I have been lucky...never stung...but my wife....one stung her on the neck....she thought she was gonna die....I caught that little Texas bastard....
They do get big in Texas dont they!?
LOL.
Anyway, I was told by several people down there (AZ) that the pulp from a prickly pear will take the pain away. How a person gets the spines off them nasty things to make a poltice is beyond me though.