I don’t understand, where exactly was this wasp for that 5 minutes? Did you hold it in your mouth or did you swallow it but not completely so it was in your throat for 5 minutes? Sounds pretty unpleasant either way
It was in my throat I guess … I thought I’d managed to swallow it but it must have kept climbing back
I think the trick is to actually swallow it, then your stomach acids kill it and all is good !
Yep that’s what I was trying though at the time thought it must be a fly… just couldn’t suck enough water through the camelback fast enough …
Yes, you were very lucky. I can’t help wondering what would have happened if you had swallowed it and it started stinging inside your stomach… or how long it
would have continued.
I think Ian is correct once it goes in the stomach the acid would kill it pretty quickly and they only have a few stings worth of venom ….
I doubt you’d feel much either as your stomach lining is pretty much attacked by acid 24×7
To be fair m’y throat didn’t hurt much … it was uncomfortable but not really bad .. and as I’m lucky I don’t react much to bees or wasps it just swelled up a bit and made breathing deep breaths harder … we chuck nearly boiling water and hot food down our throats…so it’s not very sensitive
SIL then speared herself on a cactus … lots of blood but not as bad as it looked
I had fantastic fun with continental brakes as well but managed to avoid an OTB which is good as my arm isn’t really fixed from a fracture 3 weeks ago…
I’m buying some wool and needles I reckon and making scarves or something … much safer hobby then again I’d probably poke my eye out with a needle