[MR] Tick bites and disease

[Sorcha de Glys]

Greetings, all!

There is also Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever on the ticks at the
Sapphire site. I found out the hard way in 2006. It made me very ill
and was one reason I had to quit my career.

I found the tiny tick on Tuesday after Sapphire (near the small of my
back) and by Wednesday was covered in tiny bumps and had chills and
fever.  My joints were already messed up from a prior illness, but
this sent them into a spiral.  It has only been in the last year that
the pain is manageable and I feel like I am back to my normal self.

Please wear bug and tick repellent, especially at camping events.

Cheers,
Sorcha de Glys


On May 14, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Kathy Gildemeister <fun4kathyg at msn.com>
wrote:

>> Last year at Sapphire Joust I was eaten alive by ticks I was picking
> them off me by the dozens even with repellent. I was still picking
> them off me on the way home from the event. Less than two weeks
> later I found a puffy circular rash around one of the bite sites on
> my foot and got tested for Lyme's and erlichiosis. The test results
> revealed I had had Lyme's before and also had it at the time of the
> test and no erlichiosis. My immune system has not been the same
> since. The three months of antibiotics really messed up my internal
> balance too. The sooner you treat it the better!!
>
> Lady Helena