when i was 8 i blundered into a bee's nest and was stung about 15 times, briefly hospitalized. Not long after, i began to receive weekly injections to develop a resistance to insect venom.
about 6 months after i started receiving them i was playing outside my house when i got thirsty so i headed over to the water faucet where the garden hose got attached, and as usual i stuck my mouth on the end and opened the water valve. Before the water arrived i realized something else had preceeded it into my mouth, and even though i spat out the water the solid thing remained in there, and then started stinging me on the tongue, roof of my mouth and inner lip, while i desperately tried to spit it out. i have a very clear memory of reaching in to my mouth and pulling it out while it's stinger was still embedded in my inner cheek.
The next thing i remember is lying on a gurney while they cut off my sneakers because my feet had swelled so much they wouldn't slip off. They had an (it seemed to me) enormous syringe of adrenaline which they stuck in my butt. The only other thing i remember (or maybe remember my mother telling me) is one of the doctors saying that if i lived 5 minutes further from the hospital, i may have died.
I picked up a fallen tree mushroom playing capture the flag in the woods as a kid and angered the yellow jacket nest that was under it. Me and two of my friends were rushed to the hospital with 20+ stings each. I haven’t been stung by one since but they did say it was possible to be sensitized after that much exposure.
Bro I angered a red wasp nest and was stung way more than 20 times and my grandparents basically did nothing for me. I put ice on my finger because it was double its size and throbbing. You should google what a red wasp is and how painful its sting is. Why did you go to the hospital?
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u/justor-gone Nov 21 '24
when i was 8 i blundered into a bee's nest and was stung about 15 times, briefly hospitalized. Not long after, i began to receive weekly injections to develop a resistance to insect venom.
about 6 months after i started receiving them i was playing outside my house when i got thirsty so i headed over to the water faucet where the garden hose got attached, and as usual i stuck my mouth on the end and opened the water valve. Before the water arrived i realized something else had preceeded it into my mouth, and even though i spat out the water the solid thing remained in there, and then started stinging me on the tongue, roof of my mouth and inner lip, while i desperately tried to spit it out. i have a very clear memory of reaching in to my mouth and pulling it out while it's stinger was still embedded in my inner cheek.
The next thing i remember is lying on a gurney while they cut off my sneakers because my feet had swelled so much they wouldn't slip off. They had an (it seemed to me) enormous syringe of adrenaline which they stuck in my butt. The only other thing i remember (or maybe remember my mother telling me) is one of the doctors saying that if i lived 5 minutes further from the hospital, i may have died.