I wrote a while ago about getting stung several times in my left hand while hiving a swarm, this May. My hand swelled up rather large, and by the next day the swelling was going up my arm. I was convinced by some people that I should get some medical help. I was give Prednisone. The swelling went down eventually - I wondered if the drug made any difference. Anyway, today I got a sting in my left wrist...first sting since the multiple ones in May. I went immediately to the nearest Walk-in Clinic, in case I was going to have a bad reaction... I didn't! So I never got out of the car, just drove back to the beeyard. But as the day progresses, I'm finding the pain and swelling is increasing....I took one Benadryl (over the counter antihistamine)..and all it did was make me fall asleep. The swelling is moving slowly...in three hours it has crept about two inches up my arm. So now the area from my wrist to 3/4 up my arm is slightly swollen and achy. If it keeps moving I will go to the Clinic again... but I don t want to... I feel that my body has to learn how to deal with this without a major sort of drug that takes over for your adrenal system! I dimly recall getting stung by some kind of insect as a child, in the finger...the pain (i dont recall swelling) moved up my arm all the way to my shoulder over many hours... My parents (perhaps rightly) took us out shopping and I just got better on my own... ...sorry to go on ... just the concerns of a new beekeeper who aint accustomed to stings quite yet. Rob Robert C.L. Watson [log in to unmask] pipe organ technician organist - choirmaster early woodwind player hobby beekeeper homebrewer tenor