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myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites1 year ago

AARRGGHHHH!!!!! angry

I just got home from running errands this morning, and while putting things away, I thought God My arm hurts, got to looking at it in the area where your elbow is, the nice soft underside of it, is all nice and red and swollen and itchy, and sure enough
it's a FRIGGIN SPIDER BITE!!!!! GGGRRRR!!!!!!!!!

I hate those things! Don't ask me where the darn thing came from or what kind
of spider it was?? I rarely ever see them before they bite me!!!

I've had so many of these things over my lifetime I could spit "webs"!!!

If you've never yourself experienced a spider bite they are not fun, trust me;

I've also attached a photo of a great product I use for spider bites and so many
more things, its called PRID...
you can find it in your local pharmacy, you may have to ask for it as its usually
behind the counter;

But once you start treating your bite with this, it draws out the poison and its just really really good stuff;

In fact I wrote an article on it on EHOW back in OCT?? somewhere around that time frame.

I already have the headache, no nausea yet but that will come probably after I eat dinner LOL!

mostly its a pain in the a$$$$$SSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

A spider bite in January, now that's a first for me I think?? stupid darn creatures! I hate spiders!!


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1. myLot reputation of 93/100. SuzyQ12 (1893)   ranked 3 out of 5 in spider bites   1 year ago

I don't like spiders either.
I always try my best to squish them
whenever I see one. Neosporin is a
great ointment as well. Hope your bite is
all better soon.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

HI SuzyQ; Yeah I hate them too, any of them; Neosporin is good for most things but
if you do ever get a spider bite, go get yourself a can of this prid;

A spider bite is not like most normal bites of other insects, a spider bite
is a chewed out looking "hole" in your flesh, and it has red marks all around it
to show its got a fever there, and so it is just a trip to say the least;

All afternoon I've been on this fever run from it, its a feeling of some sort of
"high" one would have from a drug or other things;

My arm is swollen and not sure how much longer I'll be able to sit and or do
any typing today or tomorrow??

I think I'll be posting this same comment as I read the other posts here;*(G)


but do be careful if you ever get one ok?

just call Dr. Jan here I've had so many of these nasty things!! sad

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2. myLot reputation of 93/100. jerzgirl (2788)   ranked 4 out of 5 in spider bites   1 year ago

I am so afraid of spiders, I was once treed by a spider and my mother had to get a ladder to get me down because I wouldn't even come near its dead body. But, how can you tell a bite is a spider bite versus a centipede bite or a flea bite? I read your eHow article (briefly - just the fact it was talking about spiders creeped me out), but still don't think I could tell the difference.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Hey Girlfriend: LOL! I had to laugh at your post, sorry but it struck me so
funny as I'm still on a "fever rush" here; damn spider!!

here is my answer to your question on how I know its a spider bite;

for one I've had so many of them, and #2 its a chewed out looking hole they leave
on your skin area and as it worsens from the poison it ( the chewed out hole) widens
until its ready to start ozzing out its puss.. very nasty;

here is other comment on it;

A spider bite is not like most normal bites of other insects, a spider bite
is a chewed out looking "hole" in your flesh, and it has red marks all around it
to show its got a fever there, and so it is just a trip to say the least;

All afternoon I've been on this fever run from it, its a feeling of some sort of
"high" one would have from a drug or other things;

My arm is swollen and not sure how much longer I'll be able to sit and or do
any typing today or tomorrow??

I think I'll be posting this same comment as I read the other posts here;*(G)


but do be careful if you ever get one ok?



I hate spiders I really do and I hate this feverish spider "rush" I'm on too
all afternoon while laying in bed having all sorts of crazy dreams....

not fun not fun at all!! woohoo ( cheap high for sure) painful one but cheap!


myLot reputation of 93/100. jerzgirl (2788)   ranked 4 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Ah dreams - the kind that make good things happen when real life doesn't. I dreamt about Tom this morning. And, not MY Tom. Let me tell you, it was a very nice dream that felt so real (and, no, not THAT kind of dream). Just warm and fuzzy. Not like the spider nightmares I used to have before I moved away from home. Black widow spider nightmares where I'd see spiders covering me in the bed. God, how I hated those dreams. They stopped when I left home.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Ok Jerz; I'm lost, if not dreaming about your "Tom" then what Tom?? Yeah I'm
dying off here of curiosity LOL!!

