On 8/16/2010 1:41 PM, K0DAN wrote:
> If you suspect a bee sting (or snake bite, spider bite, etc.) allergy (for
> you or your friends& loved ones) you should get your doctor to evaluate and
> write a script for an "Epi-Pen",
Many of these allergies, like mine, were not of the anaphylactic or the
shock type. They just hurt and really swelled at the point of the bite
or sting.
> and have one or more along always. People
> with extreme sting allergies (and we might not know we have them) can go
> into shock and die rather quickly, the Epi Pen (an intra-muscular
> ephinephrine {andrenaline} injection) can buy time and keep the victim
> breathing while EMS can be summoned to transport to hospital.
>
> As we get older, our allergy threshholds get more unpredictable...caveat
> emptor!
>
Yup. Things that bothered me when I was young no longer bother while
some new things have taken their place. Some allergies have come and
gone within the space of a few years.
Due to the allergies I've taken shots for nearly 25 years. When I told
the Allergist about the stings he is the one who told me to carry the
packet of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer. It has an enzyme that digests the
protein in the venom, just like it partially digests your stake to make
it tender. Think about that for a bit, or maybe not. <:-))
73
Roger (K8RI)
> 73
>
> Dan
> K0DAN
>
> EPI-PEN:
> http://www.epipen.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger (K8RI)"<K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Flying critters
>
>
>>
>> On 8/16/2010 4:49 AM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>>> In a message dated 8/15/2010 11:44:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>>>
>>>> Once I was doing repair on a coax switch about 70' up on the tower.
>>>> As
>>> I
>>> was taking the cover off the enclosure I heard a very loud "rattle"
>>> within
>>> the box. I remember thinking that it sounded like a rattlesnake, but
>>> how
>>> could a snake climb a tower?
>>>
>>>> As I took the cover off the box I was engulfed by a swarm of wasps.
>>>> It
>>> seems they had decided to build a large nest inside. The rattle was
>>> them
>>> flying into the metal box.
>>>
>>>> I immediately aborted my repair and carefully began to descend the
>>> tower.
>>>
>>>> By the time I got to the ground, the little buggers had "gotten" me 6
>>> times.
>>>
>>>> Lessons learned:
>>>> -Seal all enclosures to prevent insects from entering.
>>> -Wear long pants and sleeves...even in hot weather.
>>> -Its better to have switches ground mounted than up the tower. (even for
>>> stacks).
>>> -Always have 2 halyards on the belt. Always be strapped-in.
>>>
>>> And always have a container of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer on hand.
>>> There
>>> are enzymes in it that'll take the sting out of a wasp, etc. bite. And
>>> it
>>> works in less than a minute. Highly recommended.
>> Man, does that stuff work! years ago I developed a relergic reaction to
>> a number of stings and bites.
>> The Doc's instructions, carry a package of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer and
>> apply immediately. The difference between
>> Immediately and even one minute was substantial. If I went in the house
>> and applied the stuff to a black fly bite on the wrist,
>> my wrist would become as large or larger than my hand. At one minute it
>> would look like a bad sting. Applied immediately
>> there would only be a tiny red spot at the actual bite with no residual
>> itching. The same applied to bee stings.
>>
>> I had to take allergy shots for a couple of years and the allergy went
>> away. Allergies are strange, they can come on, last for a time, and go
>> away. Things that bothered as a kid may not bother as an adult things
>> that never bothered may suddenly do so.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Roger (K8RI)
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steve K7LXC
>>> TOWER TECH
>>>
>>>
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