… a Brown Recluse I suspect, and bit me on the lower belly, resulting in a ghastly 1/2 deep open wound by this, the 6th day.

The only positive is that the poison, after the fever and sweats subsided, seems to left me feeling considerably better than I felt before the bite, either it killed off some kind of pathogen in my system, or it supercharged my immune system.

No indication of gaining spider powers as yet however.