I was out doing some river kayaking on Saturday (well, to be exact, kayak slalom practice), which requires getting out of the river through a faint path thick with vegetation, multiple times.
Well, last night I got this big red rash on my thigh!
So I look up some information online to see what I need to do. And the information is really depressing...
a) The tick is no longer there. But since it probably happened on Saturday, I showered twice in between the time so probably got rid of the tick without noticing it. i.e. I might have gotten a tick bite! :(
b) It could also simply be a bite from a horse fly which can also bring out big red rashes (on me anyway).
If it were horse fly, it'll go away. But if it's tick, it could carry lyme disease. This is Connecticut after all. So I made an appointment with the doctor for tomorrow.
But the more I read about ticks and Lyme disease, the more annoying it gets. So 2 weeks of antibiotics for possibly a horse fly bite? What joy... not!
It's not so much being bitten that annoys me. I've been able to account for my rashes up until now.It's the worry that every time I got a rash, I had to rack my brain trying to remember where I've been and if I were at risk of being biten by a tick! And since there's no definitive test to say you've got NO Lyme bacteria, the only safe thing to do is to take the blasted antibiotics for 2 long weeks!
This really annoys me since two of my fun actiivity: ww kayaking and mtn biking both involves frequent close contact with vegetation, the mental anguish is really spoiling the fun.
Arghhhh...
Well, last night I got this big red rash on my thigh!
So I look up some information online to see what I need to do. And the information is really depressing...
a) The tick is no longer there. But since it probably happened on Saturday, I showered twice in between the time so probably got rid of the tick without noticing it. i.e. I might have gotten a tick bite! :(
b) It could also simply be a bite from a horse fly which can also bring out big red rashes (on me anyway).
If it were horse fly, it'll go away. But if it's tick, it could carry lyme disease. This is Connecticut after all. So I made an appointment with the doctor for tomorrow.
But the more I read about ticks and Lyme disease, the more annoying it gets. So 2 weeks of antibiotics for possibly a horse fly bite? What joy... not!
It's not so much being bitten that annoys me. I've been able to account for my rashes up until now.It's the worry that every time I got a rash, I had to rack my brain trying to remember where I've been and if I were at risk of being biten by a tick! And since there's no definitive test to say you've got NO Lyme bacteria, the only safe thing to do is to take the blasted antibiotics for 2 long weeks!
This really annoys me since two of my fun actiivity: ww kayaking and mtn biking both involves frequent close contact with vegetation, the mental anguish is really spoiling the fun.
Arghhhh...
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