Comments | the_heiress: slightly medically unpleasant, so my apologies for that

the_heiress

slightly medically unpleasant, so my apologies for that

Jul 30, 2004 22:24

On Wednesday evening, in the garden of the grammatically inept Buckinghamshire public house The Grove Lock (“delay on hot meal’s approx up to 30 mins”), I was bitten by an earwig. “Ha ha ha” said strange_powers and d_sameboy as they polished off my chips while I examined the earwig for evidence of radioactive contamination. Or recently emptied egg sacs. You can’t be ( Read more... )

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huskyteer July 30 2004, 02:31:46 UTC

'delay on hot meal is approx up to 30 mins' works. If you're feeling forgiving.

the_heiress July 30 2004, 02:54:24 UTC

I'm never forgiving!

modalverben July 30 2004, 02:46:32 UTC

Cloid had a bite on her foot about three weeks ago which I thought was an earwig bite, she went to an NHS walk in centre (or hobble in this case) her ankle was the bitten area but it had swollen up so the cushion, as you call it, had reached her toes. They prescribed her anti-histamines, anti-biotics bandaged the area and told her to take a week off and keep her foot elevated as much as possible. Try and get to one of these walk-in centres. Also look out for redness creeping up you leg, that is the infection spreading and Cloid was told to report back to the centre if she noticed this happening. Hope this has been some help.

the_heiress July 30 2004, 02:57:09 UTC

That's been a great, suitably explicit, help. Luckily I'm anti-histamined to the hilt during pollen season (Feb-Nov).

modalverben July 30 2004, 03:00:06 UTC

She also had homeopathic anti-h cream.

in case you were worried the_heiress July 30 2004, 05:43:02 UTC

The answer, apparently, lies within a tube of hydrocortisone cream. So that'll be hydrocortisone cream then.

So says the lady in Boots, who flogged me some but advised antibiotics if I'm still itching in a couple of days.

vicious little buggers la_espanola July 30 2004, 08:13:29 UTC

i am covered in bites from nasty little flying ants, which whilst clearly not as serious as yours, are still ruddy painful. dont even want to THINK about egg sacs being emptied into open wounds ... kindly pass the hydrocortisone.

squaddie67 July 30 2004, 09:20:01 UTC

But what would your Superheroine name be? Earwig Woman sounds a bit lame, so I'm plumping for WiggyBird. It's catchy and you could have a big "W" on your costume, a bit like WonderWoman, only crapper.

strange_powers July 30 2004, 10:33:19 UTC

No way - she's The Pincer.

squaddie67 July 30 2004, 11:33:02 UTC

Oooh, I like it. I'm seeing a big red costume, with a yellow cape, which admittedly is a bit Captain Marvel, or the Flash for that matter (although he didn't wear a cape, but you can see where i'm going with this) but I'm struggling to think of a nifty catch phrase.