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Snakes? Pfft. No. Bears? Nope. Big cats (and all the black panthers in the state)? Nope. Zombie coyote wolf hybrids? No.
The thing I hate the most in the woods is..... TICKS!
Went to the cabin last Sunday (23rd) and was doing some work on my fruit trees and didn't use any spray as it wasn't handy. Pulled a little tick cruising my fore arm driving home. After a really hot shower, just felt like stuff was crawling on me all night even though when I'd check a spot there was nothing.
Fast forward to last Thursday, washing (what's left of) my hair and felt something around one of my temples. Yep, tick. It was in the exact spot that would be behind the sidearms on my glasses. Sneaky bastage. He was attached. He was pretty healthy. Pulled him off and he went down the drain. No pain so didn't worry too much about it even though the "24 hour attached" rule was in my mind. Late the next day, the bite site was starting to look a little infected and was pretty sore. Of course it was too late to get into a doctor at that point and I will NEVER go to a 'doc in the box' again. Saturday felt pretty miserable, headache, VERY fatigued and felt like I was going to pass out every time I stood up from doing yard work. Of coure zero idea if it was related. Sunday was better but still a little run down. Felt normal today but after reading too much about tick borne diseases, I still went to see the doctor (which I almost NEVER do). Prescription for antibiotic and hopefully that's that.
I guess I didn't realize Lyme's disease was as awful and long lasting as it is.
I just don't want the one where you can't eat meat. I'd have to shoot myself. Got to be better than starvation.
The thing I hate the most in the woods is..... TICKS!
Went to the cabin last Sunday (23rd) and was doing some work on my fruit trees and didn't use any spray as it wasn't handy. Pulled a little tick cruising my fore arm driving home. After a really hot shower, just felt like stuff was crawling on me all night even though when I'd check a spot there was nothing.
Fast forward to last Thursday, washing (what's left of) my hair and felt something around one of my temples. Yep, tick. It was in the exact spot that would be behind the sidearms on my glasses. Sneaky bastage. He was attached. He was pretty healthy. Pulled him off and he went down the drain. No pain so didn't worry too much about it even though the "24 hour attached" rule was in my mind. Late the next day, the bite site was starting to look a little infected and was pretty sore. Of course it was too late to get into a doctor at that point and I will NEVER go to a 'doc in the box' again. Saturday felt pretty miserable, headache, VERY fatigued and felt like I was going to pass out every time I stood up from doing yard work. Of coure zero idea if it was related. Sunday was better but still a little run down. Felt normal today but after reading too much about tick borne diseases, I still went to see the doctor (which I almost NEVER do). Prescription for antibiotic and hopefully that's that.
I guess I didn't realize Lyme's disease was as awful and long lasting as it is.
I just don't want the one where you can't eat meat. I'd have to shoot myself. Got to be better than starvation.