[Jenn218]

My grandmother sent this and she told me it really works....humm, I don't know.....

BEE STINGS AND PENNIES

WHO'D A THUNK IT???
Very good information to keep handy.

A couple of weeks ago I was unfortunate enough to get stung by
both a bee and hornet while working in the garden.
My arm swelled up, so off to the doctor I went.
The clinic gave me cream and an antihistamine.
The next day the swelling was getting progressively worse,
so off to my regular doctor I went again.
Infected arm - needed an antibiotic.
What was interesting is what the Dr. told me.
The next time you get stung, put a penny on the bite for 15 minutes.
I thought, wow, next time (if there ever is one) I will try it.

Well, that night Shelley's niece got stung by two bees.
When she came over to swim, I looked at the bite and it had already started to swell. So, off I went - to get my money.
I taped a penny to her arm for 15 minutes.
The next morning, there was no sign of a bite. Wow, were we surprised.
Her niece, we decided just wasn't alergic to the sting.
Well, guess what happened again on Saturday night?
I was helping Shelley deadhead her flowers.
I got bit again two times by a hornet on my left hand.
Well, I promptly went into the house and again got my money out
and taped two pennies to my bites and then sat and sulked for 15 minutes.
The penny took the sting out of the bite immediately.
I still wasn't sure what was going to happen.
In the meantime, the hornets were attacking Shelley and she got bit on the thumb.
Again the penny. The next morning I would only see the spot where he had got me.
No redness, no swelling. Went off to see Shelley and hers was the same.
Couldn't even tell where she got bit.
Just wanted to share the marvelous information
in case any of you are experiencing the same problem at home.
We need to have a stock of pennies on hand at school.
The Dr. said somehow the copper in the penny cunteracts the bite.
I would never have believed it.
But, it definitely does work.
So, there you go -- "the tip for today."