was 45C with the humidex the other day and today will be even hotter. I walked up the street to drop off DD...
Hi Cate, Can't imagine 45C - just managing 17c here today! Quite pleasant - altho my other half has just burnt his tea and it is cold sitting here as he has...
Hi Robin and thanks for the hugs. I KNOW that the shots are working. Last sting I was almost dead, this sting.......swelled and hurt. Yep, I think they work....
Hi Maggie I knew I had started second-guessing the shots since they are a misery every month. I am so very glad now that I have stayed with it. No doubt in...
I know what you mean. There were times that I considered just going for the sting to know. Never could get to that point. Now that I have had it........what...
and to the King of Stings.................... Thank you for about the millionth time. I don't know how I would have made it thru these years without your help...
Yup same here. 45C in august and -45C in feb (well amost). Its crazy weather. This year seems to be a REALLY bad wasp/yellowjacket year here. They seem to be...
You are so kind Debbie - little do you know how much pleasure I get out of running the insectstings website! It is one of the most personally rewarding things...
I too am supurbly grateful David. Its always wonderful to know there are people out there who get you. The intenet is a great, great because without it, and...
How wonderful for you David. I reckon we all benefit. ... From: Insect Stings To: insectstings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:16 AM ...
There are crazy numbers of buzzard around my parts. Yesterday my daughter was being pestered on the dive tower at our local pool of all places. No food,...
Hi Cate, We are certainly quiet on the wasp front in the north of England, lots of bees though. Must say it is quite pleasant! It is unusual for them to be...
Down here in my garden in southern England it is pretty busy/buzzy with wasps - in fact the buziest year since 2004 and we started recording wasps and other...
Hi David, It does make you wonder about the micro-world - I suppose we need to understand the wasp life-cycle/ habits / how temperature and humidity affect it....
Wish I had some rain :) Since its so 'miserable' hot and dry down here, might as well have some rain to go with it :) Since its been so hot up in Canada, where...
Yup my grass has been dead since june. Its really dry here too. Crazy dry. Yup we call them wasps like in they do in the UK. I'm still not sure what a paper...
Down here in 'not-so-sunny' Sussex (about 10 miles from you David?) we don't seem to have many at all! One or two in the kitchen over the last month and, when...
Hi Cate, I think your daughter was very wise to go down the stairs - good presence of mind for a 7 year old. I would take my epipens in with me too - if I left...
Hi Guys, Long time no speak, but I do read regularly. I changed my job earlier this year and now commute each week from Humberside to Chester (both Northen...
Agh I typed up a long reply and my computer did an automatic update and shut down while I was still typing AGGH Yes I speak french. I am french. My kids are...
Hi Cate, Wow! All those languages - I can just about manage English! Your kids have pretty names - it is great for them to have multiple languages. My kids...
We're big on math and science in our house too. DH and I are both engineers and hopefully the kids got the math gene ;) Agh, on another note, I had an appt...
Hi Cate, The general principle is that allergic sort of people have allergic sort of children - the proper word is atopic and atop parents often have atopic ...
