Got a huge bite last Thursday

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

By a deer tick. Didn't find it until Friday late night. It was on my back and I couldn't reach it. So my crying girlfriend took a hand trembeling shot at it and broke the tick into tiny pieces with the head buried far in me. Ended up in the ER on a Friday at around midnight to get the rest out. I almost went home with the vampire still in me. ER Friday night = not so fun. So be careful I didn't even think to check for them yet. The last thing you want is to bring home lyme to a loved one.

[Gunpowder]

man that sucks... i can only picture ure GF trying to rip that thing off ure back, i know mine would not even think about doing that. too bad she didnt take any pics of the action

[bloocrab]

too bad she didnt take any pics of the action

...that's just wrong. .. .... - -

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

...that's just wrong. .. .... - -

some thread just need a little seasoning... however on second thought, ure probably right. i really dont think i would have wanted to see that. ive been spending wayyyyyy to much time looking at a computer screen doing data analysis for my senior year fish project and dont even read what i type anymore

[Al in Westport]

Hi WESTPORTMAFIA,

I live in the south end of Westport, for the last couple of weeks I have been seeing a lot of those small ticks...the bad deer ticks.

If you are tramping through the pucker-brush you should tuck you pants into your socks and use repellent. If you have been in "hot" areas you should check yourself...or have someone else check your bod...that might be more fun.

Here is more info - http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/...ase062707.html

Al

[bloocrab]

some thread just need a little seasoning

It worked....you got me picturing a nice rosy red swollen lump, bleeding all the while a grossed out woman trying to remove a buried tick head while holding her puke back...........my mouths' watering right now ...

[bobber]

I work in an emergency room.... took 2 ticks off people tonight. first thing is don't freak out.....second is to take some alcohol pads (Purell, dish soap, whatever) and startswirling around on the bite-site gently but persistently.....COUNTERCLOCKWISE! this may take as long as 2-3 minutes of continuous rubbing/swirling around to get the little effers off. It works in 3 out or 4 cases (average) as long as you dont try to dig them out and break them into peices first...... then call your doctor and see if he wants to start any ABX- some do, some don't. In my town, they were taking all the ticks in at the public health office for lyme testing/statisitical analysis, and my doc didnt start ABX till the testing came back positive (mine have never been positive so far-(0 for 3)

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA

So be careful I didn't even think to check for them yet. The last thing you want is to bring home lyme to a loved one.

Just as an FYI--Lyme, and also babesiosis and erlichiosis, the other "gifts" from deer ticks, are not contagious. Humans can't pass them on to another human. We are what's called an "end host". They can only be transmitted by a tick bite.

[RickBomba]

Foley,
I like your new name better...Yup, foley had one last year and tha Rappin one had one too...be careful out there...I always put on repellent and tuck the pants in whenever I'm out. Not like it used to be.
Later,
Rick

[RickBomba]

PS- Foley already has 3 more posts than paliaso and he hasn't been on the board since 2001!
Congrats Foley!