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I think I liked spiders before I got bit by a brown recluse. Now I like dead spiders.

• Scramblejams 10y ago
  Ouch. Mind sharing what it was like?
  • lightcatcher 10y ago
    I was about 10 years old and at a bonfire at a summer camp in Texas. It was dark when I was bitten, so I never saw the spider. It felt like there was something between a mosquito and a cockroach on my ankle that was hard to shake off. The bite didn't hurt and I didn't notice it at the time. Next morning, I'm completely out of energy and feel awful. There's a region about 2 inches by 1 inch on my ankle that is pink, gummy texture, and looks like it's lightly coated in a white balm. A family member recognizes it as a spider bite and then we find the fang marks. Go to the doctor, who diagnoses as either a brown recluse bite with a light to medium amount of venom or a full dose bite from relative of brown recluse. Get some pills (probably antibiotics) and a cream to put on the area and told to stay off my feet as much as possible for next 2 weeks. Spend the next 2 weeks of summer mostly laying on a couch. Ankle is in mild aching pain, otherwise I feel fine. Watch ~.6cm of flesh of my ankle turn to mush and decide that spiders suck. End up with a scar similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loxoscelism#/media/File:BrownRecuse2.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loxoscelism#/media/File:BrownR... (warning: obviously mildly graphic). Scar has almost completely faded 15 years later, dislike of spiders has not. I still prefer spiders to ticks though.
    • sanatgersappa 10y ago
      you could have turned into Spiderman.
      • Chris2048 10y ago
        No, has to be nuclear spider.