Ticked Off
Posted May 12, 2018, 3:37 AM UTC
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Found this on the back of my knee. First time for me and more than a little weirded out. Tip of my pinky for scale.
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What were you doing? I get paranoid as I feel I can probably get them in my backyard. Hiking?
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It depends on timing. I go to remote areas of CT regularly. I weed-whacked my over-grown side yard yesterday afternoon. I retrieved a ball for my dog the day before outside the fence, which borders on a a woody area. At all times I was wearing jeans. Had to have crawled up my leg under my pants. The only other possibility is one of my two dogs brought it to bed. I couldn't find ticks on either of them.
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Yikes man... It scares the crap out of me. Lyme is no joke, glad you found it.
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Come Monday. I'll have every test run known to modern medical science my HMO allows. Only once I am declared free of ITDs (Insectually Transmitted Diseases) will I be able to sleep well. Seriously, the thought of waking up paralyzed is not at all appealing.
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A friend of mine contracted Lyme’s disease. He woke up one morning and couldn’t move the left side of his body. Had to get several spinal taps to rejuvenate his mobility. Get checked out even if you are feeling better.
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Emergency Room or Urgent appointment?
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Hate those little fuckers.
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Hate those little fuckers.
Hate those little fuckers suckers.
ftfy ;)
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Truly.
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I lived in NJ for more than 40 years, spent a lot of time in the outdoors and never even SAW a tick. Then 4 years ago we came home and my daughter had 13 of them. I had like five. Now I get them just taking out the trash on my property and in the parking lot at work. It's really crazy.
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That is bad. I keep hearing about that new Tick infestation near Huntingdon?, but I guess Monmouth County (where I live) is 2nd or 3rd in line.
I now wonder if I did get it when weed-whacking the side yard.
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Pulled one off my back last month. I heard It takes no time at all (15min) to transmit Lyme-makes sense i think. Anyhow, get antibiotics now. My best!
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Reading a little, it says most people bitten by ticks don't get Lyme disease?
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Yeah most people dont get lyme but I high reccomended getting checked out, it's a fucking crazy disease that can do some real bad things if you sit on it
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That's a deer tick, it takes 36 to 48 hours for them to transmit Lyme's disease. This one looks to be pretty full of blood so it was probably there for a while.
I was feeling pretty crappy Friday. At first I thought it was just allergies.