We had a guy come down to our house in TN,from OH one summer to ride horses with us and he got a tick on him and it was stuck to him pretty good,and someone mentioned lyme disease to him and this man freaked out!I mean he had a full blown panic attack,we had to take him the the ER,we thought he was having a heart attack,but it was just a panic attack.We still laugh over that.

Souless,
Yeah he did. After spending 6 weeks at the Mayo clinic, looking for something neurological and having his house completely remodeled to accomodate a wheelchair, they finally checked for lyme disease and started him on antibiotics. He started getting feeling back immediately and eventually started walking again although he was in physical theropy for months after. That stuff is nothing to mess with.

We do realize a the "deer tick" that carries lyme disease is the size of a pin head don't we. Chances are, you will see the bullseye before you see the tick, flu like symptoms is the key.

When I got lyme a couple years ago I noticed it because of a lesion that went from the back of my neck{where the tick was}across my chest.You should see a change in the skin in the area and sometime you will feel like you have the flu,I never did feel sick and after 8 weeks of antibiotics everything was fine.Just keep an eye on it

Look for 2 small bumps to appear on your forehead near the hairline. Eventually they will grow & break thru. You should have a full set of antlers by Christmas.

Some of you guys take that too seriously. I've had many ticks on me and never got anything from it. It's very rare to get lyme disease. It does happen, but very rare.

Mosquito's carry maleria, so do you go crazy when you get bit by a mosquito?

I have two family members with lymes disease, once you get it, you have it, kind of like some STD's. Are you sure it was a Deer tick and not a wood tick? Deer ticks can bite and leave in a shorter time frame, if it was a wood tick, the dont tend to carry the disease. anyways good luck

when i first saw this thread, i missed the word "tick", and thought you got bit by a deer. that would have been a more interesting story

anyways, i am a tick survivor, without any lyme disease, and did remove it the wrong way, as i didnt know it was a tick at first and just ripped it out. just a red dot, and itched for a couple days.

I've probably had over 10 ticks that I've had to get out. They had their little heads in me sucking my blood away. I turned out fine. To anyone that got lyme disease, I'm sorry to hear that. It's very rare and you were in one of those rare cases. If I would ever get it, I'd probably go insane.