I have once again, received a spider bite. My fellow office workers say i am going to turn into spider man...ironically, i recieved this bite in the same work location as my last bite. Out in the field working on an electric gate for our company. Last month, the main control board went out.. This week, the rf receiver went out after a thunder storm. I actually saw the 'quarter' sized light brown/black ( wolf? ) spider run up over the bridge of my foot.. pause at my ankle, and then run off. An hour later.. there it was.. a nice red spot. I'm getting pretty good at this now.. When i got back to work I didn't even wait for any symptons to start.. I just popped a benadryl and went about my business. Bit came to a small (white) head later that night, which opened on it's own in the shower. This was on monday afternoon... Bit is now red and a little larger than the size of a BB. I put some alergy creme on it every now and then. So far no swelling, no aches / muscle pain.. no drainage.. and no enlargement of the wound.. no pain at bite site.. though on the first day there was. I'm just keeping a good eye on it and checking it every few hours to look for change. I half jokingly told my wife that if she finds me disorientated or worse, to point out to the er that I was bit here, etc, etc, etc... Lets see.. this will be my 4th spider bite in 2 years... These little buggers LOVE me. I would like to add that each bite has had less severe reactions than the previous. First one was fairly bad.. second similar but shorter duration, 3rd again less.. and this one.. well.. I would call it very-mild... etc. I generally put on mosquito / fly repellant if i am going out to a jobsite to do anything.. but that doesn't seem to effect the spiders... ... Actually.. it must make me taste good or something... Any ideas? By the time i find something good, My immunity will probably make it a moot point..... Soundguy
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