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Posted: 5/9/2007 4:58:32 PM EDT
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Dude - any swelling of tongue, etc call 911 immediately. Otherwise, get some Benadryl & consider talking about an Epinephrine pen with your MD. |
I hope you get better soon but heed our advice please.
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AXL, no joke man get to the ER now. That is a lot of stings and could be fatal. Be sure to post pix when you get back! ETA: I found this in this Article Link:
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Then he can be known as the first guy to give ARFCOM a play by play as he buys the farm. An internet legend... That's far more satisfying than just gointg to the ER. |
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I'm not going to fucking die. Not over that anyway. Wife is watching me, comes by every few and pokes me and makes sure I'm not drooling or my eyes have rolled back. This has happened before. Hurts like hell but I'll get over it. She's mixing me a shot of JD and water. That always helps. |
I hope JD doesn't mind. Seriously, watch yourself closely the next few hours |
He's ok now. Get some video for us. 
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Well, since you refuse to go to the ER... Feel the front of your Adam's Apple. Yeah, the pointy part. Now trace your finger straight down the middle of your throat about an inch to a diamond shaped indentation about half the size of your fingertip. That is the chricothyroid membrane. Now collect up a mirror, a razor or sharp knife, and a stiff tube of some sort. When you can't breath anymore, you need to clmly collect up all of your gear and cut into the membrane, insert the tube and get someone to blow into it for...there is someone else there with you, right? Okay toughguy, make a choice. You ain't in Cambodia anymore and you ain't 19y/o either. eta page two and POST PICS! |
I was just about to suggest some napalm. |
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Are you itching? If you are, your having a allergic reaction as it is caused by the release of histamines. I went into anaphylactic shock when I was 7 from farking Yellow Jackets, I didn't feel very good at first and started to itch, then it came on REAL QUICK. I just barely made it to the hospital in time, I couldn't breath when I got into the hospital then within 10 seconds of the epinephrine shot it was over. I'd go to the ER if I were you especially since you have been stung so many times, if they find you are having a reaction they will give you a shot of steroids and antihistimines to stop it cold. A word to the wise, anaphylactic shock doesn't always come on right away, it could come on much later like while one is sleeping which one would be pretty much screwed. |
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Those things are wicked. Recon your yard and find the nests. They all go in at night. Go to the Dollar Store and buy all the rubbing alcohol you can find. At night, go out to the holes where they nest and open the alcohol. Invert the bottle and allow the alcohol to drain in while plugging the hole to the nest. Leave the bottle there overnight. They'll all be dead. Then go fill in the holes with dirt. |
+1 Usually your safe after the first hour or 2 but I HAVE seen shit like this happen later. |
Zoot's probably right, "MOST" cases of anaphylaxis are within 15 minutes of exposure - however, my FDNY brother is also correct in the fact that in rare cases the response can occur or worsen hours later. This is why I must reiterate that you speak to your MD about a scrip for an Epi-pen. |
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I am a red tag reciepent. Last time I was stung I took 2 benadryl and was out cold in under 15 min. I woke up staring at a medic with a epi pen in hand waiting on my reaction to the smelling ovule he had just crushed under my nose. Not to cool. You sir still need to take a few benadryl just to be on the safe side. If nothing else you will get a good nights sleep. If you are in fact alergic you need to contact your DR and get a epi pen just in case. Make sure your wife and loved ones know what to do with it in the event you have another encounter and things go south very quickly. Alchol may make you feel better but if you are in fact having an alergic reaction it may aid in killing you. Also do not drink after taking benadryl it will cancel its effect out. Be safe and hope you listen to some of the wise advice in your own thread. |
There is always an exception to the rule dammit 
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