November 25th, 2009, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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Name: Mike
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I got taken out yesterday....
...but not by a car
I awoke at 4:00am yesterday to a pin-prick sensation in my leg. By 4:15 the pain had spread to my hip and lower leg. I tried to go to sleep, and restlessly tossed about until 10:00am. I awoke to find a red spot on my leg with a circle around it. I went to the ER at 11:00 with a dizzy head and muscle spasms...a spider bite! I didn't know what kind until today...my girlfriend spotted it next to our bed! Captured and frozen sucka! Notice...red hourglass...eek! luckily, I haven't had a bad reaction. I felt like **** yesterday, but the bite is nothing more than a sore lump today, thankfully. Happy thanksgiving!
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November 25th, 2009, 03:59 PM | #2 |
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Sorry to hear! Gald you had no adverse reaction. Wife can feel your pain, she got stung by a scorpion in our bed last year.
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November 25th, 2009, 04:07 PM | #3 |
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This sucks bros! Good thing you're here to type your story lol!
I'm glad I live in a place where no insect or animal are venomous
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November 25th, 2009, 04:10 PM | #4 |
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Ok, now I feel like I have things crawling on me - gee thanks! Glad you are ok though!
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November 25th, 2009, 04:52 PM | #5 |
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Dammit! Now I have the heebeejeebees ... thanks! (runs to check bed)
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November 25th, 2009, 08:45 PM | #6 |
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Looks like it might be a Black Widow - used to hunt them as a kid when I lived in Glendale, CA. Pea shooter, dart made with a wooden match stick, needle, and some paper for fletching.
Hey I didn't say I was that smart as a kid
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November 25th, 2009, 08:49 PM | #7 |
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November 25th, 2009, 09:48 PM | #8 |
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From the description I thought it was a black widow. What did the hospital say it was?
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November 25th, 2009, 10:52 PM | #9 |
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I know it was a black widow....hence the hourglass reference. I grew up in Northern California around these suckers, but I didn't think they'd be in the bedroom!
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November 26th, 2009, 12:02 AM | #10 |
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Dang Mike, glad to hear that you are ok. I hear those things have a nasty bite.
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November 26th, 2009, 03:23 PM | #11 |
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Happy for you it wasn`t a Brown Recluse. One of those puppies will lay you up for a week. Treated a few of those when I worked in the ER.
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November 26th, 2009, 05:10 PM | #12 |
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Thank god I live in Canada. Might have a smaller riding season but all the nasty creepy crawlies can't tough out the cold so there aren't any. We only have to put up with Moose and Beavers
But aren't Black window bites potentially fatal?
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November 26th, 2009, 05:17 PM | #13 |
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Yes they can be potentialy fatal. Alot depends on the persons level of health.
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November 26th, 2009, 07:56 PM | #14 |
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since you live in montreal are you forgetting the drivers there too some of ppl there are suicidal lol
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November 26th, 2009, 07:59 PM | #15 |
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ouch...i went camping in the desert as a kid and ended up with a spider bite on my leg that hurt so bad i could hardly walk for a week...it's crazy to think something that small can do so much damage
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November 26th, 2009, 09:05 PM | #16 | |
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On a different note, I just got back from a ride with my new boots and gloves, and all I can say is wow. Big difference between 'street' and 'race' gear. I got some brand new joe rocket speedmaster boots and a brand new set of Held racing gloves for $100 total-kept my toes and hands nice and comfy for the ride over topanga.
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November 26th, 2009, 09:11 PM | #17 |
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I guess we will have to knick-name you Spider Man.
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December 3rd, 2009, 09:59 PM | #18 |
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this is why all spiders must die.
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December 4th, 2009, 07:41 AM | #19 | |
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December 5th, 2009, 08:58 AM | #20 |
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FLORIDA HAS SCORPIONS!??! Damn, now I'm really glad I never moved there. I took a trip to Phoenix a few years ago, but I was so worried about scorpion bites I couldn't even enjoy myself. Those pest exterminator signs everywhere with the big scorpions on them sure didn't help.
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December 6th, 2009, 12:46 PM | #21 | |
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it later got to the point i basically lost use of my leg and i ended up in the hospital for 8 days. that was not fun. |
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December 6th, 2009, 04:00 PM | #22 |
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glad to hear you're okay. spiders are one of my biggest fears... they have too many damn legs haha
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December 17th, 2009, 03:17 PM | #23 |
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Gary, I also did my medical training at Ft Sam in 1967---91C(Medical Specialist) Interned at Brooke on the burn unit--That was grim, and then went to Medical Field Service School for my (91G9 Social Work Psychology Specialist) The Brown Recluse is nasty--you end up with necrotic tissue around the bite which turns to Cellulitis in no time. I got bitten by one in northern New York State. They are all over the US and Canada. Difference between the two is that with the Black Widow, one is more likely to get a severe allergic reaction, which can kill if not treated quickly.
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December 17th, 2009, 11:01 PM | #24 |
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So freaky!
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