Comments | fabricdragon: SCA event was eventful

fabricdragon

SCA event was eventful

Sep 26, 2010 10:41

so, the event was eventful.. in ways i could have done without.

now, on the good side, i did make a little money, and i saw friends i hadnt seen in ages!!!! etc etc etc. so please do not think this was all bad or anything, because it was a very nice event in some ways.

( but then there was this stuff )

injury, benedryl, meds, i didnt need this, beekeeping, knee, sca, allergies and anaphylaxis, knee injry, nature, event

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zoethe September 26 2010, 14:52:50 UTC

There is some anecdotal evidence that venoms have a temporary positive effect on joint pain, but I don't think you want to deal with the side effects.

What a crazy day. I'm glad you made it through in one piece.

cvirtue September 26 2010, 14:59:03 UTC

Yes. I've read of people who have found that honey bee stings help with MS and arthritis.

fabricdragon September 26 2010, 16:32:02 UTC

do honey bee stongs hurt a LOT less than yellow jacket stings?

cause this hurts too much to really tempt me....but if it hurt less than this it might

cvirtue September 26 2010, 16:35:57 UTC

The feeling varies according to each person.

I find that honeybees sting like horrible fire for about 5 minutes. Haven't had a wasp/hornet sting for years.

I believe there are different techniques for limiting the amount of venom.

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fabricdragon September 26 2010, 16:30:18 UTC

i knew about long term (ie, bee sting exposure minimizes arthritis) but... not an IMMEDIATE benefit.

also i only knew about bees, i am pretty sure this was a wasp, since it didnt leave a stinger in me.

anyway, i would rather try some OTHER method of treatment. maybe honey bee stings hurt less????

cdozo September 26 2010, 15:24:00 UTC

"is it possible that some combo of "sting+bendryl+pain meds" actually helped my knee? it seemed to work a lot better....."

I don't konw what's wrong with your knee, but bee stings may help reduce arthritis. Check out http://www.google.com/search?q=bee+sting+arthritis&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

snotblossom September 26 2010, 15:42:00 UTC

Oh good grief. How awful. And I know what you mean about crappy stuff overshadowing a perfectly good event. Complain away. Since I wasn't there, I feel no need to take it personally and will just nod and sympathize.

kishiriadgr September 26 2010, 15:48:09 UTC

No fun! We went to the Viking Fest in Vista yesterday and saw lots of nice garb. I think we've started to be Tempted towards SCA but down that road lies madness. ;)

fabricdragon September 26 2010, 16:31:17 UTC

the SCA is fun, and as long as you dont get into merchanting its not that crazy.

merchanting, however, IS in fact a sure path to repeated sanity checks