I was gonna post some more last night but my head hurt so bad and these stupid
flashy ads on here were like triple bright and I just could not face the ad flashing blinking lights on here I know mylot needs them the advertisements but good grief
those damn things drive me nuts sometimes, well ALL THE TIME!!!


myLot reputation of 93/100. jerzgirl (2788)   ranked 4 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

GF, have you forgotten so soon?? Tom - the unshaven Tom; Tom with the sky blue eyes; Tom who sings in the closet?? OUR Tom.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

OH!! WELL DUH TO ME!!! blush Spider FEver what can I say?? OMG!!

ROTFLMBFFAO!!! DUH DUH DUH!!!!

I can just hear you laughing at me now!! what a nimrod I am sometimes! Holy smokes!
YEAH BABY!!


myLot reputation of 93/100. jerzgirl (2788)   ranked 4 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Jan, jan, jan - what would Mr. Kiesche think if he knew you'd forgotten him that quickly. On the other hand, what would he think if he learned I dreamed about him, however innocent the dream. I'd probably stop getting emails from him, I'm sure.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

{{{Jerz}}}, Yeah wouldn't you love to know what he'd think about that Um~ er~


"innocent dream" you had huh???? hehehe! shocked wub blush


myLot reputation of 93/100. jerzgirl (2788)   ranked 4 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

It WAS innocent. Sweet, yes. Lurid, no.

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. Katlady2 (4468)   1 year ago

They're sneaky little critters aren't they? So far I've been lucky and haven't been bitten by one for years now (knocking on wood as I'm saying that). I don't like them either, and there are big ones around my house that will actually chase me as if they want me for lunch or something. LOL!


myLot reputation of 99/100. cynthiann (3182)   ranked 5 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

If I lived somewhere where a spider chased me then I would move to another state. I am terrified of them, really terrified.


myLot reputation of 99/100. Katlady2 (4468)  1 year ago

That's why there's always a can of Raid, a big shovel and an even bigger baseball bat nearby. LOL


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Hey Katlady; Yeah I hate the darn things, and no matter where it is I live or what I do outside, I draw them like magnets to me; I think this one must've been
some how in my coat sleeve I've never had a bite in this area before stupid thing!

so I hope its either dead after biting me or is out of my coat sleeve I'll have
to do a good inspection of my coat before putting it on tomorrow;

I hate those big nasty hairy looking spiders and there are some doozies here
where I live now those I could see, first I shriek when I see one then I go
after it with a shoe or broom or something to kill the darn things...(shudder)!!!!

be careful!!


myLot reputation of 99/100. Katlady2 (4468)  1 year ago

We have the big fuzzy black ones with the white spots on them....and those not so little suckers will actually JUMP at you! I swear they can fly. I've about given hubby a heart attack from screaming at one that was flying at my face! I hate those things with a passion!


myLot reputation of 93/100. jerzgirl (2788)   ranked 4 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Wolf spiders! They're the bravest damn spiders I've ever seen. They'll turn and hiss at you if they think you're a threat!! Kind of reminds me of that poster that shows a a mouse flipping off an eagle just before the claws get him - one last act of bravado.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Yeah guys I hate those big wolf type spiders myself too!! they do get really
threatening with us when we try to kill them (G)!!

I hate all spiders I hate all spiders!! did you read Pye's response about
Spiders?? go check it out..OMG!!!

we are gonna have to talk to Pye darlin about Spiders...LOL! ( shudder))

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. cynthiann (3182)   ranked 5 out of 5 in spider bites   1 year ago

Have you ever seen a spider give birth? It is awful - especially if you are scared of them like me. years ago one gave birth on my bedroom wall. I was looking at this enormous spider in horror (although we do not have any poisonous ones on th Island)and it had a big belly and then suddenly it seemed like ther were hundreds of them running allover the place. Really a nightmare. I couldn't stay. I sprayed the room and went to sleep in with the children. I amso sorry that you got bit by a spider.

I did once get bitten by a scorpion whilst in bed. And this only goes to show you that mother was right all along. One should be very careful with whom one sleeps!
rolleyesrolleyes


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

HI Cynthiann: Yes I have seen that and its just staggering at the amount
of those darn things that come out of them in a rush of speed, that happened
to me once when I was still living out at the farm and found the big spider
in the basement and was trying to kill the darn thing when it spit out all those
itty bitty beastly little nasty spiders, boy did I shriek for sure then and was
trying to find some spray to kill them all...(( big old shudder))!!!

I hate spiders!!! I really really do!!!

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5. myLot reputation of 93/100. winterose (17898)   1 year ago

I never had a spider bite, there are not that many spiders around here, you should make sure that you are not allergic or the spider was poisonous, if you come down with a fever I don't think that is a good sign.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

HI Winterose: Yeah I guess maybe its too cold for them where you are??

