I Got Stung By A Bee Over the Weekend!! And It Hurts!!!

I still can't believe this happened to me.  It's the first time I've been stung by a bee in over 30 years.  Saturday afternoon, I was out on my deck, preparing for some friends to come over for a little backyard bbq, when I felt something tickling my lower right thigh.    When I reached down to scratch it, I got STUNG!!!  It was a yellow jacket bee and it got me good.   Now it's been a long time since I was stung by a bee but man, let me tell you, it hurts....ALOT!!!!    It hurt for the rest of the day Saturday and when I tried to sleep Saturday night it was still aching and stinging.  It hurt all day Sunday, though a little less, and Monday was the first day it felt itchy instead of painful, and it's itchy again today as well.   Now everyone around me said I was being a baby because I couldn't stop talking about it, but it hurt.  So I wanted some back up from you.  Have you ever been stung by a yellow jacket??  Please tell me your story so I'm not the only one who can explain how much it hurts.  I need your help on this one please!!