I was riding on Saturday and I was stung by a bee out near the lake. This is the second time I've been stung while cycling. The first wasn't bad at all, the bee stung me on the top of my left quad. I pulled over real quick, pulled it out, felt like everything was ok and continued on.
This most recent attack was much worse. I was out on Otay Lakes road about about a mile east of where the road splits to go to the dam. There is not a curb or real shoulder there, so I can't just stop right away, it takes a gradual slowing, or you will crash.
The bee was still attached to the stinger when I stopped and he did not seem to want to give it up. I think I flicked at him three times before he fell off. I then pulled out the stinger and everything seemed like it would be fine. But this one seemed to hurt more. I did not know why at the time, I just knew it hurt more.
When I got home I looked at the area and it was already a bit red and puffy. Since the bee was in longer, I'm guessig he was pumping the venom a bit longer than the first time. Then I read that you are supposed to scrape away at the stinger from the side (not pull it out, like I did). If you pull at it, you are likely to actually push more of the venom in the wound.
Well the puffyness is gone now, but there is still a big red mark (it looks like a bruise now). Hopefully it will clear it by the weekend.
Did I mention the bee looked real mean too???
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bad bee!!!!
i felt your pain reading your blog...i have never been stung by a bee (yet or hopefully never ever!). i'm so scared of bees! and spiders
Yeah, he has a killer welt on his leg. A manly welt. A hairy manly welt.
I've been stung numerous times (on the eye, on the foot when I stepped on one, I did a handstand onto one and a couple times on the hand). They hurt like mutha but Thor was brave. He hid his tears behind a growl.
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