I just finished up a seven day stay at the local hospital for what they are calling a "Tick Borne disease". They believe it was Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. It all started when I arrived home from the club fishing tournament @ Cape Henlopen State Park where I did camp for one night. I never saw a tic nor could the Dr's find a bite site. I started with a fever which quickly jumped up to 103 with shivers and sweats and an uncontrollable headache, if you experience these symptoms they say get to the ER as fast as possible, obviously I waited until Wednesday the 5th to go get checked out and It was already well underway. The first thing they did was a Lumbar Puncture which is just a fancy term for spinal tap, it took the Dr. 4 punctures before he got it right, yes I almost knocked his ass to the floor. They run multiple IV's with multiple antibiotics which kill all the bacteria , even the good, in your system. Then they put you on a Morphine drip combined with Perceset and Fioricet for the headaches. THIS IS NOT FUN and THIS IS ALL EXTREMELY PAINFULL.
Anyway I am out now still with residual headaches and now taking oral antibiotics and a slew of other medications.
This is my PSA of the summer, don't wind up like me ! Use DEET Bug sprays and check yourself and each other for any ticks, they are no joke !
Protect Yourself while having fun outdoors
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Glad you finally made it home and are on the downhill side of this crap!
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Glad you are finally on the mend! Been following and thinking about you guys!
FYI - caffeine might help with the residual headaches if they are from the multiple spinal tap attempts, at least when they screw up epidurals that's what they tell you! IDK if that will work in your situation or not but can't hurt to look into!
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Thanks Jodie, I guess i'm just too old to hang with you guys.
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Glad you are ok, I heard they caught the Tick...
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Glad you got help in time! I've had Lymes a few times and it's not fun, but I hear the Rocky Mountain is really bad. Hope you feel better soon!
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I contracted "Alpha gal disease" from a Lone Star Tick two years ago. I am now allergic to red meat for an unknown time period. Took two trips to the ER for anaphylactic shock and some Google research to diagnose the problem. No treatment, just have to let it run its course. I got bit in Middletown, but a friend of mine who works at Cape also suffers from the same thing from a tick down there.
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@Slowpoke's assassination attempt to get on the BOD as Trail Boss failed, close though. I respect the creative use of biological warfare vs the classic cutting the brake lines
According to the bylaws of the Deja Convention, biological warfare is forbidden, except when sitting around the campfire ...
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@Slowpoke's assassination attempt to get on the BOD as Trail Boss failed, close though. I respect the creative use of biological warfare vs the classic cutting the brake lines
I admit only to trying to murder Stafford by saying "go passenger" on Boulder at Big Dogs. I was nowhere near Cape Henlopen.
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I admit only to trying to murder Stafford by saying "go passenger" on Boulder at Big Dogs. I was nowhere near Cape Henlopen.
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I wonder if that JK you leaned on in Moab was a "Rocky Mountain" edition? Maybe you really are allergic...
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Thanks Jodie, I guess i'm just too old to hang with you guys.
Next time you can hotel it like Kathy and I did.
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Wow, that's rough. Glad you are feeling better.
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