Surfing Waves

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:42 am**

Damn the australian wildlife :evil:

Today I got my first ever bluey sting

The water was absolutely full of them. I spent the whole session in a state of paranoia trying to avoid them, and then when I finally caught a wave in to get out, I got washed through a carpet-like layer of them :!:

Ouch ouch and more ouch.

Still, its quite interesting to watch the weird and fascinating things going on around the sting. It went red, then purple, then blotchy, and is now looking kinda ruffled. I wonder whats next...?

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:07 am**

drowningbitbybit wrote:D I wonder whats next...?

Well......you will find out, but I'm not going to ruin the unpleasant surprise

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:26 am**

Ah, I see... next, about a litre of liquid comes out from the ruffled skin :shock:

Okay, that was quite surprising. Is it finished now? :roll:

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:12 am**

I hope not :shock:

It's a cold, wet, surfless Saturday over the ditch, and I'm a bit bored. Your jellyfish wound is way more interesting than TV.

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:33 am**

Update - 3.30pm - approx 4.5 hours since sting event...

Pain still quite intense.
Fluid still leaking out of the sting like a small garden water feature.
Girlfriend sympathy minimal.

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:10 am**

Eeeeewwww

You'll be fine in a couple of weeks :wink:

I just went fishing and got two sandfly bites......on the same hand. But they just get a bit itchy. I did get bitten right on the ring once though, when I was putting my wettie on, over on the West Coast, and that really wasn't pleasant, although there wasn't lots of fluid or anything gross like that, just a bit hard to scratch (in public).

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:13 am**

DBB, you might as well stick some pictures on here....

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:50 am**

So, its not lethal? That makes a change for Aus!

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:45 am**

Keep yourself hydrated there lad. !

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:26 pm**

i think we need a picture, purely for education purposes of course.

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:41 pm**

RJD wrote:So, its not lethal?

Hmmm....the lack of updates is making me think it might have benn

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:00 pm**

Hang11 wrote:
RJD wrote:So, its not lethal?

Hmmm....the lack of updates is making me think it might have benn

Still here, so it wasnt fatal. Although there was a period of intense muscle spasming pain between my left forearm and about where my heart is which was a bit worrying :shock:

The fluid leak decreased to a steady drip and then finally stopped overnight - now Im just left with a small red dot. Sadly, no photos - the progression from purple to red to ruffled to leaking was all quite quick (an hour) so by the time I was near a camera it just looked wet and not very dramatic.

Im just off for a surf again at the same spot, so I'll take a camera today - Im bound to find some more wildlife :roll:

Posted: **Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:47 pm**

drowningbitbybit wrote:Im bound to find some more wildlife

Is it just me that is wondering what would happen if you licked one of those jellyfish?

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Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:15 pm**

the other day i got bitten...by a dog

Posted: **Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:24 pm**

I got bitten by a spider , nasty little fooker!

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