Stung By A Wasp

[Biciclista]

benadryl, ice... and time. sorry you are hurt. 5 stings! OUCH every day it should get alittle better.

[colorisnt]

Thanks, Trek.

I took a nap (benadry does that!) and it is not AS swollen. I guess only time will tell. It was kind of a freak accident. I really don't know how it happens. lots of ice, though.

[westtexas]

A little cortisone cream should help with local swelling too. And it never hurts to take an NSAID to help with tissue inflammation. Benadryl will keep your body from releasing histamine, but the NSAID will deal with the inflammation that's already there.

[OakLeaf]

Ow ow ow ow. Hope it feels better soon.

[colorisnt]

West tex,

I took some ibuprofen, but it doesn't do jack. I suffer complex migraines and take narcotics for them, so it generally has little effect. The icing as been helpful though. Still swollen, but not as bad.

Was hoping to make it out to Mt. Baldy today, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. I still hope to make it up to Michigan tomorrow even if it is just a straight up and back. I didn't get to do the ride last year and I am making it this year, dang it!

[Owlie]

Oww. Hopefully it'll feel better soon.

[westtexas]

West tex,

I took some ibuprofen, but it doesn't do jack. I suffer complex migraines and take narcotics for them, so it generally has little effect. The icing as been helpful though. Still swollen, but not as bad.

Was hoping to make it out to Mt. Baldy today, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. I still hope to make it up to Michigan tomorrow even if it is just a straight up and back. I didn't get to do the ride last year and I am making it this year, dang it!

Sorry to hear that! Even if it doesn't take the pain away, at the very least it should inhibit the pathway in the body that makes inflammation happen.

Here is to hoping that you find something that works and it gets better soon!!!

[marni]

Owch!!! It is nasty when it is happening and not much fun after. Many symapthetic waves.

I seem to attract wasps and bees so I never ride without chewable benedryl in my under seat bag. I also check the bite as soon as I can get off the bike in case any part of the wasp got left behind and rub it down with a wet wipe while I am chewing the benedryl.

Ice helps as well once I get home.

I don't think there is a solution, either they seek you out or they don't but you hit them flying along peacefully minding their own business and they get irritated and bite. It's like learning to savor the taste of the various bugs you swallow, and another war story.

feel better soon and heal fast.

[colorisnt]

Yeah, I am pretty sure he just hit me. It wasn't really malicious, but instinctive.

I may travel with benadryl from now on. I *am* going to ride up to Michigan today since it isn't bothering me too much. I can do 39 miles and then do recovery tomorrow. But before I go and ride a 48 mile ride, I would like to do this long one first.