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Joe
Jun 30, 2012, 8:23:25 PM6/30/12
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I've been trying hard to avoid Lyme disease for years- but finally got it.
At first didn't know what hit me- had bad fevers for over a week- but after
I passed out and my blood pressure was dropping, I went to a hospital for 2
days- my first such trip in 50 years since I had my tonsils out- kinda weird
having an IV in one arm while the other arm was being poked for blood every
4 hours- and I even had an oxygen thing under my nose. Quite a wake up call.
I'm now on antibiotics for a few weeks. At first they thought I had malaria,
and kept asking if I had been to Africa or any tropics recently! Of course I
seldom get out of Massachusetts and never to the tropics.
Mike Leonard has also contracted Lyme in the past year.
Joe
At first didn't know what hit me- had bad fevers for over a week- but after
I passed out and my blood pressure was dropping, I went to a hospital for 2
days- my first such trip in 50 years since I had my tonsils out- kinda weird
having an IV in one arm while the other arm was being poked for blood every
4 hours- and I even had an oxygen thing under my nose. Quite a wake up call.
I'm now on antibiotics for a few weeks. At first they thought I had malaria,
and kept asking if I had been to Africa or any tropics recently! Of course I
seldom get out of Massachusetts and never to the tropics.
Mike Leonard has also contracted Lyme in the past year.
Joe
Don Staples
Jul 1, 2012, 9:32:54 AM7/1/12
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"Joe" <j...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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So far I have been lucky, also, fireants have just about cleaned out the
ticks down here.
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ticks down here.
Larry
Jul 1, 2012, 3:10:00 PM7/1/12
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Getting old sucks. I've never been a real attraction for bees, but I
am not comfortable in the woods these days w/out a few "benadrils"
with me...
I'm starting to get that "anaphilactic" response to bee stings. I
have a friend (a bee magnet) who can't work in the woods any more;
being about 70 doesn't help either. I think he got disability (ssi)
for it.
I always thought that allergies were reduced by long-term exposure. I
don't get poison oak anymore except in cuts and scratches. Bees have
proved to be different...
Larry
Lawrence Lake, RPF
Redding, CA
Larry
Jul 1, 2012, 9:22:02 PM7/1/12
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In article <jso59u$pha$1...@dont-email.me>, j...@invalid.invalid says...
Good luck on the treatment. Lyme settles in the joints in tissues with very
little blood flow, and can be hard to eradicate. Doxycycline will kill the
bacterium, but try to talk your doc into doubling the typical 21 day course.
Six weeks of antibiotic will give you a better chance of being permanently
clear.
little blood flow, and can be hard to eradicate. Doxycycline will kill the
bacterium, but try to talk your doc into doubling the typical 21 day course.
Six weeks of antibiotic will give you a better chance of being permanently
clear.
D. Staples
Jul 2, 2012, 12:36:02 AM7/2/12
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"Larry" <LRL...@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Jul 1, 6:32 am, "Don Staples" <dstap...@livingston.net> wrote:
> "Joe" <j...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> "Joe" <j...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
Guys,
Getting old sucks. I've never been a real attraction for bees, but I
am not comfortable in the woods these days w/out a few "benadrils"
with me...
I'm starting to get that "anaphilactic" response to bee stings. I
have a friend (a bee magnet) who can't work in the woods any more;
being about 70 doesn't help either. I think he got disability (ssi)
for it.
I always thought that allergies were reduced by long-term exposure. I
don't get poison oak anymore except in cuts and scratches. Bees have
proved to be different...
Yeah on the Benadrils, some day probably one of the epipens. But, we got
Getting old sucks. I've never been a real attraction for bees, but I
am not comfortable in the woods these days w/out a few "benadrils"
with me...
I'm starting to get that "anaphilactic" response to bee stings. I
have a friend (a bee magnet) who can't work in the woods any more;
being about 70 doesn't help either. I think he got disability (ssi)
for it.
I always thought that allergies were reduced by long-term exposure. I
don't get poison oak anymore except in cuts and scratches. Bees have
proved to be different...
killer bees, the infamous Africanized bees, that have taken up residence.
Bee trees are creating a wide swath in the woods, for me any way.
Joe
Jul 12, 2012, 7:28:10 PM7/12/12
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awesome, please send me some fire ants which I can distribute in my region!
it turns out I not only got Lyme but a 2nd tick borne bacterial infection
called anaplasma- but luckily so far, the antibiotic has me feeling fine,
other than I'm much more sensitive to the heat and sun during this ferocious
heat wave...
Joe
"Don Staples" <dsta...@livingston.net> wrote in message
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it turns out I not only got Lyme but a 2nd tick borne bacterial infection
called anaplasma- but luckily so far, the antibiotic has me feeling fine,
other than I'm much more sensitive to the heat and sun during this ferocious
heat wave...
Joe
"Don Staples" <dsta...@livingston.net> wrote in message
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