Two Years After Brown Recluse Spider Bite
It’s been a long time, more than a year, since I posted on this blog. I apologize to everybody for that, especially those who have been my regular readers. I do have a pretty good excuse though, which is being incapacitated for more than a year. In fact I could have died as several people I know of who suffered brown recluse spider bite did die because of it.
Further below I will post a video of what my spider bite wound looked like fairly recently. A few posts below this post you can watch a video of my spider bite wound after 3 months.
What I really would like to know from everybody reading this article or post is, if you think I should write a book about the brown recluse spider bite and what I went through as well as what I have learned about these spiders and their bites and how powerless doctors generally are in trying to help the brown recluse spider bite victims. Write your comments about what you think I should do. Should I write the book or not?
From what I have learned through researching the success of books on similar subjects, I’m not going to make any money from that kind of book. Most likely nobody will buy it. People are more likely to buy things which they think they can profit from like what’s offered if you click on the banner below:
Would you buy my book about the spider bite and everything I learned connected with such a bite?
If many of you will comment that I should write such a book it may persuade me to write it as was my intention before doing my research into a possible demand for it without getting your opinion.
I do have some horrible pictures of the spider bite wound which would be published in the book too. I’m reluctant to post them here or anywhere else in case I do write and publish the book.
Have a look at two videos below showing what the spider bite wound looks like now and what it looked like 7 months after the bite:
My foot with Brown Recluse Spider Bite Wound After 21 Months:
My foot with Brown Recluse Spider Bite Wound after 7 Months:
I think you can get a taste of how horrible the bite was and how it was affecting my ability to do anything, let alone doing something creative like writing blog posts. The first year after the bite I couldn’t walk without crutches and the first fourteen months I couldn’t walk without a medical boot. It was only after 14 months since the spider bite that I could barely walk without a medical boot. I was then able to squeeze my bitten foot into a wide type of a running shoe. When I did that the foot would swell and kind of overflow out of the edges of the running shoe. I couldn’t remove the shoe, for fear of not being able to put it back on during the day later, until getting home at night and then my foot would have a ridiculous shape after getting it out of the shoe which wouldn’t go away until I got up after a night’s sleep.
Go to the comments section now and let me know what you think about it and if I should write a book about the brown recluse spider bite I suffered and everything that I learned about it and from it.
Authored by Vance Sova
Filed under: Vance Sova: Life Story And Other Stories
Yes, I definitely think you should write the book! If nothing else, it will be educational and you can probably market it to libraries.
You could even make it an ebook if you want, because other people who get bitten will be searching online for answers, encouragement, and tips on what to do.
I am so sorry this happened to you and I’m so glad you’re getting through this! I had no idea it was even still an issue!
I know one guy who drove to the hospital after getting bitten, and they said, “No you didn’t get bitten by a recluse or you would not have been able to drive to the hospital.” So they sent him away, and then the symptoms came on. He nearly died, but of course he was too out of it to even report them.
You take care of yourself, dear friend. Say hi to your cat and wife for me! 🙂
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Vance Reply:
October 16th, 2015 at 1:29 am
Thank you so much Andrea. It’s so nice too hear from you. The book would be an eye opener to many. Most people have no clue these spiders even exist, the same way I was until it happened. When I went to the hospital they were very ignorant there too. I know of cases where people died in hospital with BRS bite. Take care too my friend.
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Sure, hope you’re ok! You should write the book; only I suppose you would end up having to sell it for a very low price. Ultimately it’s up to you.
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Vance Reply:
October 16th, 2015 at 1:37 am
Thanks for the encouragement Jeremy. I realize that the market for such book is very small. Certainly there is no money in it. I’d be happy to write the book for people at a very affordable price as long as there’s a good chance at least a few hundred or a thousand people would read it. All the Best to you.
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Sorry to hear that. It’s really look horrible, i hope you will get better soon.
Thank you for sharing this information, to raise our awareness.
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Vance Reply:
October 16th, 2015 at 1:30 am
Thank you very much Stefie. It is much better now. All the Best to you.
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Hey there its really sad to hear that you were bitten buy a spider I never thought that a spider could cause so much of trouble.
I hope you will be coming back soon with all your enthusiasm.
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Vance Reply:
October 16th, 2015 at 1:32 am
Thank you Rajnish. These spiders can cause death and they have done that to some people the same year I was bitten. Take care.
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Yes, you should write such a book. Also, this post has got to have one of the most unlikely titles i have ever seen!
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Vance Reply:
October 20th, 2015 at 6:54 am
Thank you kw. It may be an unusual title but it’s an exact one, a direct question without thinking about SEO or anything else. The more people reply yes to the question the more likely it is that I’ll write the book. All the Best.
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Hi,
I am sorry to read such a thing. I didn’t know anything about brown recluse spider bite. It is really crazy to see how bad you got from it.
I definitely think you should write the book to share your story, support people in the same situation than you, and raise awareness.
Good luck with everything
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Why not write a book Vance? It would be great for you to share your experience with anybody else put in the same situation as you were. Any near death experiences are something many are intrigued of hearing about, so I wouldn’t be surprised if some, if not many purchased your book. GL
Sorry about your bite btw sounds like an awful 2 years!
