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Jackson Houser's avatar

So you made your bug a feature! Have a swift and full recovery.

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Pastor W's avatar

Missed the "your bug is a feature" comment by one!

Rest and be well. I'm glad you caught this in time.

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Harald Gormsson's avatar

Very sorry to hear this, but very glad you sought treatment in time and have help. I will heed your warning even thought I live elsewhere (I hate parasites, of all flavors). Enjoy the darkness?

More seriously Doxycycline is a great antibiotic - I was on a low dose regime for a year as a prophylactic against malaria and it stomped every bacteria in the place.

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April's avatar

I’m so glad you got medical attention and I hope you feel better soon! 🔜

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Eliza Mann's avatar

I’m glad you nipped this bug in the bud! Thanks for the public service announcement. I’m grateful to live in a place with very few ticks, but if that changes one day, I’ll try to keep your warning in mind.

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John Stalmach's avatar

Glad you found the tick and got treatment. I will pray for your complete recovery.

I'm just about as white-skinned as you: my exposed arms go from white to light pink after months of being out in the sun. My beach limit is 20 minutes max. Then it's long sleeves, long pants and socks. Forgot those once...

Finally, I'm not allergic to most meds except Doxycycline... good thing there aren't many ticks around here.

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Daniel Saunders's avatar

I'm glad you caught it in time. I'm also glad to live somewhere (UK) where we don't have such awful parasites. Except for the politicians.

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Barbara Wegner's avatar

So glad you found it.

On the temperature note, I saw a Substack article saying people in general have a lower body temperature than "normal" (98.6 is no longer than normal temperature according to him). I found it interesting because I am constantly lower than that as well. Not as low as you, but at this point 98.6 is warmer than normal for me these days...But as a child I remember hitting that number normally.

I mentioned it to the clinic assistant once but she had never paid attention to it.

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George Purcell's avatar

Be sure you eat something with the Doxy! One of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life was running around a Chinese village trying to find something to get into my stomach after taking a dose without food.

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James Allin's avatar

...and needing to take probiotics, lest you get the shits.

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Liz Reitzig's avatar

Oh man Holly! What a story!

Lyme, alpha-gal and the one you’ve got… are all on the rise. Ticks are no joke. Hang in there and get better quick! Prayers your way. 🙏

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Josh Slocum's avatar

I'm glad when I called you turned out not to be dead.

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Holly MathNerd's avatar

I love you too. 😛😛😛

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Anne McGirt's avatar

Ouch!!

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Anna McCullough's avatar

I'm glad you sought care right away! May you recover completely and soon.

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Bill Ruth's avatar

It’s so good that you found the tick. They can be so bad! A neighbor got Rocky Mountain spotted fever several years ago and went through a long ordeal. He also found the tick, which led to the diagnosis. Praying you will have a full recovery and soon.

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James Allin's avatar

So happy you are doing better. I'm trying to picture you as a golden goddess, calculating - with extreme mathmatical precison - your value in gold!

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Miroslav's avatar

If you catch the tick, have it analysed, only way to be sure what it carries as diseases, blood analysis not very reliable...

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Nathalie Martinek PhD's avatar

That tick is going to ask for compensation for paid subs you get from talking about it. What a parasite!

I'm glad you caught it in time and treating it. We (ok, I) want you around for a looooong time.

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