Something just bit my tongue!

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 12:19 PM

i had left my cup of coffee in the kitchen so i wasn't keeping an eye on it and i just went back in and took a swig and something in it bit my tongue! i've looked around but i spwed the coffee out of my mouth and dropped hte mug so whatever it was i can't fine. now that part of my tongue is swelling, it hurts liek a bitchand i'm salivating all over the place. what kind of bug could that be? am i going to be ok? do i have to go to a walk in?

catilyst · 10-10-2009, 12:23 PM

Deffinatly a black widow.

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 12:25 PM

this is giving me a nervous breakdown. i have too much to do today to spend my afternoon at a clinic and i'm not going ot be able to even eat the feast we're cooking with a tongue the size of a basketball.

Bass-Invader · 10-10-2009, 12:39 PM

Maybe it was a cobra?

Bass-Invader · 10-10-2009, 12:50 PM

djglobalkiller · 10-10-2009, 02:10 PM

cockroach

TaCk OnE? · 10-10-2009, 02:13 PM

LOL.

we don't really have many lethal insects in canada, well native ones anyway (who knows what your neighbours are into), but if you're alergic to it for some reason then that could be a problem.

take an antihistamine.

lol

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 02:44 PM

fuck stooopid telehealth. my idea was to just suck on soem ice but the fact that a) i have no idea what it was and b) it was MY TONGUE and it's freaky as hell to have a swollen tongue made me overly concerned, so i called telehealth.

sot he telehealth nurse takes all my info (allergies, have i been out of the country blah blah blah) and when she asks if i've done anything to reduce the swelling i say "not yet, that's why i called, i wanted to ask you what to do." she says "don't do anything, gio straight to a doctor." she was so firm about it too, she made me promise to go to a doctor. so of course that's just frightening!

sio i go to teh walk in. they say, "oh no, for a bite you have to go to emerg."

so i go to fucking emerg - why do i always do what i'm told? - and there's all the waiting and going over allergies, being out fo the country etc again, and more waiting and ultimately they give me some ice chips, which totally helps the swelling - like i wanted to do myself an hour and a half ago! and they give me a benedryl. i wouldn'thave thunk of thatmyself but while i was away a friend posted that on my facebook status regarding teh tongue-bite.

so yeah, that was a couple of hours that i needed to be able to do stuff wasted because i thought it might be prudent to call telehealth.

saskboy · 10-10-2009, 02:50 PM

Yeah, it's a freaky experience.

A wasp climbed in to a can of pop I was drinking one summer and the inside of my mouth swelled up. For the first few moments I was wondering if I would still be able to breathe.

d.code · 10-10-2009, 02:54 PM

The secret to emerg is to say you are having trouble breathing. They deal with you right away.

catilyst · 10-10-2009, 03:31 PM

How much swelling was there?

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d.code

The secret to emerg is to say you are having trouble breathing. They deal with you right away.

that's a lie, i couldn't do that. what if someone dies because my swollen tongue and false respiratory problems took triage precedence over their actually fatal illness?

Quote:

Originally Posted by catilyst

How much swelling was there?

it was the right half, as far as i can stick my tongue out. it';s gone down now though, it's still there but not problematic in size.

i just wish i knew wtf bit me!

MoFo · 10-10-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysistrata

i wouldn'thave thunk of thatmyself but while i was away a friend posted that on my facebook status regarding teh tongue-bite.

Well, didn't Damon tell you to take one?

In my experience, Telehealth always tells you to go to the hospital. I feel like they have to.

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 05:56 PM

if Damon is Tack One telling me to take an antihistamine, yes, but as you can tell from my post right after i had already left and didn't see it until i got back.

