Ouch, Ouch, Ouch... LOL!!!
I do feel the pain as well.
I used to swell a little, but dont any more.. I got stung about six times hiving the 17 packages, no swelling, itched a little the next day and done.. The NASTY part of the whole story......
I had a couple bees bouncing off my forehead.. so i started to giggle, thinking of a certain individual that literally slapped his own glasses off his face when a bee did that to him... I had my mouth open giggling.. bee ZIPPED straight in, and I got nailed on the tongue as I tried to spit it out.....
No swelling, but my tongue tingled and annoyed me for a couple hours... a vid of me spitting the bee out, and trying to get the stinger out of my tongue may well have amused a lot of people. Thankfully there was no camera present.
So long as you have local reactions instead of allergic reactions you will be OK, and as time passes those reactions "should" lessen. I no longer fret over stings.. I scrape the stinger out and have mostly forgotten about being stung within the hour. However... being prepared and careful until you are sure how you will react is always advised.