I can't stop crying.q

[margotmacomber]

I just pulled a tick off of my neck.  I haven't stopped crying since.  I'm crying right now.  DH is asleep and is all ain't nobody got time for that.  It's so gross.  So gross. I can't take this shit.  It was on me.  All I can think of is what if there's more.  How did I even find it on arandom neck scratch.  fuck. wgt cant  I stop crying

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

Ooo. Err. I'd cry too.

Go take a nice, long, hot shower.

[thinkofthesoldiers]

You can't stop crying because you are weak. Buck up. It is a tick, not a cobra bite.

[textbookcase]

I'd probably cry, too, but I have to say I am loling at your description. Haha! I'm sorry!

[bania]

I'd be shaken up too

[emsumm]

((Margot)) S'ok. I've found one before like that, and there weren't more.

[Deleted]

Eh, no biggie. Put some antiseptic on it, keep a watchful eye. I've been through Lyme, it's not the end of the world if you do have it. Honest ((margot))

[Deleted]

Think of the pioneers!

[Deleted]

You found it on a random neck scratch because a tick burrowing into the skin itches. If you were able to just pick it up, then it hadn't even gone into the skin. You will be fine. Just look yourself over to be certain there aren't more, including running your fingers over your scalp. Even if you find another, it's nothing to get hysterical over.

[margotmacomber]

May 18, 2013 22:30:45 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

You can't stop crying because you are weak. Buck up. It is a tick, not a cobra bite.

I know!  And I was a soldier once too!  It just freaks me the fuck right out.  I stopped crying and I'm embarrassed but god damn that was gross.

[MrsAxilla]

May 18, 2013 22:30:45 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

You can't stop crying because you are weak. Buck up. It is a tick, not a cobra bite.

Lol!  Remember that scene from Stand By Me where they were covered in leeches and Gordie had one on his balls?  It could be so much worse!  

Sorry.  I'd be freaking out too.

[thinkofthesoldiers]

May 18, 2013 22:51:18 GMT -5 margotmacomber said:

May 18, 2013 22:30:45 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

You can't stop crying because you are weak. Buck up. It is a tick, not a cobra bite.

I know!  And I was a soldier once too!  It just freaks me the fuck right out.  I stopped crying and I'm embarrassed but god damn that was gross.

Here's a story for you. I once had a tick burrowed pretty deep in my thigh. I couldn't get it out. I tried every trick. Nothing. I grew up in an area with a lot of ticks, so I knew I had to get it out. There was no way I was going to the doctor for something like that, so I sterilized a pocket knife and cut that shit right out. I still have a little dip in my thigh from it, but now it just blends with my cellulite. LOL

[lolc]

At least it's not lice! THAT would be cause for crying. I'd be hysterical. But not because of a tick. I'd just feel disgusting for a bit. If it bit you make sure you check it in a day (or a few?) and if there's any signs of lyme's disease (bulls eye rash) get to a doctor.

[margotmacomber]

May 18, 2013 22:55:08 GMT -5 thinkofthesoldiers said:

May 18, 2013 22:51:18 GMT -5 margotmacomber said:

I know!  And I was a soldier once too!  It just freaks me the fuck right out.  I stopped crying and I'm embarrassed but god damn that was gross.

Here's a story for you. I once had a tick burrowed pretty deep in my thigh. I couldn't get it out. I tried every trick. Nothing. I grew up in an area with a lot of ticks, so I knew I had to get it out. There was no way I was going to the doctor for something like that, so I sterilized a pocket knife and cut that shit right out. I still have a little dip in my thigh from it, but now it just blends with my cellulite. LOL

I don't know what my problem is.  This is why I strategically went to basic training in the winter.  I can handle freezing but I can't handle bugs.

FUCK BUGS

[tulip]

How old are you?!?

I had/have had a tick at 6, went to camp every summer and found one almost every year since. Buck up buttercup. You will be okay!!! Lol

[Deleted]

My dad was holding my son around 2w of age...we had gone into the bathroom for something and I handed the baby to him. Something caught my eye in the mirror when we were walking out.

It was a tick crawling on his neck. Right by my babies head. I shudder thinking about it!

Recently my mom called me hysterically laughing. She was like "I shouldn't be telling you this but I'm going to anyway". Apparently my dad got but by a tick on his dick and it swelled up all weird.

I'm 100% scarred by that story.

[goaskalice]

Nope nope nope. A tick would scare the shit out of me too!

[fluffaluff]

I had one on the top of my ear once..it got its fill and fell out before we realized it was a tick. All I knew was it hurt progressively worse and I couldn't sleep on that side of my head for a few days. I was going to the dr. The morning I touched it and it fell off and realized it was a tick. You'll survive.

[CurlyQ284]

I found a tick crawling up LOs bouncer. One of the dogs must have brought it in and transferred it. Yuck.

[underwaterrhymes]

I am so sad I came into this thread.

[nursewife]

I don't think we get ticks in this area, but I think I would cry. We see them occasionally at work. We often get them out by putting the end of the cautery prn near them and they come out by crawling away from the heat. I would ball if one got on me. And thinkofthesoldiers you are one crazy wild bitch! No way could I ever do that!!

[cc]

One of the radio hosts I listen to recently went camping and her husband got a tick down by his balls.

[snickers]

Yucccck,
I have never even seen a tick!

[Deleted]

I'm really glad that I didn't get the terrified of bugs gene.

[chickadee77]

I hate ticks. Especially when you're not doing anything remotely woodsy, and still dind them. Yuck. But, yeah, buck up. Take off your clothes and check yourself in the morror, paying attention to your head, your waistline, and your pubes, if you got 'em. If you can't handle pulling them off (I get squicked out, too), get your h to do it.

Our cat got one on her tail (and she's an indoor cat that very very rarely sat on our back deck - no tree cover, and YES we do flea & tick stuff regularly), and we didn't notice until her tail started flopping to the side whenever she'd swish it. It was on the very tip, lol, and we're not sure how she didn't get it off herself whilst bathing. It was about the size of a dime. Yuck. Poor kitty.

[thinkofthesoldiers]

It hurt like a SOB, but I was a poor college kid and our health center was a joke. They probably would have asked me if I needed an HIV test and condoms. I was still on my parents' insurance, but they were weird about using it. It wasn't deep, so it was like a bad cut.

But really, if you live where ticks are common, you just get used to them. We do tick checks every night on the kids and the animals since they can just be hanging out in the yard here.