Damon is such an awesome name.

that's what i'm complaining about - Telehealth just tells you to go to a doctor - WHY HAVE THIS SERVICE THEN? why not have it standard procedure that people do go to a doctor if they think they need to? if it hadn't been for telehealth i could have ic ed my tongue, seen the antihistamine post and the benadryl comment on fb. done that and i'd be in the same place i am now except with much more accomplished with my day.

i swear it was something creepcrawly that bit me though. it felt like a bite , not a sting. it felt like a spider. of course i know there's no poisonous spiders here so if i had seen it was a spider i would have been calm. of course i also know there are basically no poisonous bugs here at all. it's the not knowing that's scary. not knowing - and in the mouth. of course, it probably just was my crabs.

peko · 10-10-2009, 06:13 PM

maybe it was a bee.

kirstenmeows · 10-10-2009, 06:18 PM

Consistently, I find that Telehealth is one of the biggest wastes of time. If you think something is trouble, go to emerg. If something is bothering you but it's not a 'life or death' situation, make a doctor's appointment.

Anyhoo... sounds like one of your many wasp friends decide to come inside and bit you.

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 06:24 PM

yes, this was my first time calling telehealth and it will be my last.

it wasn't a bee or a wasp though, i swear it was a bite, not a sting. plus teh wasps are gone. it was a spider, i think.

ila · 10-10-2009, 07:02 PM

What a nightmare.

LOL

Flashy_McFlash · 10-10-2009, 08:04 PM

swenard · 10-10-2009, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lysistrata

yes, this was my first time calling telehealth and it will be my last.

it wasn't a bee or a wasp though, i swear it was a bite, not a sting. plus teh wasps are gone. it was a spider, i think.

The wasps are gone? Maybe you should come tell the ones in my neighbourhood.

Lysistrata · 10-10-2009, 10:29 PM

i WISH i had a sybian!

Dirty Girl · 10-11-2009, 09:44 AM

my poor mummy got stung by a wasp yesterday when she picked up a jar of jam at the market yesterday, so of course ive been googling remedies. and it says if you are ever stung or bite or anything around/in your mouth you should seek medical attention immediately because this can lead to swelling in air passages and you will suffocate and your eyeballs will pop out of your head as you die gasping for breath. and it can take upto 20hrs for the true effects of the bite to take affect. so telehealth did tell you the right thing to do.

peko · 10-11-2009, 10:02 AM

the bees in our hood are really drowsy and slow moving - i squashed 2 yesterday.

Bass-Invader · 10-11-2009, 10:04 AM

don't squash bees! they are friendly and industrious.

peko · 10-11-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swenard

The wasps are gone? Maybe you should come tell the ones in my neighbourhood.

too bad for you: we have catholics, buddhists and rastas in our 'hood.

10-10-2009, 12:19 PM	#1
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	Something just bit my tongue! i had left my cup of coffee in the kitchen so i wasn't keeping an eye on it and i just went back in and took a swig and something in it bit my tongue! i've looked around but i spwed the coffee out of my mouth and dropped hte mug so whatever it was i can't fine. now that part of my tongue is swelling, it hurts liek a bitchand i'm salivating all over the place. what kind of bug could that be? am i going to be ok? do i have to go to a walk in?

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10-10-2009, 12:23 PM	#2
catilyst Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: You can meet some really cool chicks in rehab Posts: 3,340	Deffinatly a black widow.

10-10-2009, 12:25 PM	#3
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	this is giving me a nervous breakdown. i have too much to do today to spend my afternoon at a clinic and i'm not going ot be able to even eat the feast we're cooking with a tongue the size of a basketball.

10-10-2009, 12:39 PM	#4
Bass-Invader Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In front of my computer Posts: 23,598	Maybe it was a cobra?

10-10-2009, 12:50 PM	#5
Bass-Invader Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In front of my computer Posts: 23,598

10-10-2009, 02:10 PM	#6
djglobalkiller Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: i can has location Posts: 4,653	cockroach

10-10-2009, 02:13 PM	#7
TaCk OnE? Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Handsome Boy Modeling School. Posts: 11,170	LOL. we don't really have many lethal insects in canada, well native ones anyway (who knows what your neighbours are into), but if you're alergic to it for some reason then that could be a problem. take an antihistamine. lol

