I was bit on the back of the leg. I thought it was a thron or sticker that stabbed me at first. I was doing yoga on my floor. I just shook it off. About an hour later I started to feel bad so I laid down. In the early morning hours I woke up with excruciating all over pain. I was doubled up in the fetal position when I had to have a family member take me to the emergency room. My fever had spiked, the muscle pain was like nothing I'd ever felt, my stomach was in knots, I was in tears. We didn't know what was going on at the time. My blood pressure was up, my heart rate was high and then I started vomiting. Like, projectile "I'm pretty sure I'm dying" vomiting. I was screaming for the doctor to help me. Then, (this part is embarrassing) it started coming out of both ends right there in front of everyone. There was absolutely zero control. After hours of this and many tests run the doctor said it looked like I'd been bit by a black widow. He gave me meds (it's kind of blur after the pain meds) then kept me for a few days. Once I was released from the hospital, I made it back home all gingerly. Low and behold, there it was, the black widow spider right there in my dinning room where I had been doing yoga. I had to stay on pain meds for a couple of weeks due to the massive muscle pain. It's been 11 years now, since I was bit. Once I finally recovered, I've felt no other effects.
