My Big Chore for the Day/Hit By a Wasp!
By Kareng
@kareng (77163)
United States
June 25, 2025 1:17pm CST
As noted in my previous post, we bought a new vehicle yesterday and hadn't planned on executing the sale, but with the numbers being right, we did it.
I have to clean out my van today so I can go pick up the new Durango. The Durango is being detailed this morning so that part worked out just fine.
I was about 30 minutes into the job when a wasp flew right into my face and stung me under my right eye. I came right inside to get some ice and that has taken the sting out. However, I feel some swelling so I'm going to get an allergy pill. I can't take Benadryl (allergice to it of all things), so allergy pill it is.
How is your day going?
Photo Credit: Pixabay, Public Domain
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@FourWalls (76432)
• United States
25 Jun
OUCH. I'm sorry that happened. Blasted wasps. 
I'm staying cool, working on getting my Apple Music reset on my new computer.
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@MarieCoyle (46027)
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25 Jun
Oh, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets! They are all evil creatures! I get so sick when one bites me. I have an epi pen, but the last time one bit me, I ended up at Urgent Care anyway, as I spiked a 104 temp in a very short time. I am so sorry. And under the eye, our skin there is so thin, anyway, and it always swells.
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@MarieCoyle (46027)
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26 Jun
@kareng
Ice always helps those terrible stings. I hope it's better today.
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
26 Jun
@MarieCoyle It was better tonight, just rolling over into tomorrow here so I can also say better today!!
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@kaylachan (78774)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jun
It's that time of year, hopefully, you're okay.
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
27 Jun
@kaylachan We have been spraying and knocking down the hives as fast as we discover there. I am fixing to pick up a case of wasp and hornet spray to make sure we don't run out.
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
26 Jun
@DaddyEvil And I had forgotten all about it this morning. We are good to go!
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@Traceyjayne (2994)
• United Kingdom
26 Jun
Hope the sting is better today ....we had a nest in a wardrobe and had to get a man out to sort it last week. My Mom had been stung the week before. There were hundreds of wasps.
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
27 Jun
@Traceyjayne Holy cow. That must have been a big exterminator bill!
@Traceyjayne (2994)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun
@kareng yes, they were coming in through the wall into a built in wardrobe
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@LindaOHio (193916)
• United States
26 Jun
OUCH! Sorry to hear about the wasp sting. I've only been stung once by a wasp; and it was on my hand. I hope it's better now. My day is going OK. It's only 5:50 am.
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
27 Jun
@LindaOHio Thank you, Linda. I hope you also have a good one!
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@LindaOHio (193916)
• United States
27 Jun
@kareng I'm glad your sting area is better. Have a good weekend.
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@GardenGerty (164643)
• United States
26 Jun
I have not been stung this year so far. When I get stung I use a weed called plantain as a poultice and it stops the pain and swelling. I got a wasp twisted in my waistband of my shorts and got three stings there and two on my hand. I stepped outside and got some plantain and squished it up and applied it. It did a great job. I hope your sting calms down.
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@wolfgirl569 (118932)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Jun
That hurts. I always put a poultice of baking soda on it
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@RasmaSandra (86751)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jun
OUCH I hope the swelling goes down and the allergy pill helps, I just did some writing and posting today
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@Marilynda1225 (85220)
• United States
26 Jun
Ouch that wasp sting must really hurt especially right under your eye.
Good luck and enjoy your new Durango. Thats a really nice vehicle.
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@Marilynda1225 (85220)
• United States
27 Jun
@kareng glad that wasp sting didn't cause any more pain and swelling than it did. I think wasp stings are worse than bee stings.
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@Deepizzaguy (111662)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Jun
Sorry to learn that a wasp stung you in the eye. I am doing the best I can to enjoy my day working at home.
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
26 Jun
@Deepizzaguy Yes, thank you, George. I hope that you had a nice day.
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@Deepizzaguy (111662)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Jun
@kareng Happy for you that are okay.
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@Ineeddentures (9477)
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25 Jun
Durango, that's a fine name for a vehicle.
Sorry to hear ( buzz buzz ) that you got stung by a wasp.
These things can really sting.
Glad you got the ice on it it sorry it has started to swell.
One got under my helmet once??
Ouch indeed
Yvonne laughed
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@kareng (77163)
• United States
27 Jun
@Ineeddentures That would be a good thing to invest in!
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@Ineeddentures (9477)
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26 Jun
@kareng
I know and one stingg was bad enough
Visor down from now on
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@terri0824 (5209)
• United States
25 Jun
That is painful...I've been stung while cutting grass several times and I swelled up and ended up having to take allergy medication....and I'm not one to take pharmaceuticals. Now I know of herbal remedies to help if that happens again, which hopefully it doesn't.
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