Horse flies are bastards. I suspect one bit me on the back of the head a few weeks ago. I heard it buzzing around and first thought it might be a wasp, but the buzz is different and anyway the pain wasn’t as bad as a wasp sting. It swelled up quite impressively though and was sore for a day or two. I hope my wild flailing immediately afterwards killed it.
I’ve still got a lump in my thigh where a horsefly bit me about 5 years ago. Nasty fuckers. I don’t normally like killing stuff I’m not going to eat, but those bastards get it every time.
I was once stung 7 times on the head by hornets when I was 15, hurt like a bastard! They attacked me when I inadvertently disturbed their nest and had to dive head first into a lake to escape them. That wasn’t the worst part though, when I emerged from the lake a fat, topless skinhead with “made in Hull” tattooed around his belly button grabbed hold of me and proceeded to “suck the poison out” and spit it on the floor!
20 years ago in the summer 0f 99 I slipped a disc, L4. The decision at the time was to do nothing surgically. From time to time it aches a bit but never as bad as when it happened.
Two days ago I twisted to pick something up and the pain was horrendous. Still not as bad as when it happened but this is the worst it’s been.
But a visit to the Dr this morning scored some industrial strength drugs.