WOMAN ADDICTED TO BEE STINGS
Written by Lola Narawa on July 22, 2024
When you hear chronic pain the last thing you would associate with it is Bee Stings.
A woman from the US named Margaret has found this to be the only form of relief from her arthritis pains which otherwise leaves her struggling on a daily basis with the pain.
Margaret, from Morningview, Kentucky, explained it’s much more than some kind of ‘folk medicine’ to her, as injecting herself with bee venom helps her pain, improves her mood and boosts her sex life.
During an appearance on TLC’s My Strange Addiction back in 2013, she explained: “I brought it into the house and stung myself. The next day I was able to move easier… it was a surprise that it actually worked.
“The first time I stung myself, it didn’t hurt as bad as I thought it would and it just got easier every time.”
At the time of filming, she revealed she had been stinging herself with bees for the last decade and was doing it up to 100 times a week to make use of the venoms ‘anti-inflammatory’ and ‘pain-relieving’ properties.
Margaret told the cameras: “I’m addicted to stinging myself with bees. I sting myself on my hip, elbows, on a finger, on my ankle, my forehead or the tip of my nose. The most I’ve ever given myself was between 15 and 20 in my left hip.
“I really love stinging myself with bees!”
Although the bee-stinging saga started off with medical motivations, it quickly turned into an addiction for Margaret – so much so, that she even carries bees around in her purse incase she fancies a dose while she’s out and about.
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