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April 25, 2009 at
10:38 PM
I have some sort of bite on my lower stomach...I noticed it this morning..it wasn't itchy or hurting so I went on with my day. (Which got worse after hearing about Bea Arthur but that's another thread). Anyway, I got home with my son from McDonalds and I noticed that part was hurting...not terribly bad..just annoying bad.
So of course around 8:00 I get itchy all over and get our son to bed (My son and I are on our own tonight). Then I get really dizzy and light headed and winded from just coming up a set of stairs. I'm out of shape but not That out of shape, lol.
So I go get in the bathtub thinking that might help with the itching on the rest of my body...had to lay down 3 times because I felt so sick. Then the area of my bite started hurting Really really badly. This is, of course, after all Dr's are closed. My fingers turned tingly and I thought I was going to throw up....which I did...and I'm not entirely sure I've ever felt that sick before throwing up in my life. I had been SO SO hot before that but then got the chills. Well...basically the same thing as the flu...those types of feelings.
So the spider bite hurts (And it's low enough on my stomach I wouldn't feel right posting a picture here)....it's kind of a little purple spot and it's whitish purple welt around it. I thought about going to the ER but damn it...I was just there a few weeks ago. With my husband out of a job and us not having insurance at the moment until Cobra gets their shit together...I can't afford to go. Even if I wanted to. Which I did but I wouldn't have been able to drive.
So hours later...the bite still hurts but it looks the same. I feel like crap. I've got a five year old asleep upstairs who would NOT wake up when I tried to get him to...and I feel sick enough I don't have the energy or the stomach to carry him down two flights of stairs and into the car, etc etc etc.
So anyway, I'm kind of nervous and alone and in pain and feeling like shit and I didn't know if there was anyone out there who's awake who wants to talk or has advise or something. I'll go in tomorrow to an emergency quick care to get it checked out tomorrow if it's not any better. Just kinda feel like everything is surreal and weird at the moment...and gross.
Wow I rambled.
Cliffnotes: Got bitten by a spider. Threw up, feel sick. Bite hurts. No insurance don't want to go to ER for another bill if it's just a harmless spider bite.
So of course around 8:00 I get itchy all over and get our son to bed (My son and I are on our own tonight). Then I get really dizzy and light headed and winded from just coming up a set of stairs. I'm out of shape but not That out of shape, lol.
So I go get in the bathtub thinking that might help with the itching on the rest of my body...had to lay down 3 times because I felt so sick. Then the area of my bite started hurting Really really badly. This is, of course, after all Dr's are closed. My fingers turned tingly and I thought I was going to throw up....which I did...and I'm not entirely sure I've ever felt that sick before throwing up in my life. I had been SO SO hot before that but then got the chills. Well...basically the same thing as the flu...those types of feelings.
So the spider bite hurts (And it's low enough on my stomach I wouldn't feel right posting a picture here)....it's kind of a little purple spot and it's whitish purple welt around it. I thought about going to the ER but damn it...I was just there a few weeks ago. With my husband out of a job and us not having insurance at the moment until Cobra gets their shit together...I can't afford to go. Even if I wanted to. Which I did but I wouldn't have been able to drive.
So hours later...the bite still hurts but it looks the same. I feel like crap. I've got a five year old asleep upstairs who would NOT wake up when I tried to get him to...and I feel sick enough I don't have the energy or the stomach to carry him down two flights of stairs and into the car, etc etc etc.
So anyway, I'm kind of nervous and alone and in pain and feeling like shit and I didn't know if there was anyone out there who's awake who wants to talk or has advise or something. I'll go in tomorrow to an emergency quick care to get it checked out tomorrow if it's not any better. Just kinda feel like everything is surreal and weird at the moment...and gross.
Wow I rambled.
Cliffnotes: Got bitten by a spider. Threw up, feel sick. Bite hurts. No insurance don't want to go to ER for another bill if it's just a harmless spider bite.
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Brain, right now, I just can't. Besides the money I have no way to get there and if I walk from one room to the next I feel like I want to fall over or throw up so I can't see driving there.
Most likely I just ended up getting a stomach virus on the same day I got the bite, I'm hoping anyway.
Most likely I just ended up getting a stomach virus on the same day I got the bite, I'm hoping anyway.
If I lay down with ice over the bite...it's not too bad. It's when I get up or remove the ice I either feel sick, weak or in pain.
What I'm hoping is....things will stay the way they have been tonight...not get any worse, then I can go to the Dr. tomorrow (one of those emergency quick cares...they treat things like infections, broken bones, etc). By then, my husband will be home.
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The black widow spider produces a protein venom that affects the victim's nervous system. This neurotoxic protein is one of the most potent venoms secreted by an animal. Some people are slightly affected by the venom, but others may have a severe response. The first symptom is acute pain at the site of the bite, although there may only be a minimal local reaction. Symptoms usually start within 20 minutes to one hour after the bite.
Brown recluse spider bites often go unnoticed initially because they are usually painless bites. Occasionally, some minor burning that feels like a bee sting [emedicinehealth.com] is noticed at the time of the bite. Symptoms usually develop two to eight hours after a bite. Keep in mind that most bites cause little tissue destruction.