[at-l] it's never too early

[daveh at psknet.com (Dave Hicks)]

Deer ticks on the back are darn hard to spot -- good job.

Good luck on a complete recovery and congratulations on the quick
diagnosis -- one of the keys to such a recovery.

Chainsaw

BTW -- Here in the mid-atlantic it is always a danger.  When I did volunteer
work with the USFWS, we had staff and volunteers tick infested every month
of the year -- both Deer and Dog.  I have personally found them on myself
every month except January.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bleederguy" <bleederguy@adelphia.net>
To: "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: [at-l] it's never too early


Two weeks ago I did a couple of days of hiking in Massachusetts.  The woods
were clear of snow, temperatures mid forties during the day and below
freezing at night and while walking in wet areas I dropped a few inches as
the frost was starting to breaking up.  Three days after my hike, I
discovered four deer ticks on my back. On the tenth day after my hike, I
noticed at two tick sites were classic bull's-eye rashes.  My doctor
confirmed it Lyme disease with a script for six weeks of Doxycycline.  I now
know, it's never too early to do tick prevention.



Here are a couple of Lyme disease information sites. CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/  Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lymedisease.html



Beau Bushor

"bleeder guy"







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