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Ouch!

pleasantlyevil

9/20/07 08:10 am

I got bit by one of these (Katie, Darlene, do not click unless you really wanna) this morning. While I was in the shower. On the 4th toe on my right foot, underside. The water from the shower stunned it and it stayed docile, partially wrapped in wet toilet paper until I got a good look at it. After I'd gotten a good enough look at it, the thing dried off enough to try moving about (it wasn't in the best of shape, probably the water was too hot) and, of course, have its life ended swiftly, the fucker. . .

• Current Location: Bethlehem, PA
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• petronivs

  9/20/07 01:10 pm (UTC)

  That's cute!

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  • pleasantlyevil

    9/20/07 01:27 pm (UTC)

    

    Well, you try having one working at gnawing your toe off, and let me know how cute it is then. . . ;-)
    
    Seriously, though, I'd felt like I'd step on a nail or a needle when the thing bit me. I'm waiting for the swelling to start. . . :-(

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    • petronivs

      9/20/07 01:28 pm (UTC)

      According to that article, it's going to be much like a bee sting. Sometimes bee stings don't amount to much more than a skeeter bite. How long's it been? If there is going to be substantial swelling, shouldn't it start pretty quickly?

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      • pleasantlyevil

        9/20/07 01:42 pm (UTC)

        

        My reaction to bee stings is slow, so we'll see if this is similar. Considering the area where I was bit, I'm expecting it to be uncomfortable at the very best.

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        • petronivs

          9/20/07 01:45 pm (UTC)

          Get well soon!

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• spoondave

  9/20/07 02:08 pm (UTC)

  

  Ouch, indeed! Put some Neosporin on that thing, man.

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  • bratty_lil_fae

    9/20/07 02:15 pm (UTC)

    

    I was going to suggest cleaning it out with hydrogen peroxide first. Seeing as the article mentions a tendancy for infection due to the spiders feeding on dead things.
    
    No need to encourage infection when some hydrogen peroxide and neosporin would probably take care of it.

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    • pleasantlyevil

      9/20/07 02:33 pm (UTC)

      

      It was prior to washing of my feet, so I took extra care with some anti-bac body wash while I was at it. I didn't have access to neosporin or the like at that moment, but I did make sure I cleaned things up as best I could with what I had available. I have every intention of slathering some neosporin on when I can get out of shoes and socks, just to be extra careful. . .
      
      Fortunately, this was not a brown recluse, which Katie's father and grandmother were both bitten by only days apart (and a quite few states, to be sure). I've seen some nasty pictures of brown recluse bites, and the scar on Katie's grandmother's back is ugly looking. Kate's dad was bitten in the house, so I had a few freak-out moments when the the thing was lying all crumpled on the tub floor, close to the drain but out of the flow of the water.

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      • bratty_lil_fae

        9/20/07 02:50 pm (UTC)

        

        Yeah that's the other thing. Clean it again when you take off your shoes and socks.
        
        All those sweaty germs in there? *shudder*
        
        antibacterial something, neosporin, and dry socks *nods*

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