Being allergic to bees my story is bee related. I was surveying for a transmission line easement about 1/2 mile from the truck when I stopped to talk to another crew member. We happened to stop directly above an in ground yellow jackets nest. He got stung first and took off running, cussing each time he was stung. I took off in the other direction. I ran for probably 50 yards or so and had just though to myself "man you were lucky you didn't get stung" when I suddenly got stung on top of the head. I ran another 50 yards and stopped, when I looked down at my pants I realized I had hundreds of bees on my jeans. Someone was apparently looking out for me as I happened to forget my boots that day. I was cussing myself for being forgetful all morning but, being able to slip off my tennis shoes allowed me to take off my pants and only get stung 3 more times in the process. If I would have had to bend over and take off my boots, it would have been much worse.
I was 1/2 mile from the truck with no Epipen and no cell service and could already feel my whole body swelling. I walked out pants-less with a co-worker who drove me towards the hospital. As soon as I got cell service I called the rescue squad and we met them halfway. The sting on top of my head made my face and head swell a cartoonish amount. I can remember looking at my coworker on the way out and asking him if my face was swollen. When he looked at me his face said "YES!" but, his response was "not too bad".
When my wife walked into the hospital room she looked at me, said "sorry" and walked back out. I heard her tell the nurse that wasn't the right room. The nurse confirmed it was and my wife walked back in and said she didn't recognize me because of the swelling. I tried to get her to take a picture of me but she refused, and my phone was still in my pants pocket in the middle of the woods at that point. About 48 hours later I was released from the hospital and was able to go home.
Typing this story just made me remember I need to go get my epipen script filled again...