I got stung by something at the beach in high school, don't really know what by. Never saw it, but I felt it and had to limp back to the car and head home and finally to the hospital.
It was during the summer and the doctor wouldn't release me to play football until it healed. He told me if I didn't stay off of it, the venom would spread and I could lose my foot.
I missed out on several weeks of practice at the beginning of the season.
Finally got cleared to play about a month later, played for about a week and then hyper-extended my elbow and broke my thumb in three places after a play because two guys were fucking around.
Quit playing football after that. Started doing drama instead and kissed a bunch of girls on stage in front of the whole school. Not a bad trade.
I missed hitting people, but I liked kissing girls more.
Sometimes, spider bites can be a good thing.