tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post7624425733025662330..comments2023-09-22T10:50:41.465-07:00Comments on Finny Knits: It's all fun and games until I get a tick.FinnyKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-72420571217798422792012-12-23T18:09:35.943-08:002012-12-23T18:09:35.943-08:00And here is Decca's tick story. When I visite...And here is Decca's tick story. When I visited Africa with my friend Mary, we returned via Paris where her boyfriend lived. The day after our return, she found a tick (an African tick!) on her tummy. As she's heading out with said boyfriend to catch a train to his family's summer house she casually says "hey, you should check yourself for ticks because I found one." So, um. OK. I was staying in this little tiny "au pair" room which was separate from the family house. There's a teeny tiny bathroom mirror over the teeny tiny sink in the teeny tiny bathroom. Absolutely no way to see anything other than my face and neck. I check the front of my body and didn't see anything. Then I think "well, what if there's one on my back? I'll never be able to see it." So, feeling like the biggest idiot on the planet, I walk up to the main house and ring the bell. My friend's boyfriend (who luckily was fluent in English) opens the door and I have to ask this guy I've known for 5 minutes if he would mind checking out my naked back for ticks. Gee, only slightly awkward, thank you.Deccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515274049604839002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-68536861525751628422012-12-14T07:14:18.433-08:002012-12-14T07:14:18.433-08:00I...um...I'm sort of a go-get-em hardy ignore-...I...um...I'm sort of a go-get-em hardy ignore-the-pain ignore-the-injury kind of person. Or at least I was, until I got really, really sick. And the docs futzed around with the fairly wacky (until you know it's Lyme) symptoms for years, until somebody finally thought to test me for Lyme.<br /><br />So if I ever got a target I just don't *remember* it. I might have and not noticed or paid any attention; I might not have gotten one at all. I didn't really know to look for one, anyway.<br /><br />Funny enough, I *did* get a "target" from something-or-other while in the middle of treatment, so does that count?Galadrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03383321455657803304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-9044658408877086372012-12-14T07:04:36.030-08:002012-12-14T07:04:36.030-08:00Really? You never got a target at all? That's ...Really? You never got a target at all? That's what I've been relying on to tell me one way or the other. Did you have other symptoms? The thing is nearly healed now, except that it sits right near my waist line so my jeans keep slamming into it, which is a delight.<br /><br />And you're right - too horrifying.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-54011651044417056542012-12-13T19:11:22.517-08:002012-12-13T19:11:22.517-08:00Just to make this experience all the more horrifyi...Just to make this experience all the more horrifying:<br />We have no idea where I was when I picked up the tick that gave me Lyme disease, and if I ever got a "target" mark I don't remember it. I mostly have been to areas where Lyme is very rare, but have visited one or two where it's more common. I didn't believe it until the blood test came back positive.Galadrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03383321455657803304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-66934778898226352182012-12-13T18:08:05.985-08:002012-12-13T18:08:05.985-08:00I'm just saying you should watch that show &qu...I'm just saying you should watch that show "Monsters Inside Me". I've watched it a handful of times and I have to stop otherwise I'll never leave my house again. It's terrifying. Sara Strandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641499434694637445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-23856412933983810862012-12-13T14:59:19.455-08:002012-12-13T14:59:19.455-08:00That's a new one on me, but I love it! Make it...That's a new one on me, but I love it! Make it so :)FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-3350257831524095922012-12-13T14:58:45.208-08:002012-12-13T14:58:45.208-08:00I will have to see these scary feet of hers. I'...I will have to see these scary feet of hers. I'm intrigued.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-10232963060463190102012-12-13T14:58:21.527-08:002012-12-13T14:58:21.527-08:00Central American Ticks! Even scarier! Final final ...Central American Ticks! Even scarier! Final final is tomorrow and then BREATHING AGAIN.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-55720006593775585422012-12-13T14:54:14.931-08:002012-12-13T14:54:14.931-08:00YOU crack me up! I hate them too, and mosquitoes....YOU crack me up! I hate them too, and mosquitoes....the thought of them sucking on my skin makes me sick....good luck with your finals! Merry Christmas & THE best for the New YEAR....one of my favorite quotes" May the best of your past be the worst of your future" .....xoTRB Holthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472599221066111695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-82579761377333738832012-12-13T14:43:50.167-08:002012-12-13T14:43:50.167-08:00Maggots, ticks, spiders and Amie's feet.....al...Maggots, ticks, spiders and Amie's feet.....all send me off the reservation.Flying Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865918001370171925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-18079299711457579512012-12-13T13:29:27.610-08:002012-12-13T13:29:27.610-08:00Ooohf. I got one in Nicaragua once and it was terr...Ooohf. I got one in Nicaragua once and it was terrifying. Hate those suckers! Hope the finals went well!African Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06741350447523434665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-66537149610533501592012-12-13T08:30:35.757-08:002012-12-13T08:30:35.757-08:00I wonder who'd win...I wonder who'd win...FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-20354671828260879492012-12-13T08:30:24.854-08:002012-12-13T08:30:24.854-08:00Maggots, the flies that hatch from maggots, tapewo...Maggots, the flies that hatch from maggots, tapeworms, ticks...ALL THINGS THAT ARE FUCKING GROSS. Just glad to only find a tick on me. If I found a maggot, well, we wouldn't be having this convo since I'd have gone into the light. BLECH.FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-44241672388336755582012-12-13T08:29:16.579-08:002012-12-13T08:29:16.579-08:00Even on the dog...EW. Blech. Thanks for the well w...Even on the dog...EW. Blech. Thanks for the well wishes. Let's hope I don't bomb this thing :)FinnyKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08813175777047535103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-45409123454015340882012-12-12T16:49:06.681-08:002012-12-12T16:49:06.681-08:00Let's force the ticks on Rocket. They can try ...Let's force the ticks on Rocket. They can try to out-useless each other.Bubbahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick_%28comics%29noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-64395279755601338692012-12-12T15:45:20.144-08:002012-12-12T15:45:20.144-08:00GROSS. Ticks are useless, as far as I can tell, a...GROSS. Ticks are useless, as far as I can tell, and I hate them. We pull them off the dogs with great regularity and get great satisfaction in throwing those nasty things right in the fire.<br /><br />What I really can't stand though? Maggots. OH GOD I HATE MAGGOTS. They don't DO anything to me, they're just . . . MAGGOTS.<br /><br />Fucking gross, man. Tapeworms, too.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15363790.post-4356969476411159302012-12-12T13:17:02.132-08:002012-12-12T13:17:02.132-08:00Ticks - ugh. On the dog, yeah, okay, but not on M...Ticks - ugh. On the dog, yeah, okay, but not on ME, so I'm with you there. Good luck on the final final - I'm sure you will ace it!bittenbyknittinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319831711404273005noreply@blogger.com