We have yellow jackets that sneak inside when the weather turns cold and they hibernate! One of them decided to get up in the middle of last night and visit my pillow at 12:30 and consequently I got stung on my hand. Wow, did that ever hurt! It was like a sharp, hot and searing poker! I tried all sorts of remedies (afterbite, baking soda, etc.) including several benadryl tablets and a bunch of ibuprofin. I finally tried a warm water soak (ice just made it more painful) which seemed to help. By that time the pills had started to take effect! Finally got to sleep about 3:30, only to have to get up at 4:00 to take sister and hubby to airport!
Needless to say I've taken a couple I'd naps already! Hand is still swollen and painful but no more of the searing hot pain. No sewing today!
Hi Barb,
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So sorry I hadn't visited your blog in a while. Sometimes Life gets in the way but I wanted to start the year right, so here I am. :)
So sorry to hear you got stung by a yellow jacket. Do you know where they are? I would get a pest control guy to get them out of your home.
Hope you feel better soon.
Hugs
Hi!
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That's so scary! My grandmother was living in a rental condo once and had been complaining about yellow jackets getting in and she could not figure out how. Said she could hear buzzing in the bathroom, the stairway wall and the bedroom ceiling. The owners ignored her complaints.
One morning as she was getting out of the shower, she heard a cracking sound and looked up in time to get out of the bathtub enclosure just as the ceiling caved in! Apparently, these yellow jackets had eated enough of the wood away that the drywall alone couldn't hold the weight of the nest!
Fortunately, she was quick enough to slam the bathroom/bedroom door closed and shoved a towel under the door so none of them escaped, and she wasn't stung. She said it sounded like the soundtrack of a horror movie!
When the pest control people got there, they said it was one of the largest colonies they'd ever dealt with, they were throughout the attic of the 6 unit condo, in the walls and crawl spaces! How's that for creepy!
Hope your problem is just an occasional scout!
I'm somewhat allergic to bee stings andI've discovered that charcoal works. I get the powdered kind but in an emergency I've taken a capsule apart or crushed a tablet. I just get the pad part of a bandage damp, dip it in the charcoal and it will take the sting away VERY quickly and the swelling also. The trick is not to let the charcoal dry out. If it does it loses its effectiveness. Charcoal is great for drawing out toxins! Sometimes our grandmas knew what they were doing.
ReplyDeleteAmmonia is supposed to work well for yellow jacket stings or bites. My mother became quite swollen from one once while camping. She had to go to the hospital eventually. I carry a little container of something called Sting-Eze in my purse when I'm in an area that may have them.I'm not sure if it's still around.It worked for my mom. It's made in Winnepeg, Canada.
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