I can't bring myself to post a photo of my IMMENSELY SWOLLEN LIP, because GROSS. Instead, imagine if you will this scenario and its consequences:
Yesterday, I put a YELLOW JACKET IN MY MOUTH. (Do I need to specify this was an accident?) It didn't like its new environment and plunged its stinger deep into the inside of my bottom lip. The little bastard was really embedded, too, so I had to force it out of my mouth using a finger.
Ever been stung? Now imagine that INSIDE YOUR MOUTH. Feels a bit like someone is punching you in the face and one of your teeth is trying to work its way through your lip. Oh, and the swelling makes eating and drinking interesting.
Two doses of three ibuprofen each with a variety of boozes helped, but this morning I awoke more swollen than ever. I've taken another dose of ibuprofen, but so far, no reduction in swelling. Can't wait to do my 3-hour lecture tonight....
Number 133,038 in a list of adventures I have experienced so you don't have to. Tip: When in the vicinity of stinging monsters who like sweet-smelling beverages, always look inside your glass before placing it near your mouth.
On a positive note, it's nice to know I'm still not terribly allergic to wasp stings.
Chris
Ever been stung? Now imagine that INSIDE YOUR MOUTH. Feels a bit like someone is punching you in the face and one of your teeth is trying to work its way through your lip. Oh, and the swelling makes eating and drinking interesting.
Two doses of three ibuprofen each with a variety of boozes helped, but this morning I awoke more swollen than ever. I've taken another dose of ibuprofen, but so far, no reduction in swelling. Can't wait to do my 3-hour lecture tonight....
Number 133,038 in a list of adventures I have experienced so you don't have to. Tip: When in the vicinity of stinging monsters who like sweet-smelling beverages, always look inside your glass before placing it near your mouth.
On a positive note, it's nice to know I'm still not terribly allergic to wasp stings.
Chris
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Hope you feel better soon!
If it makes you feel any better, in 10th grade chemistry a little cute bee came along on landed on my finger and stung me. I went to the nurse, came back, and sat down..... right on Big Ole' Mama Bee, who apparently didn't appreciate my interactions with little baby bee.
Hope it gets better soon!
If you're even a little bit allergic, a Benadryl might help with the swelling.
Wasps, OTOH, aka yellowjackets, are mean, and love sweet drinks or anything that makes them think of this. And their stings HURT!
So please, don't let anyone think the poor bees, whose world is being destroyed due to Colony Collapse Disorder, are harming you. It's important to make sure people don't fear them.
Yellowjackets, or hornets either for that matter, well--get out the Hornet Wasp Jet Bomb II!
I just looked up "yellow jacket," and it appears that's what it was. Yellow jackets are WASPS. Thus BASTARDS. They do not pollinate plants. Everyone out at the RenFaire was calling them "sweat bees," but they certainly are not. I shall modify this post with this new information.
I should point out that, as a teen camping in northern Minnesota, I was once stung about 200 times by an entire hive. That night, I enjoyed a great deal of hallucination and could not sleep. That was something else.
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i wanna see the pictures, though. Halloween is coming, you can pretend it's a costume.
Might just take a photo today. Especially if my lip splits open again....