Life in Florida- I feel like a dork
So one of the things about a warm climate I need to get used to is the insects. We already have a service that takes care of the house perimeter, the plants, and inside the house- but I guess that isn't enough.
As a person that likes to be outside, and as a child was outside always, I have gotten my fair share of bug bites so I generally am not bugged (no pun intended) by them. However for the record the one thing that scares me big time is spiders so the last thing I am likely to be near is anything with eight legs- unless of course it is a tasty crustacean that has been steamed with many spices :) So as unlikely as it is with all the preventatives it seems I got bitten by a spider. No big deal I have seen evidence of spider bites before but never seen a spider on me. Apparently that is quite normal, most people don't see he spider that bites them. Well at least in wasn't a big deal until the red spot grew and got swollen. I drew a line around it to be sure and I wasn't imagining things, it was spreading. So at the urging of co-workers, and being slightly cautious after getting lyme disease from a tick bite many years ago, I made a doctor's appointment.
Well to my relief and embarrassment, it is just an allergic reaction to the bite. I felt like such dork in the doctor's office as she was telling me about the MANY things that bite here in Florida (spiders, ants, wasps, scorpions) and how when the rainy season starts it will get worse. She also told me that it is always possible to have an allergic reaction to a variety of degrees to any bite. If I had been bitten by one of the scary spiders apparently the reaction within 24 hours is extremely bad. So she gave me the lowdown on living with the bug population here and sent me on my way with antihistamines. She probably thought "crazy Northener"
As a person that likes to be outside, and as a child was outside always, I have gotten my fair share of bug bites so I generally am not bugged (no pun intended) by them. However for the record the one thing that scares me big time is spiders so the last thing I am likely to be near is anything with eight legs- unless of course it is a tasty crustacean that has been steamed with many spices :) So as unlikely as it is with all the preventatives it seems I got bitten by a spider. No big deal I have seen evidence of spider bites before but never seen a spider on me. Apparently that is quite normal, most people don't see he spider that bites them. Well at least in wasn't a big deal until the red spot grew and got swollen. I drew a line around it to be sure and I wasn't imagining things, it was spreading. So at the urging of co-workers, and being slightly cautious after getting lyme disease from a tick bite many years ago, I made a doctor's appointment.
Well to my relief and embarrassment, it is just an allergic reaction to the bite. I felt like such dork in the doctor's office as she was telling me about the MANY things that bite here in Florida (spiders, ants, wasps, scorpions) and how when the rainy season starts it will get worse. She also told me that it is always possible to have an allergic reaction to a variety of degrees to any bite. If I had been bitten by one of the scary spiders apparently the reaction within 24 hours is extremely bad. So she gave me the lowdown on living with the bug population here and sent me on my way with antihistamines. She probably thought "crazy Northener"