May 22, 2009
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Tick Removal
Ack, had to remove a tick for the first time
. I’ve had ticks on me before but always got them off before they sunk their little teeth into me. Was visiting in N.C. and we were out and about all in the woods and guess it got on me there. It was on my ankle and I thought it was a scab and then scratched it and noticed it was like hanging there and was ACK 
, its a freekin tick. So got online to see how you take the bugger off. Went to this site http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/facts/removal.html and followed the guide and shazam got the critter off and put it in an old pill bottle with alcohol incase I need to take it to have it analyzed. It’s kinda weird when you grasp the tick at the base with the tweezers and tug gently it is like stuck like they say but as you pull gently it will give way after a bit but does take some patience. So I’m going to get a better pair of tweezers the thinner kind like they have in the fact sheet to have around just in case, EWWWwwwwww. It says that it take about 24 hours for a tick to transmit any disease if it has any and that all ticks arn’t the kind that transmit diseases like Lyme disease. Okay, now go and see if any of those moles are really ticks in disguise, LOL……..TTFN 
