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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregsglass, post: 67021, member: 78&quot;]Hi Evelyn,</p><p>&nbsp; No they were not sweat bees, they were the real thing WASPS with paper nests all over the attic. The attic had been closed up for at least 30 yrs. I guess I was just lucky that they have never had an attack for 50 generations and just wanted to see what they had found. I was 18 yrs old when I had my first reaction to a wasp sting. It was painful and just my thumb swelled up. After two more stings that year I really went into swelling up. After my 4th sting I really did need the ER. I was so swollen and had trouble breathing, more like gulping air. I started carrying epinephrine and a syringe. Once I was stung and had to go to the local Vet since the nearest Dr or hospital was 75 miles away. We were fishing on a lake and somehow I got stung. My uncle took me to the Vet which was closer. The worst was coming home from San Francisco on a plane in February. I got stung and started swelling up. I looked like the Michelin man. Of course I did not have my epipen with me. Thank goodness there was an elderly doctor in First Class with his &quot;bag&quot;. The pilot was planning on an emergancy stop in Chicago in 30 minutes. I told him do not bother since I only had 15 mins or less to live. After four shots I started to shrink back to normal. I have not been stung since 1993. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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