lyme disease. less fun than a barrel of monkeys - Page 2

footfootfoot · 07-25-2011, 09:30 PM

yeah, bullseye = lyme, no questions. Do not pass GO do not collect $200. Only about 50% of people get the bullseye, though. Lots of false negatives with the test as well.

Icky, yes but I'll take it over Ebola Zaire or Brown Recluse bites.

Lola Bunny · 07-25-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Fever for 5 days, no respiratory or GI symptoms, arthritis like pains that roam all over my body not staying in one place more than a day or so, skull splitting headaches, living in a big fat tick hole.

That sounds horrible. I hope you feel better soon.

Griff · 07-26-2011, 05:35 AM

Her bullseye was iffy. It could be a weird bruise but was close enough to order blood tests. No fever or other indicators as yet. The doc has identified 7 cases in the last 2 weeks.

footfootfoot · 07-26-2011, 12:49 PM

It's very popular. All the kids are doing it apparently.

Spexxvet · 07-27-2011, 09:12 AM

When life gives you Lyme disease, make lime juice. Then make yourself a vodka gimlet.

Nirvana · 07-31-2011, 01:20 PM

So guys get ticks on their plums and I got one on my boob. What must this tick have thought? Are you my Mommie?!

footfootfoot · 07-31-2011, 05:46 PM

are you my Om Nom Nommie?

BigV · 08-03-2011, 12:21 AM

probably just a male tick, don't over think it.

Lola Bunny · 08-04-2011, 12:10 PM

Are you feeling better, Foot?

footfootfoot · 08-04-2011, 01:09 PM

Thanks Lola, The arthritis like stuff has gone and now I have intermittent splitting headaches and heart racing with near fainting spells. In other words,

"Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Sundae · 08-04-2011, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

"Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?"

Ouch!

Yup, I get how you're feeling (I haven't had Lyme disease but I did have some corking childhood illnesses).

Get better soon and all that.
And give any leftover vibes to Big Sarge, who is worrying my (and others) at the moment.

Gravdigr · 07-07-2016, 01:05 PM

Kris Kristofferson’s Long-Undiagnosed Battle with Lyme Disease

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...we suspect he’s been infected with Lyme anywhere from fourteen to thirty years...

Man, Lyme Disease is a bitch.

glatt · 07-07-2016, 01:58 PM

I hate reading stuff like that. I'm outside all the time. Damn ticks.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2016, 02:52 PM

The biggest problem is even if the Doc is sure you have it, getting a positive blood test for it is very difficult to get. Without a positive test they can't legally give you antibiotics long enough to defeat it.

Pamela · 07-07-2016, 05:15 PM

I recently had a tick bite get infected and I was spiking fevers and such. I got myself to a doctor, had the Lyme tests (forget which two) and both came back negative. The doctor thought I might have accidentally left some mouth parts or the head inside when I removed it and that's how I got infected.

Two weeks of Amoxycillin and I feel normal again but will have to watch myself for a year or so for Lyme symptoms, just in case.

Why do we have ticks again? I know flies and skeeters are food sources but what eats ticks?

07-25-2011, 09:30 PM	#16
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	yeah, bullseye = lyme, no questions. Do not pass GO do not collect $200. Only about 50% of people get the bullseye, though. Lots of false negatives with the test as well. Icky, yes but I'll take it over Ebola Zaire or Brown Recluse bites. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-26-2011, 05:35 AM	#18
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Her bullseye was iffy. It could be a weird bruise but was close enough to order blood tests. No fever or other indicators as yet. The doc has identified 7 cases in the last 2 weeks. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-26-2011, 12:49 PM	#19
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	It's very popular. All the kids are doing it apparently. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-27-2011, 09:12 AM	#20
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	When life gives you Lyme disease, make lime juice. Then make yourself a vodka gimlet. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-31-2011, 01:20 PM	#21
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	So guys get ticks on their plums and I got one on my boob. What must this tick have thought? Are you my Mommie?! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

07-31-2011, 05:46 PM	#22
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	are you my Om Nom Nommie? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-03-2011, 12:21 AM	#23
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	probably just a male tick, don't over think it. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-04-2011, 12:10 PM	#24
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Are you feeling better, Foot?

08-04-2011, 01:09 PM	#25
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Thanks Lola, The arthritis like stuff has gone and now I have intermittent splitting headaches and heart racing with near fainting spells. In other words, "Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-07-2016, 01:58 PM	#28
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I hate reading stuff like that. I'm outside all the time. Damn ticks.

07-07-2016, 02:52 PM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The biggest problem is even if the Doc is sure you have it, getting a positive blood test for it is very difficult to get. Without a positive test they can't legally give you antibiotics long enough to defeat it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-07-2016, 05:15 PM	#30
Pamela Deplorable Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 767	I recently had a tick bite get infected and I was spiking fevers and such. I got myself to a doctor, had the Lyme tests (forget which two) and both came back negative. The doctor thought I might have accidentally left some mouth parts or the head inside when I removed it and that's how I got infected. Two weeks of Amoxycillin and I feel normal again but will have to watch myself for a year or so for Lyme symptoms, just in case. Why do we have ticks again? I know flies and skeeters are food sources but what eats ticks?

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