Bitten!
April 14, 2007 · Print This Article
I had a bit of a scare a few hours ago..I was just going about my normal duties, getting the kids off to be and such, when felt a twinge of pain in my foot, just beneath my ankle. It, sort of, felt like I had sprained it…but I hadn’t…I didn’t think much of it but within an hour the pain grew and grew and semed to be getting higher and higher up my leg…It was so excruciating, I couldn’t walk or apply any pressure to it and it was actually making me nauseated…a bit concerned I rang the after hours practitioner (Dr) and explained what was going on…by this time I was breathing heavily and shaking so hard my teeth were chattering. The practitioner suggested I take some antihistamines and Paracetamol. I was in a bad way but I managed to track down some antihistamines from my next door neighbour…and within an hour the symptoms started diminishing…It turns out I was probably bitten by a spider and had an allergic reaction to it. I have NEVER been allergic to anything before so it was a bit worrying for me. But I am ok now, Thank God…apart from a still throbbing foot.
I think I will take it easy this weekend…LOL any excuse will do…I wouldn’t mind being a lady of leisure this weekend and getting everyone around me waiting on me hand and foot. hehehe! I know, I am evil…but I might as well use it to my advantage…would be a waste otherwise!…snap, snap…I am ready for my sponge bath now!!!
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Hey Flabs!
You never told me about this incident with the spider! Any ideas where you had been dipping your toes??
I remember a few years back when I was on a day trip with my husband and a group of people into some national park. I felt a sticky feeling on my foot and when I was sitting in the car, decided to take my shoe off. To my horror I found my foot covered in blood and there was a tick! Luckily though the tick came off easily and I lived to see another day!
Talk soon and don’t go sticking your toes anywhere else you shouldn’t be!
AJ