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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kenneth V. McNutt who wrote (603014)8/12/2004 3:07:59 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
My advice is to keep your distance.

I think you can get one of those spray cans that shoots for quite a distance.

Point, shoot, and then run like hell.

Boy oh boy. The sting can really hurt.

Several years ago, I was stung on my left hand, finger just to the right of the smallest one. I ignored it. Over the next few weeks, it continued to swell and to hurt. I continued to ignore it thinking it would eventually go away.

Three months later, the finger now looking like giant sausage, found me reluctantly going to the doctor. A few days later, I was in the hospital. The finger had to be opened surgically and thousands of little crescent shaped objects (gristles) had to be removed.

I now have a scar on that finger than runs from the tip into the center of my palm.

This is why I get a little excited when I am stung. I have to be careful. And I am now keeping a careful watch on yesterday's mishap. If the swelling does not abate soon, then off to the doctor I go. I don't want to go through a surgical removal experience again.
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