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5. I just buy Tucks. The are handy and flushable.

Fri Oct 21, 2016, 07:26 PM

Oct 2016

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~ whine ~ a spider thought I might taste good and bit me [View all] In_The_Wind Oct 2016 OP

Mentholated vapo rub takes the sting out of a lot of insect bites. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #1

So does witch hazel Lochloosa Oct 2016 #2

I almost bought that today. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #4

I just buy Tucks. The are handy and flushable. Lochloosa Oct 2016 #5

See a physician if you have health care Boxerfan Oct 2016 #6

I would at least get a tetanus shot. nt Laffy Kat Oct 2016 #7

Sounds like good advice. I haven't had one since can't remember when. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #9

I am temped to lance the raised pockets of spider venom. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #10

Good grief. That sounds awful. femmocrat Oct 2016 #11

I didn't lance it. Nature finally started removing it from my body. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #12

This was a missed opportunity. Wolf Frankula Oct 2016 #13

It isn't over ... yet. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #15

you want I should kick some biting octo-legged ass, In_The_Wind? Skittles Oct 2016 #14

yes, please In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #16

Well, you can't accuse it of bad taste..... :) lastlib Oct 2016 #17

I had one last spring that was so big and ugly I went to the doc mnhtnbb Oct 2016 #18

Did you go to the doc? If not, you need to go. NOW! mnhtnbb Oct 2016 #20

GO TO THE DOCTOR! TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #21

I at least hope you got your revenge killing... Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #22

Nah. It bit and ran. I never knew what happened until hours later. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #25

yeah how are you doing? irisblue Oct 2016 #23

Starting to feel better. The bite is still draining but I'll survive. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #24