Anyone attacked by bug/bee swarms?

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inspiewriter
inspiewriter Member Posts: 876
edited June 2014 in Lymphedema

In another group, we started comparing notes and found that many of us had been attacked by a swarm of insects or bees earlier in our lives.  I was swarmed by a nest of yellow jackets as a kid.  Others were attacked by ants and other bugs. Anyone else here?

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  • annadou
    annadou Member Posts: 221
    edited September 2011

    Hi

    I was attacked by cat fleas-at least I suppose they were as it was a place where kittens had been born some months before .I ended up with antibiotics. They just swarmed me.

    I dread anything like that happening on my lymphedema arm.I use vodka as a repellent (applied not drunk!)

    Anna

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited September 2011

    Anna, I never heard of using vodka to keep bugs away. I was also attacked by bees as a kid. It was my own fault, but sure didn't make the stings hurt any less.

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  • inspiewriter
    inspiewriter Member Posts: 876
    edited September 2011

    I hadn't heard of vodka either!   I have a bottle of "Lympaderm" which is moisturizer with bug repellant.   I don't think it's a coincidence how many of us this happened to who later developed LE!

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited September 2011

    Inspie, I'm curious what you and the other group consider the link between bug swarms and later development of LE? What biological mechanism are you thinking of?

    Anna, I love the vodka for an insect repellent.Laughing If it doesn't work you can sit down and have a good cry and a swig of it. Can't do that with Off!.

    Hugs,
    Binney

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  • inspiewriter
    inspiewriter Member Posts: 876
    edited September 2011

    Binnie we have no idea, we all just started comparing notes and found this similarity. 

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  • truebff
    truebff Member Posts: 642
    edited September 2011

    Okay, this is really weird. The DAY after my lumpectomy, I got stung by a honey bee for the first time in my life. I'd been stung by wasps as a kid but not for decades. 1/3 of my hand swelled up.It is 2-1/2 weeks later and I still have hives on my 1/3 hand, although it is better.

    But I am also suffering from what I don't know is either post-surgery swelling or LE of breast.

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  • SofieKatz
    SofieKatz Member Posts: 102
    edited September 2011

    I've been eaten by mosquitoes ths summer.  My only pleasure was thinking that when they took my blood, they died from the chemo I was on : )

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  • inspiewriter
    inspiewriter Member Posts: 876
    edited September 2011

    Sorry to hear that!  You need to get some Lymphoderm lotion, or carry a bounce sheet around in your pocket. Or some Avon Skin So Soft?

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