I was bitten several years ago by one of those darn brown recluse spider's

I was sick as a dog for a few days on that one, and I was trying to care for
my sick Mother at the time;

I did have to go to my doctor for antibiotics that spider bite was a 2 month
process of trying to heal up my ankle area where it had bitten me and there was
so much dead skin ( black dead skin) and puss and My Doctor agreed with me
that the Prid was doing a good job of healing me but it took a good two months
by the time it healed up like my other spider bites before, I had no scar or
nothing, the prid had closed it all up nicely;

Love Prid!!!


myLot reputation of 93/100. winterose (17898)  1 year ago

wow that is scary

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6. myLot reputation of 92/100. highflyingxangel (9033)   1 year ago

I really, really, really hate spiders. I don't think I've ever been biten by one and I really hope I haven't because that'd really gross me out. In fact, just reading this post about you being biten by a spider is making me all paranoid now about the possibility of being biten.

I really cannot stand them at all. I just wish they didn't exist. Creepy little things. I know people say they can't help it, they're just insects, that is bull. Creepy little things.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

HI Angel: Yeah I agree creepy nasty things I detest them too!

I rarely if ever see the darn things before they bite me but I seem to draw them
out no matter where I live;

I guess when they see me, they think HEY BUFFET FOR SURE LOLOL!!!

I could be spider woman maybe??

don't dream about them tonight now, that would be bad, but if you ever do get
bitten by one;

Get yourself some prid and if you get a high fever do go see your Doctor A.S.A.P.!!

and or do some research on them on the puter lots of helpful information out here;

I HATE SPIDERS!!

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7. myLot reputation of 86/100. mechanicNOT62 (1590)   1 year ago

At least you have the antidote, right? I'm glad about that. I had never heard of that product, so thanks.
The only experience I've ever had with those creatures is when I was staying temporarily at a small apartment and every morning I would wake up with these funny marks on my neck, like a small vampire bite and it would just itch. I'm convinced it was a spider and I named it Vampire, but never saw it. Didn't do much harm as far as I know though.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

HI there Mechanic: I was gonna try to post some more last night but my head
was hurting me so badly and these blasted blinking stinking ads on here were making
me "Mental" LOL!! So I went to bed (G)!

Yeah this Prid really is good stuff for infections like that to draw out the puss
and nasty stuff, its good for when you get thorns or splinters or bits of glass
embedded in your skin it helps to draw it out, just make sure you put a big bandaid
on the sore area the prid is like black axle grease (*G)!! Not good on stains on
your clothes but it does wash out LOL!

Vampire bites huh?? ROTFL!! hmmm maybe you had bed bugs?? Have you seen that stuff on TV?? That's some scary sh!t now to see what we all are really sleeping with each night ( major shudder)!!


myLot reputation of 86/100. mechanicNOT62 (1590)  1 year ago

AAARGH! BEDBUGS! NO please, thank you.
Yeas, I've watched those shows and they are the reasons I hate to even think about Hotels or Motels.
My bite: was always fresh and in the same place, EVERY morning! That's why Vampire: and they were pretty small.
Thanks again, I'll remember for the next trip to the pharmacy.
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myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

LOL! Well I hope the Vampire was at least a good one!! (EG)!

Yeah! Even watching shows like CSI and stuff, makes you wonder EWEEEWW!

Are the sheets clean? is the bEd spread clean?? and what were the people doing
in here??? OH my!!!!!
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scary ain't it?? cry whistle


myLot reputation of 86/100. mechanicNOT62 (1590)  1 year ago

Scary? shocked More like DISGUSTING!!! (put a throw-up emote here) I prefer my vampire spider, thanks.
Talk about a coincidence; last night I watched Animal Planet and there's a guy that actually travels the world seeking Tarantulas --I didn't know there were that many kinds-- and he has over a hundred specimens, and lets the%#@*^ things walk all on him!! SICK!!! w00t


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

{{{Mechanic}}}, I got a good chuckle out of your post back to me (G)!

I wish there was a ( throw up emotion) on here LOLOL!!! I'd use that sucker all the time, HA!

Oh God I really really really hate TARANTULA'S! noooo thank you!

I used to always watch Fear FActor when it was on NBC, loved that show, BUT I swear
to you I could not watch it when they had them damn Tarantula's on and covered
people up with them.....IT JUST MADE ME CRAZY!!!

I don't care what they were paying for a prize!! NO THANKS!! I'd have to be out
cold ( drugged up or knocked out) for someone to put them things on me, and if they did ( for a joke) and I woke up, GOD HELP THEM!!! LOL! GOD HELP THEM!

