#living with lyme

[fuckitandmovetobritain]

England: Winchester, Lincoln, Allerford, Kynance Cove, Winchester, Beachy Head, Oxford, Orford, Norwich, Lyme Regis, Berwick-Upon-Tweed

[failingcollege]

I am normally on the side of all animals deserve to exist and have a roll to play in the ecosystem and you shouldn’t hate on wasps and mosquitos and other bugs and whatnot.

But I hate ticks so much and would eradicate them if I could. I don’t care if the world’s ecosystem would collapse. I hate them.

I hate that they bite you and latch on and stay there and suck your blood and give you diseases I hate that they are everywhere I hate that I walked through the garden for not even 5 minutes and got a tick on my pants I hate that spraying only does so much I hate that I have to check myself for them after I go out anytime that isn’t the dead of winter I hate that once they’re embedded you have to use a special tool or rip them out I just hate them.

[tangled-pixel-harpsichord]

Accidentally grossed out my mom’s pastor at her (mom’s) retirement party by talking about various medical/bio things I think are cool. Cursed by parasitology knowledge

[smol-blue-bird]

folks, I think I might have Lyme disease

[mars-ipan]

nurses…..

[ban-joey]

sending laser beams to my professor with my mind. kenneth you said midterm grades would b up by this afternoon. it is officially TONIGHT and guess what? kenneth i would love to not be clenching my teeth in my sleep tonight. kenneth i will be sending you a bill in the mail. yes i know its probably a TAs responsibility but i blame you personally. i hate school

[shrimpleastha]

Just finished The Bell Jar. Tf am I supposed to do with myself now?

[veradune]

Ah, that terrible moment where you realize all of your coworkers are too squeamish to check if the bump on your head is a tick AND your mother is working the Alberta election late tonight (thank god for the nice nurse at the campus clinic called back and offered to check even though they were booked solid)

[monsieurenjlolras]

1: these quiz options pose an absolutely terrifying world. Lymes disease earthworms

2: worms aren't insects and neither are ticks

[groverarms]

I've never been so tired in my life. Sleeping 20 hours a day since Monday and I still can't get in to see a doctor for another week.

I'm importing black market possums as soon as I can stand up. DEATH TO ALL TICKS

[freakingweirdo]

MORE complaining sincr i have a headache and my whimsy levels are critically low

[falling-hand-in-unlovable-hand]

he's so mecore

[dabookgoblin]

here's a good general article about tick safety!!

Distribution of ticks infected with Lyme disease in the US

[soap-is-an-artist]

nothing is quite like the feeling of skipping a class you hate, and instead spending the first cool morning of fall walking around in nature and sitting quietly in the library. i have not felt this alive in a long time

[ashcadence]

My lower back and legs have been killing me and it could be stress but it feels very Lyme disease -esque and I swear if I have Lyme disease again, idk what I'm going to do but it ain't gonna be pretty

Last time I had Lyme disease I was in so much pain, and I had to walk with a cane. Then treatment was hell. On top of that it has taken me SIX MONTHS to physically get back to where I was before I had Lyme disease (I'm an athlete for context)

I would rather not go through that again

It doesn't help that I'm low-key freaking out because the last time I had Lyme disease I almost died due to complications, and while I don't think it's Lyme disease again, it sure as hell feels like it

And if it is stress I'm just making it worse by stressing about this

[whimsicallywiddershins]

I will never agree with anything an anti-vaxxer says. I don't care if it's a government plot. I don't give a shit if big pharms are making money off of it. I don't give a single fuck if it's a capitalism scheme, a commie conspiracy, a socialist plot, whatever. I don't care.

The idea of anti-vaccines makes people sick. Vaccines are scientifically proven to save people, to stop disease. That's the bottom line. Anit-Vaxxers make people sick. Anything else is just noise.

VACCINATE YA KIDS FFS