Evil Creatures
Went to the barbecue on Saturday, had fun even without the underage boys turning up!
However, it appears that I was the food selection for some rather nasty evil biting creatures, who seem to have eaten more than I did!
My whole leg seems to be swelling up, and it is so damn painful. It feels like the side of my leg has been dowsed in boiling water.
I went to the chemist first thing this morning to see if they could give me something. She took one look at me, told me it looked infected and I should probably go and see the doctor. As this was next door, off I went. An hour and a half later, I see a nurse, to be told it’s not infected (yet), and to get some anti-histamine tablets, and some anti-histamine cream. From the chemist.
To give her her due, she did look embarrassed when I went back in for the cream and tablets. I suppose it is better to be safe than sorry.
But it’s going to take a few days for the stuff to kick in, and in the meantime there isn’t a whole lot I can do about it.
I also have a bite on my wrist, but that’s not nearly so bad. But it’s so weird - you can actually see the poison spreading out from the centre - the red mark on my wrist is now about 1 and a half inches across - it was probably only 3/4 this morning when I went to see the nurse. Same with the biggest one on my leg - the total diameter of it is about 5 inches, about 1/2 an inch in the middle is very dark red and the most raised, then there is an angry red ring of about 3-3 1/2 inches across, with the last bit being a dark pink.
I better get some insect repellant for my holiday.