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Thanks Dragonfly....
I came down with an extremely bad headache on my way home from work. I had to lay down and take a short nap when I walked in the door. I took an Excedrin Tension headache pill and it's much better than it was. Right now I'm trying a baking soda paste I mixed up and have my ankle wrapped with plastic wrap to hold the paste on. The bite is getting a bit bigger than it was this morning. It itches like crazy!!! I hate to go to the doc, spend another $100 like last time only to have them tell me to get some over the counter stuff. Ya know?  I'll give the apple cider vinegar a try, too. Maybe I'll make a baking soda, apple cider vinegar paste and try that. Hubby isn't here and won't be for a few days. So I'm alone in this again. I hate bugs!!! 
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My bug bite on my ankle is spreading a bit. Seems to be getting bigger...it still itches, but not quite as bad as yesterday and it's real red. I did make a paste last night out of Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda. I put it on thick over the bite and wrapped my ankle in plastic wrap. It seemed to help. I could tell a big difference between just using water with the baking soda and using Apple Cider Vinegar. The vinegar mixture helped more! When I poured the vinegar in the cup with the baking soda, it foamed a lot! Pretty cool for a science experiment. Not sure if this bite warrants going to the doc. I'm affraid they'd just tell me to buy over the counter stuff and keep doing what I am doing...then they'd charge me out the nose to tell me that. Ya know? Not sure what to do.
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You should also take a med to help with the swelling.Try to take it at night if you need to stay awake.That way it'll help and put you to sleep!
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OK...thanks Dr. Dragonfly. They told me that last time I went in a couple weeks ago for the bug bite behind my ear. They suggested Alieve...so I will do that. Thanks 
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Well, the itching and the spreading of the bite got to be too much, so I went to Urgent Care this evening. They think it's got a little infection in it, so now I am on antibiotics. Good thing I've been on probiotics for around a month now. The doc even told me to take probiotics with these antibiotics. I told her that I already take them and she said good. I have to take four of the antibiotic pills a day. Keeping my fingers crossed that my IBS-D plays fair through all this. I have to be on the antibiotics for a week! There goes another $100! 
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My girlfriend taught me a couple of remedies that work at least for me. Try putting liquid dish soap on the bite or put bleach on a cotton ball and dab the bite with it. Give 'em a try, they both work for me. Hope it helps!
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I'm so sorry. You must be terribly allergic to something - some bug - guess you're just "simply irrestible"  to these critters. I was just on antibiotics for 10 days - so keep up the probiotics and the SF.... Prayers & Hugs! - Dorothy
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Thanks a bunch Dorothy. {{{hugs}}}
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Thanks for the suggestions, Pcrider. {{{hugs}}}
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no problem...sometimes the simple things and old home remedies work better than a RX and you don't have to worry about side effects and such. Hope you have an itch-free day.
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