Stung by bees in my eyebrow

[beninma]

I said I got stung a lot.. but most of the time it doesn't bother me much.. even less than a mosquito bite. I get a big nasty shot of pain but within 5 minutes I can't even tell I got stung. That "lip sting" was the big exception.

A couple other bizarre ones, I was cleaning a pool area with a hose years ago and flooded a ground wasp hive.. got about 5 out of that one.

Another bizarre one, my wife's grandfather was getting pretty far along in terms of old age, he decided he needed to change the tire on his tractor and rigged up a 2x4 as a lever and then started piling stuff on top of the end of the 2x4 as a counterweight, including putting a microwave oven on top. Then he got tired, went inside, and forgot about the whole thing. Months later we show up and go to clean up the mess and when I grabbed the microwave oven I got a nasty sting when the wasps that had taken up residence decided that they didn't like me moving the microwave.

 

[Old Plank]

I was out in my yard today trying out a plant/tree/insect etc. ID app on my phone, and got nailed on my calf and elbow by ground wasps argh! Unfortunately they were moving too fast (and me too after getting stung) to ID them with the app! Caladryl so far but watching for swelling ...epi pens on hand.

 

[boris bubbanov]

I got rid of two wasp/hornet nests, each high on elevated eaves near where the chimney pass through is. The big boy wasps got a shot of that knock down stuff from 12 feet maybe and went down wimpering. But these smaller, hornet type things tried their best to fight back, even though my delivery of the product was pretty much perfect. Two of these tough guys got to my face but the chemicals in the spray must've disabled their ability to deliver a sting. I had some eye protection but one landed on my brow and the other on the right cheek. I was convinced I would be made to suffer, but each stricken hornet fell away or was brushed away and we finished them off with a boot heel. Along with the others and of course, all the larvae in both nests. Maybe 40-45 insects or the makings of insects. But a close call, I would say.

 

[boris bubbanov]

I was out in my yard today trying out a plant/tree/insect etc. ID app on my phone, and got nailed on my calf and elbow by ground wasps argh! Unfortunately they were moving too fast (and me too after getting stung) to ID them with the app! Caladryl so far but watching for swelling ...epi pens on hand.

Those ground suckers are often my nemesis. I have my lawn mower throttle stuck open (kids don't do this!) and in this instance, it really has saved my bacon several times. These ground hornets attacked the mower with tremendous vigor and for a long time. If the motor on the mower had shut off, they'd have gone for me instead and surely got me.

 

[drf64]

Maybe it will transform me into a superhero

I’m angry at how unrealistic Spider-Man is. I'd be dead chuffed if he crawled around shooting webs out of his ass.

 

[Toadtele]

I got it a couple times in the tongue from a wasp out of a rolling rock bottle. I spent the rest of the afternoon drooling with an ice cube in my mouth. My wife thought it was hilarious

 

[Informal]

When I was 17, I stuck my hand out the window, to wave to my parents, who were coming the opposite direction..

Splat... Little bastard blew halfway through my palm.
Hurt and bled like hell.

Looked like I got shot in the hand with a .38..

Not sure if it was a bee or a wasp, not much left of it to identify.

 

[Reedo]

Pics, or it didn't happen....

Seriously, that's nasty. I once had ground bee's in my lawn, and like an idiot poured petrol down the hive entrance, and lit the damn thing. I hadn't tightened the petrol canister lid on tight, mainly because I wanted to get away fast once I lit the thing up.

I put a lit taper to the hole and boom, the ground went up in flames, worse still, so did I. Fortunately the night before it had rained quite heavily, so I instinctively rolled on the ground, extinguishing the flames.

My hair was gone, and my beard, and the very top layer of skin on my face was singed and black. I've never made the same mistake twice.

 

[mad dog]

Some kind of wasp hit me under the full face helmet, riding a rented cycle in NZ. Stung me right in that little hollow between the collar bones. Felt like I'd been stabbed. Luckily, I stayed upright.

I am somewhat allergic, so the next two nights were sleepless, intense itching at the site and elsewhere. No fun at all.

 

[Obsessed]

I always make a paste using Adolph's Meat Tenderizer and put it on the bite. It draws out the venom. I got bit on the tongue once...rushed to the ER, almost had to do a Trach because my tongue swelled up. EpiPen stuff saved me from that. Be careful...you don't want to get an eyelid infection too.

+1. I have Adolph’s meat tenderizer in my EDC bag, glove compartment, motorcycle bag and bathroom medicine cabinet. I have put a smile on countless bee sting victims. Works best within 15 minutes.

 

[24 track]

when i was weed eating the back yard during the fires here, I hit an underground hornets nest , and was gang attacked by the little buggers , I got bit and stung on both elbows , both wrists fore arms , my forehed I got about 10 stings at once , I covered my head but they were flying under the cover an unbeknownst to me I had them in my hair I went back to the house and went to the bathroom as I walked past the mirror I saw the little bugger crawling in my hair , I shook him out left the bathroom and closed the door ( I still had the attack ferimone on me ), I waited 1/2 hr went back into the bath room with my electric tennis racket and showed the little %$#$#@#, the errors he made by bad choices. ( he crackled really well )

 

[ping-ping-clicka]

It hurts like a sinus headache along with a soldering iron being poked into my eyebrow. My left eye has been watering and my nose has been running since the little $#$%# stung me at work 3 hours ago. I was seriously unable to work at all for about 30 minutes after they got me.

