Budding Cottage

(Above – the day after the sting in the hair on the scalp!)

Bee allergy
One of the main things that happened over the last couple of years; was that I got a double sting in the scalp in Autumn 2012 when the bees were defensive and the winter bees were probably carrying a good venom loading – which led to a full body reaction and a trip to casualty. Lucky for me, the lovely consultant who discharged me 24 hours later runs a respiratory clinic and could do desensitisation for me. So, I began a course of desensitisation treatment in January 2013, building up to 100mg of venom by April and then having this shot monthly. Since then I have been stung on the wrist twice (May 2014) with localised swelling; but I always carry an epi pen, antihistamines and steroids when working with the bees. I am hoping that one day the reaction will become much smaller. At least these days a year or so on, the swelling subsides within around 48 hours.

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