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03-29-2009, 10:02 PM
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Location: Libtardia
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Oh boy...
Just found a juicy deer tick lodged in my arm pit. Big red spot around where it bit me...no bullseye but red and very irritated.
Crap...I did not need this  |
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03-29-2009, 10:04 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Going to the doctor?? Hope its ok.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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03-29-2009, 10:10 PM
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I saved the tick.. I guess I should go tomorrow
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03-29-2009, 10:46 PM
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Scuttlebutt
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westport,MA
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Ouch, hopefully it turns out to be nothing!
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Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
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03-29-2009, 11:38 PM
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Location: Mansfield, MA
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I'm pretty good with most things, but ticks creep the hell out of me.
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03-30-2009, 04:34 AM
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nebe
go in two weeks if it makes a bullseye , otherwise they'll just make you wait two weeks.
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03-30-2009, 04:36 AM
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JD
i put a tick in the microwave for 5 minutes and he didn't die  |
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03-30-2009, 06:21 AM
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Scuttlebutt
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westport,MA
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burn'em with a lighter or something. they jump when they're dead
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Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
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03-30-2009, 10:08 AM
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Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
i put a tick in the microwave for 5 minutes and he didn't die |
It's crap like that. The things are almost impervious to harm. Burn them or pound the hell out of them with a rock - other than that, there's almost nothing that kills them. |
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03-30-2009, 11:14 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
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I flush them. Thats a special kind of punishment. gurgle gurgle oh no............ah che wow wa, theese place steeks.
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03-30-2009, 12:46 PM
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03-30-2009, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Nebe
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Get to the doc immediately if you see anything like this:
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03-30-2009, 01:11 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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If the tick attached, some irritation at the spot after you remove it is normal. With both dog ticks and deer ticks.
Don't rely on the bulls-eye. It doesn't occur in a good number of cases where Lyme disease has been transmitted.
There's no reason a doctor can't start you on antibiotics right now--don't wait. They can also have the tick sent to a lab for it to be analyzed.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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03-30-2009, 01:13 PM
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Location: Cotuit MA
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Nebe - get that checked out ASAP
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"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
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03-30-2009, 01:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
There's no reason a doctor can't start you on antibiotics right now--don't wait. They can also have the tick sent to a lab for it to be analyzed.
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Agreed. Due to the time it takes for Lyme to have outward signs of infection, the disease is already well on its way to possible nervous system damage.
Many doctors (mine included) immediately prescribe an antibiotic as a prophylactic after a tick bite. Just make sure you take every last pill as directed even if you don't show signs of sickness. Not finishing the bottle is asking for trouble. |
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03-30-2009, 02:07 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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seriously Neb get it checked out, didnt you have lyme disease a few years ago?
I've pulled out tons of ticks and never had any redness.
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03-30-2009, 02:26 PM
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Sand pounder
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mattapoisett MA./ Noyack, NY
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I've had LD twice with NO bullseye. My sons bullseye was only visible when he came out of the cold water after swimming. Do not wait get the blood test andstart on the Doxicylin ASAP. I had to get sick as a dog before my MD beleived me and it then took 6 weeks before I felt better. Do not F around. Not for nothing but it looks like you didn't get the whole tick.
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03-30-2009, 02:45 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Jim, I did have Lyme a few years ago. My knees felt like I aged 30 years in a month. I never tested possitive but after antibiotics I felt great.
Going to the dr tomorrow am 
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03-30-2009, 04:18 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Good luck
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03-30-2009, 05:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
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Good luck @ the Doc's
That bite looks like a one toothed vampire got ya
hope everything works out
ML
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03-31-2009, 08:31 AM
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Nasty rash starting to form around the bite area. Screaming head ache. Ugh. Off to see my Dr.
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03-31-2009, 08:37 AM
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Location: RI
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Good idea...
You can also get a skin infection (celulitis) that will give a bullseye that keeps growing. They'd probably prescribe the same round of anti-biotics as standard for lyme though.
-spence
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03-31-2009, 08:39 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
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lovely.
good luck
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Bryan
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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03-31-2009, 08:16 PM
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catch 'em up
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cape Cod
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If I recall correctly, the tick transmits the disease when it purges blood as it backs out. If you get the tick while it's still attached your chances of contracting the disease are reduced. Still a good idea to get checked out especially if you get some flu like symptoms. Good luck at the Doc's, x2 on the finishing the perscription advice.
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03-31-2009, 08:44 PM
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well.. Doc wasnt to concerned with what she saw. 'yep thats a nasty tick bite'.. 'here is some doxycyclene.. take it for 10 days twice a day and you will be fine'
in and out in 12 minutes..  |
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03-31-2009, 09:24 PM
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Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
well.. Doc wasnt to concerned with what she saw. 'yep thats a nasty tick bite'.. 'here is some doxycyclene.. take it for 10 days twice a day and you will be fine'
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That's exactly what you want to hear.
Chick doctor huh? Is she good looking? |
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03-31-2009, 09:26 PM
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Registered User
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japanese..  |
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03-31-2009, 09:48 PM
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Registered User
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
japanese.. |
That's a yes. |
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04-01-2009, 08:02 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
japanese.. |
Looking forward to your next prostate exam?  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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04-01-2009, 08:12 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
Looking forward to your next prostate exam? |
Is that 2 fingers? Doc; no it's my whole hand  |
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