[pct-l] Yellow jackets and Epipens on the PCT

[Derek Fohs]

I was prescribed an epipen for my allergy to gluten. I've never used it. I just avoid gluten.I've reordered because of the expiration date by I calling or emailing my doctor who can call it into a pharmacy of my choice. CVS allows my wife to pick up prescriptions for me. I'd have her ship to me at the next mail drop if there's no pharmacy. They're light and packable enough that you might want to pick up two at a time.
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:26:30 -0600
> From: jolson at olc.edu
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Yellow jackets and Epipens on the PCT
> 
> I was stung dozens of times by honey bees and hornets growing up.  When 
> I was 40, I was stung by a wasp, and my arm swelled up to half again its 
> normal size.  I carried an epipen for years until I was stung after I 
> put my socks on and was putting on my (then) boots.  It hurt like the 
> dickens and I had my girlfriend get out the epipen.  I sat there for 15 
> minutes or so, waiting for a reaction.  Nothing but a minor welt, and 
> when I finally started walking, it wasn't as bad as a small blister.
> 
> I think different stinging insects elicit different systemic responses.  
> A doctor would know...
> 
> Jeffrey Olson
> Rapid City, SD
> 
> On 9/10/2012 5:04 PM, Brett Fisher wrote:
> > I'm not allergic to bees. That said, I've been stung several times on my
> > thru hike this year.
> >
> > Once on our first day on the way to Hauser Creek. And twice on the trail
> > above Deep Creek. There's also an infamous hive a few miles before reaching
> > the water faucet below Fuller Ridge leaving the San Jacintos, but I wasn't
> > stung there. I've also received a few stealth stings or bites on my ankles.
> > This is based on the pain, wound, and swelling I observed later - one in
> > the Station Fire area, and the other north of Sierra City.
> >
> > I started observing yellow jackets themselves on a regular basis on the
> > climb out of the Feather River canyon and on into Northern California.
> >
> > I know they are here in Oregon just waiting. (I was born and raised here,
> > and hiked my first hikes here). Waiting to annoy and bite. Rude little
> > creatures.
> >
> > -Backtrack
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