Based on my research it looks like I could be in for a few days of this. Maybe it will transform me into a superhero.

Stuff like this makes me relieved I'll be back working in my chosen profession in an office environment in a few weeks instead of doing physical labor. I will, however, miss the cruelty, mutual abuse, profanity, the ability to belch and fart with impunity, and driving the big Bobcat Skid Steer.

Getting stung in the eye brow is scary. I am sorry that you are suffering.
Have you googled treatment for painful Bee Stings?
.. . . and .... in the just curious side bar , what shade of eye shadow were you wearing when you were stung? ,
and have you considered having your eye brows waxed

Recover real soon, and get your brows waxed, and change the shade of your eye shadow.
by the time you'd done these things you'll be feeling tip-top.

 

[Dan German]

A few days after a good friend found out (the hard way) that he is seriously allergic to wasps, I was bicycling and saw one coming at me. Didn’t have time to dodge it, and it bounced off my helmet brim and went behind my shades. Stung me on the eyelid. I had never been stung before, so I bicycled home and Mrs. German watched me to make sure I wasn’t going into anaphylaxis or anything. Seemed OK, so after a bit I bicycled on to my football game. Hard to play football when one of your eyelids is grape-shaped.

 

[CJM3309]

In 7th grade we were swinging on the swings at recess. After building up some steam and getting the swing to a good height the fun turned crummy. As I was coming down/forward in my swing a wasp flew into my mouth and got me in the back of the throat. I remember it starting to swell and then producing a ton of saliva. I couldn't spit enough. No hospital thankfully. My mom picked me up and gave me Benadryl when I got home. Passed out for the afternoon and woke up better. It did suck though. One in a million shot doc!

 

[Mowgli]

It hurts like a sinus headache along with a soldering iron being poked into my eyebrow. My left eye has been watering and my nose has been running since the little $#$%# stung me at work 3 hours ago. I was seriously unable to work at all for about 30 minutes after they got me.

Based on my research it looks like I could be in for a few days of this. Maybe it will transform me into a superhero.

Stuff like this makes me relieved I'll be back working in my chosen profession in an office environment in a few weeks instead of doing physical labor. I will, however, miss the cruelty, mutual abuse, profanity, the ability to belch and fart with impunity, and driving the big Bobcat Skid Steer.

True story: when I was in high school, my father and I were cleaning the window screens to our house. As such, we had to remove them before cleaning. It was a nice day so we opened all of the windows.

We took a break and went inside. My father went into the bathroom to take a leak. Suddenly he started yelling bloody murder.

My mother and I ran to the bathroom and opened the unlocked door. There stood my father struggling to continue urinating while breathing and yelling in a painful staccato manner. We asked what was going on?

Once he finished he told us that a bee flew in and made a "beeline" directly to the head of his penis and quickly stung him before he realized what had happened.

My mother and I started laughing uncontrollably while he suffered immeasurably.

So, for what it's worth, it could be worse!

 

[johnny7]

Stung by Bees would be a good name for a band!

 

[THX1123]

Getting stung in the eye brow is scary. I am sorry that you are suffering.
Have you googled treatment for painful Bee Stings?
.. . . and .... in the just curious side bar , what shade of eye shadow were you wearing when you were stung? ,
and have you considered having your eye brows waxed

Recover real soon, and get your brows waxed, and change the shade of your eye shadow.
by the time you'd done these things you'll be feeling tip-top.

I drew the short straw and have to tell you that the T in TDPRI stands for Telecaster, not Transvestite. You should probably use Grindr for your flirting in future.

 

[68tele]

I was cycling before work one fine summer day (@18-20mph) when suddenly *THOK* the unmistakable sound of an insect hitting the helmet...I soon felt something crawling on my head, hoping it was a kindly beetle of some sort, I kept riding, don't want to stop...then I notice it crawling on the INSIDE of my glasses: a yellow jacket! Still riding, I take off the glasses, slow and careful-like...took a few times to shake the bastid off - very lucky, could've ended real bad.

 

[wulfenganck]

That happened to me at Disneyland.
I scared a lot of kids with my reaction. I ran, swearing, into a restroom to wash my face before I found the first aid office. The pain subsided but I looked like I lost the bar fight.

Well, with all due respect, but you actually lost that fight!

 

[wulfenganck]

I think I only got stung 2 times by bees or wasps. One time I stepped on the poor fellow and the second time I didn't realize the wasp was also taking a sip from my glass....I think I'm pretty lucky. We once had to call the ambulance and have a friend of mine rushed to the hospital, because of his allergic reaction after being stung by a wasp. We were joking when he got stung, but after a minute, things were not funny any more, as his face was swollen and he was barely able to breathe. He swore that he never reacted like that before. Luckily the ambulance arrived within ten minutes after the call, but we were all pretty shocked.