On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:16:25 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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I think it's important to remember that unfortunate events like this are
very, very rare.
You are in far more danger driving down to the local grocery store.

I agree these sort of events are rare, but they do happen. However, I
don't even like the thought of being stung by a jellyfish.

I'll tell ya, there's more out there that can hurt you bad than you
realize.
I have an acquaintance ... a dock neighbor who was (and still is) big time
into fishing. A couple of years ago, he was out on his new 37' Sportsfish
with a bunch of guys fishing and they hooked up with something .... I never
found out exactly what it was. They were not in coastal waters ... more
like 40- 50 miles out. They hauled it into the boat and the fish gashed his
leg. No big deal initially. But a week later, he was in the hospital, near
death with a massive infection. It was touch and go for him for about a
month.

He recovered, but it took over a year, walking on crutches and having to
change dressings two or three times a day.
There were no antibiotics that would touch it. He showed me the veins in
his affected leg and I'll tell ya, it was nasty.

There's a guy here in Woodstock who does a lot of salt water fly
fishing. Latched into a blue fish out by Fisher's Island and the
thing bit him.

He didn't think about it, washed it out and went on fishing.

That afternoon his whole right arm was swollen and his hand looked
like the end of a wood gold club.

It was a about a month before they got it back under control enough
that it looked human again.

I don't know if you remember, but a couple of years ago, a guy in RI
was bitten by a blue fish and had a case of necrotizing fasciitis - it
was in the news.