Thankyou all for your kind words. The severeness of posion depends on the toad really..here is a helpful site, it shows how to prevent this all...if only i'd have known this all before, anyhow..it's a good heads up for you all. It focuses on a specific toad in australia but it is still good advice, and you can find other species on there too.
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/health/bites4.htm