Hi Gang It has been frozen here almost every morning for days till today.
I stopped taking a bath in deet every time i hike or hunt.
It is 46 degrees i went rabbit hunting,i still wore a nylon coat, very slick.
In my truck coming back i felt a tick on my neck.I just can feel the smallest ticks some how.
It is very small almost all black with black legs.I felt it walking on me and grabbed it.
I think it is the first deer tick i ever saw in my county. Normally here is brown dog ticks they bop around like a school bus .
I am nuking my truck cab with ozone my coats are in the dryer on high heat. My pants are in the washer . I am headed for the tub. EEK EEK EEK MADDOG
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
I also did a tick inspection in the tick mirror,i mooned myself. HE HE HE MADDOG
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Ugh .. I still refuse to go out in nature any more than I have to. I get the pleasure of walking along a beautiful creek everyday, but I'm on the road.
MADDOG .. Deet is not good for us. Scary stuff.
Did you get some rabbits?
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
No, rabbits they are rare here now.
Years ago we had bunches of them. But back then hawks were called chicken hawks and were shot on sight.
Now the hawks eat all the baby rabbits. I guess I need to eat hawks. Probably illegal.
MADDOG
Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :
Did you howl at that moon Maddog?
Glad you passed the inspection.
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
After recovering from mooning myself in the tick mirror,the howling attack was terrible. HE HE HE I did a covid test (negative).
Reason is i have had some symptoms of covid again.
My sister, bro. in law and nephew all have covid right now, ruined thanksgiving.
Is there any good lyme test out there??? MADDOG
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
I think Igenex is still the best test, Maddog. Expensive, though.
Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :
Hope you don't have Covid! I had it last year along with a sinus infection so was out of the loop for about a month.
Posted by Ann-Ohio (Member # 44364) on :
If you google "at home Lyme disease test" you will find lots of blood tests for antibodies (which only show up after 4 or 5 weeks),
CVS and other drug stores have home blood tests
Posted by Sylvie R (Member # 52778) on :
Hi Maddog, I probably have caugh Lyme again, having been bitten with erythema by some bug two years ago. When I told about this to the infectious diseases specialist I met last september, he told me it couldn't have been an erythema migrans because... I had not seen it migrate ! I saw it when it was BIG, but I bet it had been small before it became BIG...
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
Thanks everyone. Sylvie i send you emails from time to time from proton mail.I hope you did not get lyme again!
I am having diverticulitis again I do not want another colon resection. I am on amox. clav. and Flagyl. I feel terrible today,probably will set off herxes. EEKK MADDOG
Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :
MD you just can't seem to catch a break! Are all the antibiotics for diverticulitis? Hope your herxes, if any, are not bad. Prayers for you!
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
All the meds are for diverticulitis .
Just had blood work,there is some problems.
Will find out what they mean from doctor.
MADDOG
Posted by Ann-Ohio (Member # 44364) on :
Hang in there and keep thinking positive, you good dog, you.
Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :
Please keep us in the loop!
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
I had a cat scan there was not any diverticulitis . So now i have to have a colonoscopy . I hate them!!
The cat scan did not find anything to worry about.
I had some strange stuff in my blood work. Will talk to the doc. about it Monday.
And they didn't find any cats in there either.
MADDOG
Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :
Good news about the catless catscan! Posted by Ann-Ohio (Member # 44364) on :
So glad you don't have diverticulitis or cat infestation. That deserves a good howl.
Hang in there and keep us posted.
Posted by MADDOG (Member # 18) on :
Well i kept thinking my eye problems were Lyme eye.
Turns out i am pre. diabetic it is giving me GI problems eye sight loss,ect..
I think at my age i am chromium deficient.
So today i got cinnamon chromium pills to try. MADDOG
Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
Maddog, advice from one that turned autoimmune Type 1 diabetic in '22. Add good Berberine instead of the cinnamon stuff.
500mg in morning Berberine 500mg in evening Berberine
Keep in contact with eye doctor. You can get that blood glucose down by watching carbs & added sugars.
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