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Looks awful and life-threatening. I think you should write a book to educate people of the dangers of this spider bite.
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Hi Vance,
I am suffering from a brown recluse spider bite that happened 2 months ago. I have learned a lot about treating it. I am on antibiotics. It’s still getting worse. Thinking about going to hospital tomorrow, but I know, like you say, they can’t help me. I would love to know how you got better. I say YOU MUST write the book. Even if you only help one person, it’s worth it.
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Vance Reply:
December 30th, 2015 at 10:34 pm
Hi Linda,
I’m so sorry that you also got bitten by BRS. It’s horrible. I would say go to hospital but don’t expect much from them as from my experience and many others they can’t really do much. The University of Arizona has been working on developing an anti-venom for BRS but as far as I know they were saying so far no luck and it may be years before they find anything. Please visit their website to see if there’s any new development. The BRS venom has 1000 chemicals in it. Other factors in the venom are what they consider is causing major damage. Those reprogram somehow the DNA to kind of self destruct. I’m not a scientist and I don’t understand anything about how the venom works but I could feel and see it and still do now in my own foot. Thank you for encouraging me to write the book. I will respond to you further in an email. I hope bite is getting better, at least not worse anymore. Thank you for commenting.
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Vance Reply:
December 30th, 2015 at 10:35 pm
Hi Linda,
I’m sorry to hear about your brown recluse spider bite. I will reply to your through email.
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hello Vance,
I managed to find a homeopathic remedy. At the time that I took the remedy, the venom had been spreading over the surface of both legs. There were blisters and lots of liquid. The remedy arrested this situation and now the skin is slowly drying out. it is terribly itchy. I also found a balm that i was using, ordered from ascendedhealth.com. This is a very effective balm for drawing out the poison. Now after all these months, do you still get itch or any symptoms from the bite?
thanks
Linda
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Vance Reply:
December 31st, 2015 at 6:24 pm
Hi Linda,
That’s interesting. I’m glad that the remedy worked for you. If you had just one bite on one leg having things spread to the other is something I didn’t experience. With one limited time exception. How is the area close to the bite now? I will send you private email soon, within a few days. I don’t have any itch anymore in my affected foot but a kind of a mild burning which is very bearable and not constant but it’s there more often than not. It’s not back to normal yet by a long shot. Thanks.
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Hi,
Wow, its such a video I don’t have to see early in the morning lol. Its very impressive that a so small insect can do such a wound. Thank you for this article, a little bit difficult to understant for a french guy. But yes i think you have to write a book on this topic. Sure you should have researched a lot of information on the subject and you lived the symptom from so far… I think you cn write it.
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Hi Vance,
How about you make a documentary video about your experience and how you have survived. Book can be so boring sometime, plus people always judge book by it cover.
Produce a video and upload on youtube or similar. A tele might catch it and you will get lucky.
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Trust me, the video of spider-bite after seven month gave me goosebumps. Its simply a synonym for pain.
Hope you have recovered 100% now.
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Dear Vance,
Please accept my sincere hope and prayer that your revovery will be complete. As a home health RN I made daily visits to an elderly woman (in MT) to clean a wound from a BRS bite that she had received in NYC 1 week before her move (to MT). The medical doctor in NYC had experience with the defestating necrosis from BRS venom and immediately removed a fairly big section of all of the affected soft tissue down to the bone. The BRS bite was close to her calf. She had daily home health RN dressing changes
for about one year. She also went to the hospital wound clinic twice a month. As the slow healing progressed she had synthetic skin grafting. I hope this helps someone. On a slightly different note, as a fellow health care consumer I Hate it. One always needs to have an health care/consumer advocate. Thanks for letting me weigh in.
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Hi Vance,
I came across this blog and your foot and just wanted to post a comment to say how bad I feel for you for this horrendous bite you’ve sustained on your foot! It looks a hell of a lot better after 21 months, no thanks to the rubbish healthcare system you’ve got over there! I’m shocked that noone is even aware of how dangerous these spiders can be and the fact that there is basically no cure for it.
I hope it heals back to 100% for you.
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Sorry to hear it. Get well soon and yes you should write a book because you have experienced it and others will get benifit from it.
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Hi, hope you’re fine now and doing your work well.
And yes!! definitely, you should write a book/e-book about your incident and how you got recover from it. It will surely help others.
Best Regards.
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Thank God for your very life…am still shocked on how a human being survived this.
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OMG! That looked terrifying. i am amazed how could you survive that damn. Anyways, Glad to see you well.
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I know one guy who drove to the hospital after getting bitten, and they said, “No you didn’t get bitten by a recluse or you would not have been able to drive to the hospital.” So they sent him away, and then the symptoms came on. He nearly died, but of course he was too out of it to even report them
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Dear Vance,
May GOD bless You.
Stay bless and healthy
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its really looks pain, you very courage to share you story about this, its awesome
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Hi Vance,
I hope now the danger is over ! Its really horrible for every one .
Anyways, Glad to see you well.
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I never thought that a spider could cause so much of trouble.
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Yes, you should write about it, maybe you already wrote that book.
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