I was left screaming curses!

[jipped genes]

TweetI was out on my kayak yesterday, it was hot and sunny. My feet were in to cool water, I had caught a couple of bass. Life was good....................until I came upon this flooded willow tree. (lake is up 4-5 feet) I grabbed a branch to keep from drifting and I hear a buzzing.

An squadron of yellow and black death came swarming out of the tree. PAPER WASPS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I back paddled furiously but they followed me relentlessly. The tenacious little beasts swooped and struck. YIKES! my back, then my arm, then my foot..............OWWWWW SHIT!!!!!!!!! I was about to bail out and dive in the water when WHAM! right on my LIP! felt like a heavy weight punch but hurt 10 X worse.

OK, the others hurt bad but when a wasp stings you on your lip...........well it is a new kind of hell. I continued back paddling, the wasps finally relented, I saw they had a few casualties. there were several in the water not moving or struggling. (there was one in the bottom of my kayak, he died at the butt of a falcon rod)

This is when the curses flowed out of me like Niagara Falls during the rainy months. What else was I to do. It hurt. Worse part was I was a mile from my put in. I paddled back, I thought about fishing but I was worried I would have some reaction to the venom. I was a bit dizzy but I could breathe.

Anyway took 4-5 hours for the pain to subside. The stings to the body were not too bad, they looked like bad mosquito bites but poor lip.

It swole up so big it looked like an over inflated innertube.

This morning it is still 20% bigger than it should be and it is numb and sore at the same time if that makes sense.

here is a pic of my lip after I got home. Fat Lip Jipp

[Dzone]

TweetOh man!!!! Holy shit. Thats brutal man. Hope you heal up and can slap some ice on that. You think you need to go to the doctor? I guess you can be lucky it wasnt a gator

[guns01]

Tweetoh damn man that's freaking terrible. i am terribly allegric to all stings myself. i was trimming my grand parents hedges in my younger days not knowing their was a huge paper wasp in there or that i was allergic. needles to say i was stung about 50 or so times as i ran my happy butt away. i damn near died in the er after that episode. i can take a sing or two no problem but if i had been in your situation i would have been in a very very bad place. hope your swelling and pain goes away soon man. those thing suck ass for sure

[smalls1]

TweetDang man that sucks! At least your ok though! Get better

[mtnmedic]

TweetGeez that sucks big time jipped ! A Tobacco poultice is supposed to draw out the sting in a pinch. I went over a underground nest of yellow jackets with the mower and it felt like paintball welts for a whole week ! glad they didn't make it up my shorts, I was going commando. can't imagine on my lip yeaouch !!!

[jipped genes]

TweetThanks y'all. almost normal again. Only residual problem is numbness in my lip and top teeth. not bad but just weird

[IRON-GAME]

Tweet[QUOTE=jipped genes;1290451]Thanks y'all. almost normal again. Only residual problem is numbness in my lip and top teeth. not bad but just weird[/QUOT

Wow...brutha glad your getting better.

[MOUNTAIN-MAN]

TweetSorry bro I know that sucks and the little devils ruined your fishing day too

[Yohimbe]

TweetWhoa!! Man I bet that hurt like hell. I hate getting stung by anything. Hope you heal up quick bro.

[jipped genes]

Tweetthanks for the well wishes. i am all good now. i have started a proactive war against wasps and hornets. before I was live and let live. I have one of those zappers things that looks like a mini tennis racket that has a 9 volt battery.

I was out in the yard chasing wasps for father's day/ surprisingly satisfying to watch those little bastards go down.

oh, I went fishing again. this time had a great time and caught a bunch of keeper crappie. good eating

[guage]

TweetI got that zapper its great.. harbor freight. Well worth the money... kill them all with prejudice. Lol