Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm learning about spider bites. I saw a bite on my right arm, halfway between my elbow and shoulder. I didn't think much about it. It didn't get red or have pus. I was feeling energetic and moving furniture, so I thought I was simply charleyhorsed from hard work. Wrong! The Spider bite is now irritating the lymph nodes under that arm, hurting from elbow to shoulder. A new bite when I woke up today, red with pus. I'm paying attention now! Went to my local health food store, where I bought a canister of activated charcoal to make into large poultices. The first one was a big laugh. I had to use masking tape to hold the poultice on, and it dripped all over my dark clothes. With it in place, I bought a couple of ace bandages, and brought in some very old clothes scheduled for rags to wear over the poultice. My skin is black and grey where the poultice is. By the time I finish applying one and cleaning up the staining mess the charcoal makes, it's just about time for another! This activated charcoal is so powerful, the directions say it will absorb any prescriptions, so I guess it's no supplements, nor oleander for a day or two. I'm nearly out of both the caps and liquid, planned to make the liquid today, but got involved in poultices. Tomorrow, wash all my bedding, sprinkle the bedframe and carpet around with borax. Then get rid of cartons in the house, and talk with my son about the woodpile outside the window. Clean! Spiders! If the activated charcoal doesn't clear my arm in a day or so, I'll move on to another nontoxic poultice. Has anyone had spider bites? This is no fun! Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hello Rhoda,Never had a spider bite, but had a wasp sting on my shoulder.The skin swelled and turned red then brown down to my wrist and down to my waist front & back of my torso, it looked like a burn. I was guzzling sodium ascorbate as though it was water. Didn't sleep for 3 days because of the pain. However on the 3rd day the pain subsided and there was a pink shadow of where it had extended - no swelling. I'm allergic to bee stings but no longer need adrenaline - just 6000mgs sodium ascorbate and an ice pack. Wheals gone in an hour. The charcoal sounds good. Have had both strep & staph infected eczema, including erisypelas and cleared it with Transfer Factor. Never got to the lymph glands. Will try charcoal if it happens again as it is a lot cheaper!I hope that you are better PDQ!Love, Mara--- On Mon, 12/29/08, Rhoda Mead <hummingbird541 wrote:Rhoda Mead <hummingbird541 spideer bitesoleander soup Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 10:29 PM I'm learning about spider bites. I saw a bite on my right arm, halfway between my elbow and shoulder. I didn't think much about it. It didn't get red or have pus. I was feeling energetic and moving furniture, so I thought I was simply charleyhorsed from hard work. Wrong! The Spider bite is now irritating the lymph nodes under that arm, hurting from elbow to shoulder. A new bite when I woke up today, red with pus. I'm paying attention now! Went to my local health food store, where I bought a canister of activated charcoal to make into large poultices. The first one was a big laugh. I had to use masking tape to hold the poultice on, and it dripped all over my dark clothes. With it in place, I bought a couple of ace bandages, and brought in some very old clothes scheduled for rags to wear over the poultice. My skin is black and grey where the poultice is. By the time I finish applying one and cleaning up the staining mess the charcoal makes, it's just about time for another! This activated charcoal is so powerful, the directions say it will absorb any prescriptions, so I guess it's no supplements, nor oleander for a day or two. I'm nearly out of both the caps and liquid, planned to make the liquid today, but got involved in poultices. Tomorrow, wash all my bedding, sprinkle the bedframe and carpet around with borax. Then get rid of cartons in the house, and talk with my son about the woodpile outside the window. Clean! Spiders! If the activated charcoal doesn't clear my arm in a day or so, I'll move on to another nontoxic poultice. Has anyone had spider bites? This is no fun! Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hey Rhoda, Don't you have clay? That will draw any poison out...better than charcoal! Nonie hurting from elbow to shoulder. A new bite when I woke up today, red with pus. I'm paying attention now! Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Rhoda, See my most recent post to Tony. Go to brownrecluses.com for their kit. Works like a charm for any spider bite or bee sting. Bob - Rhoda Mead oleander soup Monday, December 29, 2008 10:29 PM spideer bites I'm learning about spider bites. I saw a bite on my right arm, halfway between my elbow and shoulder. I didn't think much about it. It didn't get red or have pus. I was feeling energetic and moving furniture, so I thought I was simply charleyhorsed from hard work. Wrong! The Spider bite is now irritating the lymph nodes under that arm, hurting from elbow to shoulder. A new bite when I woke up today, red with pus. I'm paying attention now! Went to my local health food store, where I bought a canister of activated charcoal to make into large poultices. The first one was a big laugh. I had to use masking tape to hold the poultice on, and it dripped all over my dark clothes. With it in place, I bought a couple of ace bandages, and brought in some very old clothes scheduled for rags to wear over the poultice. My skin is black and grey where the poultice is. By the time I finish applying one and cleaning up the staining mess the charcoal makes, it's just about time for another! This activated charcoal is so powerful, the directions say it will absorb any prescriptions, so I guess it's no supplements, nor oleander for a day or two. I'm nearly out of both the caps and liquid, planned to make the liquid today, but got involved in poultices. Tomorrow, wash all my bedding, sprinkle the bedframe and carpet around with borax. Then get rid of cartons in the house, and talk with my son about the woodpile outside the window. Clean! Spiders! If the activated charcoal doesn't clear my arm in a day or so, I'll move on to another nontoxic poultice. Has anyone had spider bites? This is no fun! Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Bless your heart Rhoda. I am so sorry you are going through this. I noticed that Tony replied to your post. Follow his advice. He has been bitten by a brown recluse on two separate occasions.Please let us know how you are doing.Hugs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Around here we keep hydrated calcium bentonite clay ...works wonders for Brown Recluse bites plus so much more. ~Debbie Nonie <nmsammyoleander soup <oleander soup >Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:33:20 AMRE: spideer bites Hey Rhoda, Don't you have clay? That will draw any poison out...better than charcoal! Nonie hurting from elbow to shoulder. A new bite when I woke up today, red with pus. I'm paying attention now! Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Rhoda. I hope you are ok now yes? I was bitten by a spider this time last year, it was under a flower pot and as i moved the pot, i saw it, holding the pot try to step on the spider mised and lost it, until i felt pain on my leg, droped everything and i look, i had about 10 little bites on my shin, panic galour the spider was as big as a mans fist, i call the poison centrer said what happen and ask them if i was going to die, they said no, and to put vinegar on the bites, and dont walk for 3 days so the poison stays put. this Australian tree spiders are so big the scared you to death. my spider story lol. P.S. Try bicarbonate soda to wash yhe charcol colour out. Hugs Mary - Rhoda Mead oleander soup Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:29 PM spideer bites I'm learning about spider bites. I saw a bite on my right arm, halfway between my elbow and shoulder. I didn't think much about it. It didn't get red or have pus. I was feeling energetic and moving furniture, so I thought I was simply charleyhorsed from hard work. Wrong! The Spider bite is now irritating the lymph nodes under that arm, hurting from elbow to shoulder. A new bite when I woke up today, red with pus. I'm paying attention now! Went to my local health food store, where I bought a canister of activated charcoal to make into large poultices. The first one was a big laugh. I had to use masking tape to hold the poultice on, and it dripped all over my dark clothes. With it in place, I bought a couple of ace bandages, and brought in some very old clothes scheduled for rags to wear over the poultice. My skin is black and grey where the poultice is. By the time I finish applying one and cleaning up the staining mess the charcoal makes, it's just about time for another! This activated charcoal is so powerful, the directions say it will absorb any prescriptions, so I guess it's no supplements, nor oleander for a day or two. I'm nearly out of both the caps and liquid, planned to make the liquid today, but got involved in poultices. Tomorrow, wash all my bedding, sprinkle the bedframe and carpet around with borax. Then get rid of cartons in the house, and talk with my son about the woodpile outside the window. Clean! Spiders! If the activated charcoal doesn't clear my arm in a day or so, I'll move on to another nontoxic poultice. Has anyone had spider bites? This is no fun! Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Maria,I'm sorry you got bitten but you brought back a funny memory of my aussie spider experience: On one of our many world travels, hubby and I found ourselves helping out on an organic farm. As I was writing a letter to my parents back home, the biggest furriest frickin spider I have EVER seen walked across the floor. Seriously.....I sat there dumbfounded and sketched it in the letter I was writing. Underneath I wrote this caption to my spider-phobic dad: actual size. It was as big as my hand! On another occasion we were backpacking in a very remote section of Panama. I was preparing to do some hand laundry and picked up a wash bucket from the ground. Hubby yelled: " Drop it and back away! " He flipped the bucket over with a stick. AYYYY! Tarantula! Right where my hand would have been. He flicked it into the jungle but it landed short. It then reared up on its hind legs in attack position. Hubby took same lame stick, about 8 inches long and approached it. " Are you nuts? " I screamed. He went off and came back with----I kid you not---a 10 foot pole and flicked that monster into the jungle! Ahhh nature....Janetnot too many spiders in snowy Canada right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Lostrin. You made my day, i laught and laught because i know exactly what you mean. the Australian bugers are biiiiig, as big as Tarantulas if no biger, and to think this thing, is on you you die of fright, Now summer here they are out in force, you see them everywhere, and you jump 10 feet high. Thank you Lostrin for shering your experience. Happy new year. Hugs Mary - lostrin oleander soup Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:52 AM Re: spideer bites Maria,I'm sorry you got bitten but you brought back a funny memory of my aussie spider experience: On one of our many world travels, hubby and I found ourselves helping out on an organic farm. As I was writing a letter to my parents back home, the biggest furriest frickin spider I have EVER seen walked across the floor. Seriously.....I sat there dumbfounded and sketched it in the letter I was writing. Underneath I wrote this caption to my spider-phobic dad: actual size. It was as big as my hand!On another occasion we were backpacking in a very remote section of Panama. I was preparing to do some hand laundry and picked up a wash bucket from the ground. Hubby yelled: "Drop it and back away!" He flipped the bucket over with a stick. AYYYY! Tarantula! Right where my hand would have been. He flicked it into the jungle but it landed short. It then reared up on its hind legs in attack position. Hubby took same lame stick, about 8 inches long and approached it. "Are you nuts?" I screamed. He went off and came back with----I kid you not---a 10 foot pole and flicked that monster into the jungle!Ahhh nature....Janetnot too many spiders in snowy Canada right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hydrated calcium bentonite clay is excellant for spider bites. ~Jill~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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