Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk

basilisk wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk

... and don't pull the ticks out (the heads break off making RMSTF
probability higher). Use a hot, burned out match, vaseline, or other such
method to get the tick to back out. Then stomp the snot out of it.

Glad to hear you are feeling better. That's some nasty stuff, had a
friend in high school who was down with it for two weeks, really took a lot
out of him -- and he was still young and immortal.

--

There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage

Rob Leatham

"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
m...
basilisk wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk

... and don't pull the ticks out (the heads break off making RMSTF
probability higher). Use a hot, burned out match, vaseline, or other such
method to get the tick to back out. Then stomp the snot out of it.

Glad to hear you are feeling better. That's some nasty stuff, had a
friend in high school who was down with it for two weeks, really took a
lot
out of him -- and he was still young and immortal.

Thanks

I vaguely remember being young, immortal and tough, but not anymore,
now that I think about it, I don't miss any of the three.
They come with their own problems.

basilisk

On May 31, 8:01*am, "basilisk" wrote:
Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.


Hope the cure works quickly. Our 32 year old son had the disease
when he was about 13 years old. It took a few weeks to get a
diagnosis because it kept making short term runs at him and then he
would be OK for a while. But each attack was, as you said, the worst
case of flu he had (and has) ever experienced. And each attack
knocked him down a little further. They tried the oral antibiotics
and it screwed up his stomach. So then they put him in the hospital
for a round of IV. That worked but he was susceptible to severe,
migraine-class headaches for several months afterward. Finally shook
it completely.

RonB

"RonB" wrote in message
...
On May 31, 8:01 am, "basilisk" wrote:
Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.


Hope the cure works quickly. Our 32 year old son had the disease
when he was about 13 years old. It took a few weeks to get a
diagnosis because it kept making short term runs at him and then he
would be OK for a while. But each attack was, as you said, the worst
case of flu he had (and has) ever experienced. And each attack
knocked him down a little further. They tried the oral antibiotics
and it screwed up his stomach. So then they put him in the hospital
for a round of IV. That worked but he was susceptible to severe,
migraine-class headaches for several months afterward. Finally shook
it completely.

RonB

Thanks.

I guess I was fortunate that the doctor made the diagnosis
right off.

The antibiotics they favor for RMSTF are the old nasty,
sulfur laden ones that are a fight to keep down even with a
good stomach..

I haven't had migraine class headaches but a constant low grade
headache that seems to be getting better every day.

I'm glad your son faired well with it, it can cause long term
damage if let go too long.

One good thing about it, Doc says that it grants an
immunity that last a few years, wouldn't want to do this
very often.

basilisk

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.

wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.


Sprays what?

And how about them Alabama Cockroaches?!

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 01:34:41 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
wrote the following:

wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.


Sprays what?

And how about them Alabama Cockroaches?!

When I lived in Phoenix, AZ for a tech-school year, I had to avoid the
PHX cockroaches. They were so big that if you stepped near one, they'd
reach out, grab you by your big toe, and toss you off the sidewalk
before they continued on. _Nasty_ bastids, they was.

I was born in Anchorage, AK and was nearly carried off by an Alaskan
mosquito before my first birthday.

Ayup, bugs and I have a history.

--
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor
the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
-- Charles Darwin

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 01:34:41 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
wrote the following:

wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come
in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever
bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.


Sprays what?

And how about them Alabama Cockroaches?!

When I lived in Phoenix, AZ for a tech-school year, I had to avoid the
PHX cockroaches. They were so big that if you stepped near one, they'd
reach out, grab you by your big toe, and toss you off the sidewalk
before they continued on. _Nasty_ bastids, they was.

I was born in Anchorage, AK and was nearly carried off by an Alaskan
mosquito before my first birthday.

Ayup, bugs and I have a history.

Friend wearing flip flops jumped from the top bunk onto an Alabama cockroach
on the floor. Lifted his foot and the cockroach wandered off. We didn't dare
leave smokes or beer on the floor while playing cards, as the cockroaches
would steal them. Nothing worse than drunk cockroaches waking you up for a
light in the middle of the night. They were getting so big, some of them
were stealing uniforms and trying to get served at the NCO Club.

Then, of course, the Palmetto Bugs were Bigger ...

On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 01:34:41 -0700, "Lobby Dosser" wrote:

wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.


Sprays what?

Dunno. A truck drives wound once a week with something that looks like a
smudge pot on the back. It makes a very discernable sound so you know its
schedule.

And how about them Alabama Cockroaches?!

I've not seen one cockroach since I've been here. Not so much as a cricket.
Spiders, yes.

wrote in message
...
On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 01:34:41 -0700, "Lobby Dosser"
wrote:

wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:16:06 -0400, Phisherman wrote:

On Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:21 -0500, "basilisk"
wrote:

Watch out for those ticks, they are out and about and
spreading disease.

I've spent the last ten days with Rocky Mountain Spotted
Tick Fever.
The best way I can describe it is; the worst flu you ever had
X5.

I managed to eat the first meal I had in over a week
yesterday, today I feel almost back to normal with the
exception of being very weak.

The cure is simple, a short course of doxycycline
antibiotics and time.

Important thing is to get ticks off as soon as possible
and if flu like symtoms develope, seek out treatment
as soon as possible. RMSTF becomes more unforgiving
as treatment is delayed and is sometimes fatal.

basilisk




I already got bitten three times. One was a tiny seed tick I removed
last Wednesday. The area inflamed 2-3X a mosquito bite and turned red
the following day, improving slowly with applications of neosporen.
The OFF! doesn't seem to keep them off very well--looking forward to
winter weather when I can do more woodworking without the bloody
suckers.

I thought the bugs would be far worse here in Alabama than they were in
Vermont. Not at all. Other than ants (A few Sagans of sugar ants come
in
each fall) we have no issues with them at all. I'm rarely if ever
bitten.
They do have a truck that comes around and sprays once a week.


Sprays what?

Dunno. A truck drives wound once a week with something that looks like a
smudge pot on the back. It makes a very discernable sound so you know its
schedule.

Any odor?


And how about them Alabama Cockroaches?!

I've not seen one cockroach since I've been here. Not so much as a
cricket.
Spiders, yes.

Be afraid, be Very Afraid ...