I got stung by a wasp!!!

[Rochard]

One time I was outside hosing down a wasp nest. I thought I was safe, I was like a good twenty feet away. Finished up, put away the hose, and went up stairs. Was talking to my wife in the bedroom when bam - I got shot!

Turned out a wasp had gotten into my shirt and waited until I put away the hose and made my way up stairs to nail me. Bitch.

[Kristine]

I got stung by a wasp only one time in my life when I was a kid ... near the eye. After 15 years the scar is still visible.

[Funbrunette]

Well it's itchy as hell and still swollen this afternoon...Am I suppose to remove the "stinger"? I applied some cortisone it helped a little.

[thruma]

Originally Posted by Funbrunette

Well it's itchy as hell and still swollen this afternoon...Am I suppose to remove the "stinger"? I applied some cortisone it helped a little.

I don't know about wasp's but if you squeeze a bee sting it just pumps the poison out of the stinger into your body.

[Kristine]

Originally Posted by Funbrunette

Well it's itchy as hell and still swollen this afternoon...Am I suppose to remove the "stinger"? I applied some cortisone it helped a little.

You really should remove the stinger if it's still there. I thought only bees leave the stinger inside and wasps remove it themselves.

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by Funbrunette

Well it's itchy as hell and still swollen this afternoon...Am I suppose to remove the "stinger"? I applied some cortisone it helped a little.

Yes. I got stung by a wasp when I was 6 and my mom pulled it out.