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To: zzeeman

I didn’t know what it was, at first. My son came over to take some stuff to the post office and when he hugged me he told me I was “burnin’ up, Mom!” My right thumb was very hugh and red, and extremely painful, and as soon as he left, I dragged myself to the sofa and went to sleep for a couple of hours.

Then, for some reason, I thought of brown recluse spiders and began to research them and that’s when I realized it might be a bite. In the meantime, I splinted my hand.

When I woke up, I remembered it wad pill-sorting day. Also, I drink cold bottled water. I couldn’t believe a simple thing like opening a pill vial or a water bottle could put me in such agony!

So I then researched what to do about it: antihistamines, pain killers and cold compresses. Unngh. The bad thing is that Terminix was in the week before. I think they’re using watered down solutions, or just pretending to spray. They did that to us when I lived in Del Rio.

Anyway, when I made the bed yesterday, I sprayed behind the headboard and the end tables, and will do it again in a few days. Just in case.


885 posted on 06/17/2023 8:34:27 AM PDT by Monkey Face ( ~~ The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind you. ~~ Facebook)
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To: Monkey Face

YOW!!! take care!


889 posted on 06/17/2023 1:21:05 PM PDT by null and void (I’m starting to get the feeling that everything will kill covid except the vax.)
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To: Monkey Face

Oh wow! Those bites can be awful! Good that you recovered!

Good idea to keep spraying... what product are you using?


902 posted on 06/18/2023 6:18:52 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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