According to my doctor, I've most likely got Lyme disease. I got bit by a tick about 2 weeks ago, and I've got all the symptoms of it. Took 26 ticks to get it.
If you don't know what Lyme disease is, wiki it. I'm being put on some antibiotics to try and treat it.
Anyone else here have something like this happen to them?
My dog bit me and I had to get the puss pumped out with a needle.
IT HURT.
Last year I think I had strep-throte(Sp?)
And they thought I had a heart murmur. :(
It turns out I wasnt eating enough breakfast. :D
Ouch, talk about unlucky. How'd you manage to encounter ticks anyway? Thankfully, since "you've most likely got Lyme disease", it must not be at a mature stage, so as long as you have antibiotics, you should be fine.
I can't say anything like that has happened to me though.
For all you peapole too lazy to go to wikipedia:
"Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. The bacteria are transmitted to humans by the bite of infected hard ticks belonging to several species of the genus Ixodes. Early manifestations of infection may include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. Left untreated, late manifestations involving the joints, heart, and nervous system can occur. In a majority of cases, symptoms can be eliminated with antibiotics, especially if diagnosis and treatment begins early in the course of illness. Late, delayed, or inadequate treatment can lead to "late stage" or "chronic" Lyme disease that can be disabling and difficult to treat. Controversy over diagnosis, testing and treatment has led to two different standards of care."
Quote from: The Baron on June 16, 2008, 12:48:46 PM
Ouch, talk about unlucky. How'd you manage to encounter ticks anyway? Thankfully, since "you've most likely got Lyme disease", it must not be at a mature stage, so as long as you have antibiotics, you should be fine.
I can't say anything like that has happened to me though.
I'm in the woods a lot.
Quote from: LinkXLR on June 16, 2008, 12:46:56 PM
My dog bit me and I had to get the puss pumped out with a needle.
IT HURT.
Did they have to put the dog down?
I got Lyme disease when I was three, don't remember much only that half my face was paralyzed
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on June 16, 2008, 01:00:02 PM
I got Lyme disease when I was three, don't remember much only that half my face was paralyzed
D:
Is it still paralyzed?
Well, at least Lyme Disease isn't fatal. Anyways, um, I got a weird infection when I was like 11...because I accidentally stapled my finger. D:
Quote from: Seven on June 16, 2008, 01:02:07 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on June 16, 2008, 01:00:02 PM
I got Lyme disease when I was three, don't remember much only that half my face was paralyzed
D:
Is it still paralyzed?
no, since that was like 20 years ago, darn it's been a long time
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on June 16, 2008, 01:02:39 PM
Well, at least Lyme Disease isn't fatal. Anyways, um, I got a weird infection when I was like 11...because I accidentally stapled my finger. D:
I stapled my hand once. Right in the middle. My mom just ripped it out. It hurt.
Quote from: Seven on June 16, 2008, 01:10:36 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on June 16, 2008, 01:02:39 PM
Well, at least Lyme Disease isn't fatal. Anyways, um, I got a weird infection when I was like 11...because I accidentally stapled my finger. D:
I stapled my hand once. Right in the middle. My mom just ripped it out. It hurt.
My finger hurt for like 3 weeks afterwards, and the staple point thing was purple. >_>
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on June 16, 2008, 01:12:36 PM
Quote from: Seven on June 16, 2008, 01:10:36 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on June 16, 2008, 01:02:39 PM
Well, at least Lyme Disease isn't fatal. Anyways, um, I got a weird infection when I was like 11...because I accidentally stapled my finger. D:
I stapled my hand once. Right in the middle. My mom just ripped it out. It hurt.
My finger hurt for like 3 weeks afterwards, and the staple point thing was purple. >_>
D: Mine didn't get infected. just had a chunk of skin missing. one side of it was almost all the way closed.
