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I was on my way to my MD;s office when about eight of us were stopped and made to wait for a pilot care that was taking people thru some nasty construction out here. I had just put my left hand in my lap when I felt a stinging on the under side of my fore arm. I lifted my arm and there was the most bushy, fluffy looking bee sitting there on the seat belt across my lap. Of course I flipped him away with a card sitting on the consol, as I am very allergic. The guy ahead of me saw what happend and said are you alright? I got out of the truck and went to talk to him when I saw that bee on the side of the seat just repeatedly stinging the seat. He grazed my arm as there was no stinger in it. All Of a sudden It felt like there lot of little stinging feeling all over my arm from the elbow down. But my throat didn't close and I was ok. So about then the pilot car showed up, as soon as I saw my turn to the Doctors I took it and went it and told them what happened. I was 30 minutes early but they made me sit there until they were sure I was ok. After all these years of being really allergic I have no Idea what happened I am however grateful and emediatly thanked my lucky stars. all I could think was I did not need an ER bill after buying eyeglasses and then a doctors visit. Can one develope an immunity to bee's after being allergic or was this a fluke. Oh By the way....I left My Epi-pen at home and di not have it with Me I Know Love Oma
May I be more compassionate and loving than yeterday*and be able to spot the idiots in advance
IMO - Once allergic - always allergic but the reaction could vary by type of bee and severity of the sting. I would never "assume" that all is fine if I had one allergic reaction.
I am also allergic to stings and many types of insect bites. I don't take any chances!
Hope you are better now.
Love,
Mars
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." -- Buddha
Over 60% of children outgrow an allergy to bee stings, but in the case of adults, I agree with Mars. To "outgrow" an allergy to bee venom, once adulthood is reached, would have to be a pretty rare event. Normally, the reactions just get worse, with each subsequent sting.
Still, it may not be impossible. My personal opinion is that some autoimmune diseases, (including MC), may alter the way that the immune system works. Also, there is evidence that it is possible for certain viruses to alter the immune system.
When I was a kid, I had a serious problem with asthma. I had frequent "attacks", including one that was life-threatening, and required an emergency house call by a doctor, (back in the good old days when doctors still made house calls). Once I reached my 20s, though, the asthma was pretty much gone. This, of course, is a pretty common occurrence, since many people outgrow asthma, as they reach adulthood.
In my case, though, when the asthma left, it was replaced by hay fever, which continued to plague me until about a year or two before my D and related symptoms began to be a serious problem. At that point, my hay fever went away, which I believe is a pretty rare event, and proves that allergies can be spontaneously "neutralized", during adulthood. The unanswered question, of course, is whether the hay fever really went away, or simply segued into food intolerances, (since I soon discovered that I was sensitive to gluten, casein, and a few other things). Looking back, maybe the asthma didn't go away - maybe it just changed into hay fever.
So, for people with MC, (and probably other autoimmune diseases), I wouldn't say that such a thing as losing an allergy to bee venom is impossible, but I doubt that it is very common. IOW, I think that I would make sure that I had that Epi-pen with me at all times, just to be sure I had it, in case it was needed.
After all, you may not have actually been stung by that bee. IOW, it may not have actually injected any venom. For example, snake bites, in which no venom, (or negligible amounts of venom), is injected, are fairly common.
Love,
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
My Epi-pen Is now in my purse. I have a hugh welt where the bee stung me, but I may not have gotton the full force of the sting. I had no Idea there were different degrees of venom and stings but it is good to know thanks you guys Love Oma
May I be more compassionate and loving than yeterday*and be able to spot the idiots in advance
I had just put my left hand in my lap when I felt a stinging on the under side of my fore arm. I lifted my arm and there was the most bushy, fluffy looking bee sitting there on the seat belt across my lap. 
Of course I flipped him away with a card sitting on the consol, as I am very allergic. The guy ahead of me saw what happend and said are you alright? I got out of the truck and went to talk to him when I saw that bee on the side of the seat just repeatedly stinging the seat. He grazed my arm as there was no stinger in it. All Of a sudden It felt like there lot of little stinging feeling all over my arm from the elbow down. But my throat didn't close and I was ok. So about then the pilot car showed up, as soon as I saw my turn to the Doctors I took it and went it and told them what happened. I was 30 minutes early but they made me sit there until they were sure I was ok. After all these years of being really allergic I have no Idea what happened 
I am however grateful and emediatly thanked my lucky stars. all I could think was I did not need an ER bill after buying eyeglasses and then a doctors visit. Can one develope an immunity to bee's after being allergic or was this a fluke. Oh By the way....I left My Epi-pen at home and di not have it with Me I Know 