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8. myLot reputation of 96/100. kellyjeanne (1002)   1 year ago

Oh, Jan! I'm so sorry about that! What a real pain that is!
I remember years ago while living in Florida I woke up with about 7 or 8 spider bites on my left leg. At first I had no idea what these bites were. I finally realized they were spider bites~ more specifically~ brown recluse spiders. Well, I took a pin and punctured each bite and squeezed out the pus (that really hurt, but, I had to bear it~ and believe me~ I wasn't grinning either! LOL!) Anyway, I discovered that when the pus was cleaned out of each bite that the spider's venom had liquified my flesh and it looked like I had 7 or 8 bullet holes in my leg. Well, I filled each hole with vitamin E and covered each up with a bandaid. Within a few days my flesh had totally healed and filled up the 'holes' and as a result don't have any scars to show for it. Vitamin E is just great. I love it. That PRIM stuff you use sounds great too and I hope you heal soon, my friend.
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Hi Kellyjeanne: Oh my goodness you had that many at one time?? Good grief!

well did you spit out webs after that?? (really shuddering)) at this thought!!

YEs I Love vitamin E I've never tried it on spider bites but after reading what you said I have no doubt it would in fact heal you right up and leave no scars, Prid
does that too, heals up that hole the spiders chew on us and gets all that nasty
stuff out, closes up the skin and Wa-La No scar!!

watch out for those darn spiders that's awful to get that many at one time,
one bite at a time is plenty....but eewwwEEWWW!!!




myLot reputation of 96/100. kellyjeanne (1002)  12 months ago

That is so cute, Jan!! Asking me if I spit out spider webs after that! LOL! Just about! You are so funny!
Purrs,
Catwoman=^..^= & Mija


myLot reputation of 96/100. kellyjeanne (1002)  11 months ago

Thank you so much for the best response, sweetie! @}->->--
Purrs,
Catwoman-^..^= & Mija


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  11 months ago

You're welcome (G)!!


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9. myLot reputation of 94/100. OreoCookie3 (18831)   1 year ago

I hate spider bites too. I lived in a duplex in 2000 that was infested with spiders. They seemed to hide in my bathtub drain and that stopper thingey where the leaver is to let the water out or to stop it up. One night I went to church and when I came back my bathtub was full of about a thousand spiderlings... oh*shiver me timbers!* I hate spiders. I'm lucky we don't have spiders here much.


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

OH{{ OREO}}}! I think I would've made a new door opening If I had seen that in
my tub and that many of them in there...LOL! I can hardly type for thinking of that image in my head UGH!!!

I don't think I'd ever get in the tub again or sleep in that place what did you do?

makes me shiver all over to think about that one, that's like a scene out of a horror movie, holy crap!!!

I still have the Heebie jeeebies thinking on this one...OMG!!

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10. myLot reputation of 97/100. OceanTiara (2962)   1 year ago

I am so sorry to hear that Jan, as I know how painful they can be...I have not had one myself, but have seen them..the bite of a brown recluse on a friend..not pretty and terrible scars. Yes, I remember PRID SALVE as I my Father used to use it for infections we had when we were small. Would you happen to know what kind of spider it was...? I truly hope you are not too affected by it and that you get the care you need and that it will go away fast. Hugs and Love and I hope the year gets better for you..it must, it simply must..poor Jan xoxox


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

Hi dear Tiara: How are you?? I've not heard from you in so long, how was your holidays??

I've been terribly busy myself trying to earn a dime daily...but I'm so glad you
stopped by here;

no, I never saw the darn spider, just the after effects, it never takes long for
it show up on my skin, with my crappy immune system ( I'm such a puss these days)
so the swelling and redness are almost immediate on me, the headache, the fever,
what a fever rush I had yesterday, crazy dreams and I just feel like I"m having
such an out of body experience while my body fights the infection off, crazy I know.

I'm doing better today, gonna change my bandage here in a bit, and re doctor it up;
but no fever today, so that's good; I've plenty of antibiotics around here too so
I won't have to go see the doctor or nothing which is good (G)! I go enough as it is;


take care Love & huge hugs to you!!


myLot reputation of 97/100. OceanTiara (2962)  1 year ago

Goodo Jan that you have the antibiotics..did they give you an injection, a shot at the docs or hospital? And yes, my holidays were most different as usual, sort of an out of body experience as you had mentioned LOL xoxoxo hahhah Love and Hugslol


myLot reputation of 97/100. dreamweaverjan (1428)   ranked 1 out of 5 in spider bites  1 year ago

HI Tiara: No, I didn't go to the hospital or anything so no injections for me,
just treated myself with my handy dandy PRID and a big bandaid and some other
meds I had on hand here. Just call me Dr. Jan LOL!

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