That really sucks D:
Luckily, I'm not outdoor-sy, so I never get any sort of injury >_>
I once had a procedure to get a wart done, and not only did it do absolutely nothing, it gave me blood poisoning. :|
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on June 16, 2008, 02:48:21 PM
I once had a procedure to get a wart done, and not only did it do absolutely nothing, it gave me blood poisoning. :|
By "wart done", I hope you mean removed... I had this small one when I was little, on my finger, and I just tore it off >_>
I'm pretty healthy, I can't remember anything like that hapening. The worst sickness i've had is the flu, which didn't affect me that bad. I have been stabbed by a pencil, three times though >_> You can still see the lead through the skin :P
Quote from: Phaze on June 16, 2008, 04:08:18 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on June 16, 2008, 02:48:21 PM
I once had a procedure to get a wart done, and not only did it do absolutely nothing, it gave me blood poisoning. :|
By "wart done", I hope you mean removed... I had this small one when I was little, on my finger, and I just tore it off >_>
I'm pretty healthy, I can't remember anything like that hapening. The worst sickness i've had is the flu, which didn't affect me that bad. I have been stabbed by a pencil, three times though >_> You can still see the lead through the skin :P
Yeah, I meant getting it removed. >_>
Quite a few years ago I had some bad meat and got E-coli :( the rest rant was shut down after that too....
Although I'm depressed because I'm lonely.....and this might be a long summer...
Well, I'm lucky not to have been bit by one yet. I had a really close call when I woke up to use the bathroom and I found one crawling on my leg.
The worst that I remember getting sick is strep throat. I don't know why, but I have a good immune system.
Well, when I was younger, one of my finger's got infected because I pulled a hangnail out wrong. My mom squeezed all the nastyness out, and it hurt like a mutha! Then around the same age, my sister's dog bit me on my head, and the wound wouldn't stop bleeding...
I could go on about the stuff I get into, but the list would be too long.
Quote from: Sh0rTi on June 16, 2008, 06:41:22 PM
Well, when I was younger, one of my finger's got infected because I pulled a hangnail out wrong. My mom squeezed all the nastyness out, and it hurt like a mutha! Then around the same age, my sister's dog bit me on my head, and the wound wouldn't stop bleeding...
I could go on about the stuff I get into, but the list would be too long.
What you do to the dog?
I had Lyme disease....didn't even feel any different, they made me take this big blue pill everyday for a few weeks.
Lyme disease is annoying, I've had it twice. Or was it three times...
I got tiny fragments of sharpnel in my left side of the face that got removed but later on I got some cyss like bumps in my face, they were full of dead skin cells, blood, and dead white blood cells. Got them removed. I only got nummed. I wish I was asleep though. I could still felt them digging in my face.
Quote from: Hero_Of_Time1 on June 17, 2008, 09:49:27 AM
I got tiny fragments of sharpnel in my left side of the face that got removed but later on I got some cyss like bumps in my face, they were full of dead skin cells, blood, and dead white blood cells. Got them removed. I only got nummed. I wish I was asleep though. I could still felt them digging in my face.
Ow, that sounds painful.
Quote from: GreatGonzalez106 on June 17, 2008, 10:01:43 AM
Quote from: Hero_Of_Time1 on June 17, 2008, 09:49:27 AM
I got tiny fragments of sharpnel in my left side of the face that got removed but later on I got some cyss like bumps in my face, they were full of dead skin cells, blood, and dead white blood cells. Got them removed. I only got nummed. I wish I was asleep though. I could still felt them digging in my face.
Ow, that sounds painful.
It was like scratching a fresh wound with metal. Or like a Denist using that scrapper on your gums. I flinched a couple of times. >.<
Oh, and no purple heart. xD
Quote from: Hero_Of_Time1 on June 17, 2008, 12:10:52 PM
Quote from: GreatGonzalez106 on June 17, 2008, 10:01:43 AM
Quote from: Hero_Of_Time1 on June 17, 2008, 09:49:27 AM
I got tiny fragments of sharpnel in my left side of the face that got removed but later on I got some cyss like bumps in my face, they were full of dead skin cells, blood, and dead white blood cells. Got them removed. I only got nummed. I wish I was asleep though. I could still felt them digging in my face.
Ow, that sounds painful.
It was like scratching a fresh wound with metal. Or like a Denist using that scrapper on your gums. I flinched a couple of times. >.<
Oh, and no purple heart. xD
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