Monday, August 16, 2010

A Pain in the Ass.

I went mountain biking Saturday and got stung by either a hornet or yellow jacket. I was a little less than a mile from getting back to the car when I felt a hot nail going into my butt. Yes, I got stung in the ass. Anyway, I unleash a string of obscenities and almost crashed trying to stop. I grabbed the back of my shorts thinking maybe a spider got in there but that didn’t help and the pain got more intense. I’ve been stung by a wasp before and that felt like somebody placing a hot match against my skin. This thing was much worse. It literally felt like a hot nail being jabbed in me.

When I got home, I iced the area down and took some Advil. I now have a red place on my butt about 4 inched around and it’s starting to itch.

5 comments:

bikelovejones said...

Sounds like a yellow jacket. I'm allergic and when I get stung whole limbs swell up. Hopefully yours won't be as bad and you'll heal quickly.

Groover said...

Ouch!

Must be funny seeing you walk around scratching your butt ... LOL

Jen said...

Ouch! Thanks for posting a note on my blog. I hope you're ass stopped itching. =D Been there done that!

frilly said...

Pauvre Richard--sounds very painful. About 15 yrs ago or so, I was bitten by a brown recluse spider way up on my upper thigh. Very close to the ladybits. Yep, five months of doctor visits & major exposure. Good times.

test said...

Merci beaucoup, Frilly.

Sorry to hear about your lady bits, but at lest you didn't have to drop trou on the trail. :)