Did you do the dance Jeff? You know how it goes - you wave your arms madly around your head and run in place in tight little circles while screaming.
You need to get an Epi-pen if you are allergic!!! I can tell you, it could have been much worse for you. Bill and I were huntin' in the Low Country a few years ago, and I felt something nail me on the arm. Now, I was sure it was just another pesky snake bite, so I hollered to Bill that I thought I just got snake bit... about 3 seconds later I noticed the "brown fog" swirling around me, and then I noticed the hole I was standing in... which seemed to be the source of the buzzing cloud.
I did the "yellow jacket dance" (on top of their nest), dropped my metal detector (on top of their nest), and ran hollering out of the woods... the little devils followed me all the way back to the truck stinging me the whole way. I kept asking for Bill to help me - you know, swat the ones that were on my back, unlock the truck so I could hide from them - something like that. But nooooo, he was falling all over himself laughing. I thought he was going to pass out for lack of oxygen. Oddly, I didn't see the humor in it that Bill saw.
We had to leave, drive to town for a box of Benadryl and a can of Wasp Spray (so I could retrieve my metal detector from on top of the nest). I'm not allergic to bee stings, but I got so many, I was opening the benadryl and popping them like pez as I stood at the checkout line (experiencing a bit of difficulty breathing at that moment)! My point is, if I had been allergic to them, I would probably not have made it to the store to buy Benadryl - let alone out of the woods.
Some advice:
1) Get an Epi-pen, dude... this may have been your "warning sting".
2) Don't dance or drop your metal detector on top of the nest - that really gets their dander up.
3) Don't consume 6 or 8 Benadryls at one time - it makes you kind of "loopy". I carry 4 with me in my snake-bite kit, now.
4) If your buddy won't swat the yellow jackets on your back, you can smack your back against the tailgate of his truck to smash them.
5) Don't let Scott spit tobacco on you anymore - that's just nasty and you don't have to take that from him.
6) "Stop, Drop and Roll" only works if you are on fire. It does not work with yellow jackets - it only excites them all the more.
7) If you start popping pills while muttering something about "yellow jackets" and "brown fog" while standing in line at the Piggly Wiggly, the manager will ask you to leave and not come back into his store.
Dig-it!