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Re: Black Widows

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From: Sick of Spam
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00
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>Let's not overlook my own favorite spider- the Brown Recluse.  These
>little buggers love closets and shoes.  A bite from a Brown Recluse
>gives a wonderful imitation of necrotizing fascitis, or the
>flesh-eating bacteria problem.  It starts out as a small reddish bite
>mark, but eventually eats off the appendage unless treated
>aggressively.  

This is more than true. I got bit this spring. Went to the docs immediately, 
and he put my on drugs.  Luckily I caught it quickly - even though I still 
have a nice "scar" on my ankle.

One of my clients got bit. Didn't think anything of it. He called the clinic 
at work, who told him to stop by. NO....he had other things to do. After 4 
days he had to be carried in.  4 years later he finally has full use of his 
leg (he was bitten on the inner thigh).  The pain has finally gone, and all 
his skin grafs are over.  All this because he was more interested in doing 
something other than going to visit the doc.

Now I wear boots when in the area where I got bit (near a wood pile against 
the house). All the wood is gone...everything burned the next week. 
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From: no_more_wankers@hotmail.com (Sick of Spam)
Subject: Re: Black Widows
Date: 1997/09/15
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