Sorry for the Saturday morning gross out! I forgot that I had submitted this one. By the time the swelling stopped my leg had no shape from the knee down and I could hardly bend my ankle, let alone put on a shoe!

Hope you're now keeping an Epi pen on hand.
That's quite a violent reaction.

Being highly allergic myself I can commiserate with you Bev, it's never nice

OUCH!!! so sorry about that- intersting puzzle if that's any consolation...

Let's see. Home remedies for stings. Hmmm. Household ammonia, juice of a freshly slice onion, spray deodorant. Wait a minute. Spray deodorant takes ink out of clothing. Not to make light of a serious problem, but I know the ammonia works on mossquito and other small insect bites and onion juice on wasp stings. Not sure about if you're allergic.

Thanks for that Linda--no wasp stings and allergic reactions like that but LOTS of mossie bites--mind you the prospect of going to bed with slices of onion draped over me does not appeal.

Rest easy, Ceri. The juice from the onion neutralizes the wasp venom, so the onion only needs to be on the sting for a short while. Same for the ammonia on the mossie bites.

Linda, I will definitely keep that tip about onion juice in mind. I am lucky in a way because so far I only swell up magnificently and have never shown any sign of anaphylaxis after a sting. Last summer I was photographing a nest they were building under my deck and one took exception and stung the More...