I've been taking antibiotics for two days. I got symptoms about 3 or 4 days ago. Got a nice big bullseye rash. I don't feel any better yet. Has anyone ever had this. I'm wondering if I might have something else.

Obviously it's teh AIDZ.

The curse of Plum Island.

My mother had it; it made her feel like shit for a month or two. Have fun!

My brother has it thankfully. He is a dick. Anyway, he has horrendous joint pain and flu like symptoms all the time thankfully. He was bit four years ago.





Thankfully.

at least he has supportive family members to help him through the situation

thankfully.

Yes, it is very loving, whatever that means.

I'm almost starting to think I have this, but I never got the rash. So I'm not positive but every other symptom is legit (especially fucking knee pain!!!). Good luck though, man.

go to the drs NOW

Are you being serious Rev?

if you think you have it, go to the DRs now and be safe. otherwise, you risk permanent neurological issues.

Left untreated, Lyme disease can cause:

* Chronic joint inflammation (Lyme arthritis), particularly of the knee
* Neurological symptoms, such as facial palsy and neuropathy
* Cognitive defects, such as impaired memory
* Heart rhythm irregularities

bennyhillifier

I need to see that movie.

Yeah, in all seriousness Lyme Disease is no joke, that shit can fuck you up for a long time. I have had friends that had it, they were not happy campers.

the poster aaron(ex-tnc)'s son had it and he didn't think about himself. the kid got better right away. 4 months later, he was all f'd up and it took him a long time to get better.

i had it at age 11. symptoms i remember: felt like someone was slowly
moving a red hot steel spike thru the center of my spine/vertebrae, hot
and cold spells that would drastically change within matters of minutes (i
was in the waiting room, in summertime, wearing a sweatshirt&jacket one
minute, and then ripping them off and suffering extreme heat w/just my
t-shirt on the next minute), joint pain, the beginning of my severe
depression that has still not subsided til this day (~14 years later), and the
bullseye rashes only came 2 months into it. ***THE FUCKED UP THING:
when I finally got the rashes, the biggest was around my belly button.
where was the ONE SINGLE PLACE i nor my parents/doctors looked for a
tick? yup, tucked inside the upper part of my belly button :*(
FUCKING BASTARD WAS STILL ATTACHED.

lol, Lyme Disease was the beginning of my true knowledge of suffering.
a giant FUCK YOU to the town of LYME, CONNECTICUT!!!!!! (and nature in general)

Going to the ER. I think I've got this. SWEET!!1
Only a big bulls eye on your leg is real.

not when I was a kiddo.

BTW: my kid might have had this

MFW i realized this thread wasn't about scurvy

that's a bunch of bullshit, Aaron, sorry to hear that - is "might have had" implying the past tense, here?

My kid has it.

u guys nd 2 deep woods OFF

deet rituals

it's no big deal. goes away in a few days after taking antibiotics, but still finish the bottle! if you're not feeling like shit yet it'll be a breeze. if you've been feeling like shit for a day or two you'll be in hell for another day or two then it will go away.

don't know if you're kidding or not, but this doesn't go away unless treated, and it fucks you up if you don't treat it

lol @ same anon posting a year later

I think I've had Lyme Disease for 20 years.

Yeah, daycare sent him home with the bullseye and he wen right to the drs. Got antibiotics.

i had it, got the bullseyes and the worst headache of my life, ended up finding out my brain had swelled up. but had no permanent damage. i was in the hospital for 3 days

I've got it. Was in the hospital until 11 last night. Huge bullseye. Oh well.

Too bad this was created in a lab on Plum Island.

Was it? fuck

there is a possibility it will become permanent.

fuck all ticks. i burn them whenever possible.

There is a bird called ginnea fowl. If you have some land, you you get one. They look like a prehistoric monster and roam your yard eating ticks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guineafowl

http://www.lymediseasepa.com/GuineaHens.htm

They should seriously populate plum island with them.

Until this season I'd only found one on myself -ever- and I grew up camping every summer. This year has been really bad... found almost a dozen already.

My "brother" is still fucked up by this disease.

What about Roseanne Barr?