I posted almost 3 weeks ago about being stung multiple times by wasps after my son was attacked. I was stung on both arms and hands and legs. My son, 2, looked worse and was taken to ER, and I investigated to see WTH had stung him. I found out soon and was really in pain when I felt the venom go in repeatedly.

Now, weeks later (3 on Sunday) I still have 2 scabs that won't heal, one on each arm. The ice I put on it right away kept most of the swelling down but as my hubby said, (and he never is worried about anything) "they look bad."

I got really sick after I was stung and even had my hubby stay home from work to care for not just the baby but me, too. I was itching but that wasn't a big deal. I was in pain and hated the swelling. I'm SO glad my son's face swelling went down and he didn't react in any other way, just the swelling and itching. I was Dog Sick!

But now, 3 weeks later, after spending a week sick, I'm starting to wonder why these stings aren't healing. I've been very patient. But now I have pain in my arms that I'm not used to, and the pain meds for RSD are not helping the pain that went away and came back on stupid WASP stings!

They itch, I scratch, I accidentally get it bleeding and I wonder why it is still so swollen after 3 weeks. If I were allergic I would've reacted by NOW. It's more like having an annoying additional pain problem. I'm being so careful typing and still have typos, but b/c I was stung multiple times on both wrist areas, it's not easy.

Has anyone ever dealt with stings like this before? I don't want to even THINK it would spread my 14 year RSD and the pain isn't exactly like that anyway. It's sore, annoying, burning on one hand and itching on the other. I really hate to complain. It's not like it would keep me from working if I had a regular job and I'm still keeping house, mothering my son and writing (my job.) I even traveled to Cancun for work and had a good time. (The sunburn worked right in with the stings which were not then back to bothering me.)

I just took my pain meds, added an ambien as I am going to sleep at last, and hope I wake up feeling better. I just wonder why wasp stings would still be swollen and re-bugging me. Re-bugging? I crack myself up. Sorry, the Ambien is kicking in. I must go to sleep b/c I don't want my son to ever see me acting a bit odd. For some reason, Ambien works for me (I only take it on rare occasion- 3-4 times a year) but it makes me a little loopy. I've read where people do odd things on Ambien and I don't want to spill the family secrets online, LOL. Funny that an IV of morphine/valium doesn't touch me, but this tiny pill does. Maybe b/c it is so rare that I take it? Or, perhaps it is b/c I am awake where I should be trying to sleep. ;)

Anyway, if ANYONE has heard about these odd wasp or bee sting reactions, I would like to hear your ideas/thoughts. I know we're getting swamped by insects in our area this summer and I can't be the only one. And before I forget, both arms have repeated stings that clumped together, and even though you can see where the stinger went in (it looks like I had shots) there is still a raised area underneath. Now, the venom would be gone by now, right? I had the internal reaction with the flu symptoms in addition to the ugly stings, that lasted about a week, maybe less. Last few days it's just come back as 1st, sore, and now pain. Can the venom last THAT long? I was stung, we figured, well over 20 times, mostly in 2 areas, one on each wrist area.

And I do know it's possible that I just infected the areas by scratching. It's hard to believe, though, b/c my son scratched his stings worse and nothing bad happened. And I scratched other stings and didn't get THIS kind of reaction. So while it IS possible, I don't think that's it.

And the pain medicine is working so I'm putting laptop down and pulling sheets up and get a good night's sleep!

Thanks!