[AT] stings

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi John, Passing on this sort of information can get someone killed! See: 
http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/beesting.asp
         Dave

At 10:55 AM 4/9/2007, you wrote:

>Not sure if this works, but hey, it's worth a try. Got this from my friend
>
>It might be wise to carry a penny in your pocket while working in the yard.
>A couple of weeks ago I was unfortunate enough to get stung by both a bee
>and hornet while working in the garden. My arm swelled up so off to the 
>doctor I went.
>
>The clinic gave me cream and an antihistamine. The next day the swelling 
>was getting
>progressively worse so off to my regular doctor I went. Infected arm 
>needed an
>antibiotic. What was interesting is what the Dr. told me. The next time 
>you get stung put a
>penny on the bite for 15 minutes. I thought, wow next time (if there ever 
>is one) I will try it.
>
>Well that night Shelley's niece got stung by two bees. When she came over 
>to swim I looked at the bite and it had already started to swell. So off I 
>went to get my money. Taped a penny to her arm for 15 minutes. The next 
>morning, there was no sign of a bite. Wow were we surprised. Her niece we 
>decided, just wasn't allergic to the sting. Well guess what happened again 
>on Saturday night. I was helping Shelley deadhead her flowers and guess 
>what? You are right I got stung again two times by a hornet on my left 
>hand. Was I ticked. I thought, here I go again having to go to the doctor 
>for yet another antibiotic. Well I promptly went into the house, again got 
>my money out, and taped two pennies to my bites and then sat and sulked 
>for 15 minutes. The penny took the string out of the bite immediately!.
>
>I still wasn't sure what was going to happen. In the meantime the hornets 
>were attacking Shelley and she got stung on the thumb. Again the penny. 
>The next morning I could only see the spot where he had stung me. No 
>redness, no swelling. Went over to see Shelley and hers was the same. 
>Couldn't even tell where she got stung. Then Shelley got stung again on 
>Monday night on her back---cutting the grass. This penny thing is going to 
>make us money at school. Again it wo rked. Just wanted to share the 
>marvelous information in case any of you are experiencing the same problem 
>at home. We need to have a stock of pennies on hand at school and at home. 
>The Dr. said somehow the copper in the penny counteracts the bite. I would 
>never had believed it. But it definitely does work.
>
>So remember this little bit of wisdom and pass it on to your friends, 
>children, grandchildren, etc.
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