10-10-2009, 02:44 PM	#8
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	fuck stooopid telehealth. my idea was to just suck on soem ice but the fact that a) i have no idea what it was and b) it was MY TONGUE and it's freaky as hell to have a swollen tongue made me overly concerned, so i called telehealth. sot he telehealth nurse takes all my info (allergies, have i been out of the country blah blah blah) and when she asks if i've done anything to reduce the swelling i say "not yet, that's why i called, i wanted to ask you what to do." she says "don't do anything, gio straight to a doctor." she was so firm about it too, she made me promise to go to a doctor. so of course that's just frightening! sio i go to teh walk in. they say, "oh no, for a bite you have to go to emerg." so i go to fucking emerg - why do i always do what i'm told? - and there's all the waiting and going over allergies, being out fo the country etc again, and more waiting and ultimately they give me some ice chips, which totally helps the swelling - like i wanted to do myself an hour and a half ago! and they give me a benedryl. i wouldn'thave thunk of thatmyself but while i was away a friend posted that on my facebook status regarding teh tongue-bite. so yeah, that was a couple of hours that i needed to be able to do stuff wasted because i thought it might be prudent to call telehealth.

10-10-2009, 02:50 PM	#9
saskboy Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chocolate City Posts: 4,537	Yeah, it's a freaky experience. A wasp climbed in to a can of pop I was drinking one summer and the inside of my mouth swelled up. For the first few moments I was wondering if I would still be able to breathe.

10-10-2009, 02:54 PM	#10
d.code Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: pixel pig. Posts: 11,070	The secret to emerg is to say you are having trouble breathing. They deal with you right away.

10-10-2009, 03:31 PM	#11
catilyst Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: You can meet some really cool chicks in rehab Posts: 3,340	How much swelling was there?

10-10-2009, 05:56 PM	#14
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	if Damon is Tack One telling me to take an antihistamine, yes, but as you can tell from my post right after i had already left and didn't see it until i got back. Damon is such an awesome name. that's what i'm complaining about - Telehealth just tells you to go to a doctor - WHY HAVE THIS SERVICE THEN? why not have it standard procedure that people do go to a doctor if they think they need to? if it hadn't been for telehealth i could have ic ed my tongue, seen the antihistamine post and the benadryl comment on fb. done that and i'd be in the same place i am now except with much more accomplished with my day. i swear it was something creepcrawly that bit me though. it felt like a bite , not a sting. it felt like a spider. of course i know there's no poisonous spiders here so if i had seen it was a spider i would have been calm. of course i also know there are basically no poisonous bugs here at all. it's the not knowing that's scary. not knowing - and in the mouth. of course, it probably just was my crabs.

10-10-2009, 06:13 PM	#15
peko Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: incubating a trex Posts: 7,068	maybe it was a bee.

10-10-2009, 06:18 PM	#16
kirstenmeows Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: making my way through the ether.. Posts: 3,897	Consistently, I find that Telehealth is one of the biggest wastes of time. If you think something is trouble, go to emerg. If something is bothering you but it's not a 'life or death' situation, make a doctor's appointment. Anyhoo... sounds like one of your many wasp friends decide to come inside and bit you.

10-10-2009, 06:24 PM	#17
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	yes, this was my first time calling telehealth and it will be my last. it wasn't a bee or a wasp though, i swear it was a bite, not a sting. plus teh wasps are gone. it was a spider, i think.

10-10-2009, 07:02 PM	#18
ila Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 9,535	What a nightmare. LOL

10-10-2009, 08:04 PM	#19
Flashy_McFlash Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 51,857

10-10-2009, 10:29 PM	#21
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	i WISH i had a sybian!

10-11-2009, 09:44 AM	#22
Dirty Girl Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Gym Tanning Laundry, Snookin for love Posts: 33,884	my poor mummy got stung by a wasp yesterday when she picked up a jar of jam at the market yesterday, so of course ive been googling remedies. and it says if you are ever stung or bite or anything around/in your mouth you should seek medical attention immediately because this can lead to swelling in air passages and you will suffocate and your eyeballs will pop out of your head as you die gasping for breath. and it can take upto 20hrs for the true effects of the bite to take affect. so telehealth did tell you the right thing to do.

10-11-2009, 10:02 AM	#23
peko Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: incubating a trex Posts: 7,068	the bees in our hood are really drowsy and slow moving - i squashed 2 yesterday.

10-11-2009, 10:04 AM	#24
Bass-Invader Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In front of my computer Posts: 23,598	don't squash bees! they are friendly and industrious.