Tom Nic wrote:spatman wrote: a jellyfish sting
What the heck? In Florida? This sounds like a story to be told!
actually, it's not really much of a story, sorry to say.
last saturday, i went out on a couple charters off of key largo. 4 fun dives, didn't notice any jellyfish (well, one moon jelly) nor did i feel any stings.
two days later i was out on another charter in key west. while i was suiting up, i noticed a small blemish on my left thigh, a little itchy red blotch the size of a quarter.
over the next couple of days, it grew in size and formed another blotch nearby. it looked and felt like a rash, yet cortizone and benadryl ointments did nothing except curb the itch for a short period of time.
after traveling home all day wednesday, the intial blotch had begun to throb a bit and took on a bruised appearance under the rash. that made me pretty sure that whatever it was, it was infected, and that i needed antibiotics.
so off to the doc i went and answered her questions. she feels that a jellyfish sting is the most likely culprit. i'm not a 100% sold on it, since i never felt an initial sting while diving. but whatever caused it, i hope these antibiotics work, because it still aches and itches like heck.
sorry there's no tale of battling a man-o-war or other such daring feat. just a boring travel story about discomfort. poor me.
