This blog is way left of center...
Holy fuck, dude. I mean, I had an earwig in my sock once, and that was a little gross. This seems way worse.
I don't kill things, either, but the thought of (1) having a scorpion in my shoe and then biting me and (2) missing Loretta Lynn because of that little fucker would've caused me to blow a nutty and beat him to death also. I'm sorry you took a life, but, like you said, those nasty fuckers are more evil than you thought.
This one got me real good.
Next time, make a poultice of baking soda and warn water. Plop it generously on the scorpion sting. That will draw out the poison. I was stung by a scorpion that was under my pillow when I was 14 (the night before the first day of 8th grade!). It hurt. My mom made a poultice. It worked.
I sympathize, kona.
One of those fuckers stung me in the armpit while I was lazying around on my floatie thingie in my pool.
The pain is horrendous. Think I'd rather land in a bed of fire ants.
Needless to say, that scorpion and every one I see immediately goes to scorpion heaven. Or hell.
FYI, if your tongue and face start st feel numb, it is time to go to the nearest emergency room. If your tounge, face ot throat start to swell, it can cut off your airway before anybody knows what has happened.
kona, hello! Doctor!! Goddamn.
Dude, seriously. If you're trying to impress me, I'm impressed. Please monitor your symptoms carefully.
/not moving to texas
Sounds like you're going to survive, but damn! And ouch! And I fuss about fire ants and wasps!
It looks huuuuge! I am terrified of scorpions.
I'm with you, most everything gets a free ride to outside, but that's over the line.
(fire ants aren't tolerated either)
I was nervous today. And Seventh Sister, I will take your advice in the future. Had I not been stung once before, (less seriously than today) I would have been freaking out. At least I recognized the symptoms and knew what was going on.
But I will tell you this: if I am ever stung by more than one scorpion in one episode, I will be going to the ER. I can't even imagine 3 or more scorpion stings at once. I think I'd have cardiac arrest. I kid you not. It's that bad.
Maybe different people react differently. But this is me. It's nasty. And yet I can get in a thicket of poison oak and yank it out with my hands and have no effects whatsoever.
I'm not saying I routinely DO it, but I have by accident, and nothing happened. But this shit was a bad trip.
oh geeezzzz! that scared the crap outta me just reading it.
i think i'll stay in pittsburgh!
It sounds like you have an alergic reaction to the venom and these things can get muchmore serious without warning. You could go into anaphelactic (sp?) shock and that shuts everything down real fast. Keep some benedryl handy for any future events and seek medical help immediately if you have even the beginning of the symptoms you describe.
mom is signing out now.
sweet holy mary mother of fuck!
kona!
scorpions are a neurotoxin. they fucking kill more nerve cells than tequila. the reason you're tasting a foot sting is that there are shitloads of nervepaths in your goddamned foot. the sting killed them and your brain is rewiring in a desperate attempt to keep you from losing your balance and falling (although hitting your fucking head wouldn't be the worst outcome, at least it's not something you use regular)
dude, that poison, that nuerotoxin has a long, long shelf life. it needs to be neutralized by an antivenin or other treatment. antihistamines don't do shit except make you drowsy.
go. to. the. fucking. doctor. now.
please.
{/rant}
back to sister status.....
my brother has always hada alergic reactions to insect bites. I wrote about one incident here
http://shimodasdream.blogspot.co...and-
rouond.html
scorpions are not bugs. they are more closely related to mollusks.
this is an entirely different set of symptoms.
even without the venom there is a deep and narrow puncture wound that has a very good chance of infection.
if you get stung by a scorpion, any scorpion, go. to. the. doctor.
p.s. you're lucky it wasn't one of the little tiny motherfuckers. they are the worst. they were all the fuck over arizona.
they are nothing to fuck with or ignore.
go. to. the. doctor. now.
It's probably just as well you skipped the Loretta. She was fabulous for many, many years. However, now her voice is shot and she misses more shows than she actually performs due to an "illness" that robs her of her voice. When I saw her, she spent most of the time apologizing for being sick and not having a voice, and managed about 5 songs...most of which she weakly sang while her daughter stood behind her and carried her through...they sound a lot alike. I'm afraid we've missed out on ever hearing this super-talent anything like she was at her prime.
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