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Thanks @blokeuptheroad am slathered w SPF50 so hoping I've left no gaps.....wondering if I can be bothered w a blood test as they don't seem that reliable.
Good to hear your timeline, I'll hopefully feel a bit better in a day or so....and might manage an easy road ride
I guess i need to get myself some smidge for the rest of the summer. Ticks such a yawn, but at least no midges down here so can't complain too much
On a lighter note, I've been chatting to my elderly parents and they were asking how I was. My old mum, god bless her, is now convinced I've gone down with a case of "limescale" 🤣
Antibiotx seem to have settled down now, and fluey symptoms have subsided. Rash seems to be resolving as well.
I have just bought me a pair of fetching Decathlon orienteering socks for a tenner. Very dandy...will report back after tomorrow evening's outing..
On a lighter note, I've been chatting to my elderly parents and they were asking how I was. My old mum, god bless her, is now convinced I've gone down with a case of "limescale" 🤣
Here's a prescription for a week's course of Cillit Bang.
Mum was up Screel hill (nr auchencairn/galloway) last Thursday with her mate and they ended up covered in numerous ticks despite spraying themselves beforehand, I picked 16 of the tiniest little buggers off mums legs on Thursday night and found more on Friday.
Red rings started to appear sat/sun so she was at docs earlier and is now on 21 days of doxycycline, bugger.
The amount of ticks in this area and Galloway this year is horrendous, even walking around our local woods gets you covered in the ****ers.
I had my first ticks of the year after a run through an old, overgrown track on Friday morning. I managed to pick 5 off me, over a period of around 36 hours. Now I'm doing the usual monitoring for rash and other symptoms.
Horrible little bastards. I got one doing some strimming in a pals garden!
Absolutely this, i get bitten by klegs/horseflies most years. Have had to have antibiotics a couple of times when they've got infected.Until the next eve when the exact location was burning, swollen and very annoying to the point of not sleeping properly all night.
That sounds like a kleg bite.
As for the ticks, my *first* ever tick bite got me textbook rings/bullseye after about 3 days and a rock hard/burning bite site, no swelling though. Called my GP and didn't even need to speak to the Dr, the nurse just ticked a box and i got 14 days of antibiotics. Ready in 20 minutes.
little bitey f*****s eh? I've just finished a week of co-amoxiclav (after a few days of flucloxacillin which wasn't working) for what I now think was an infected tick bite on the front of my lower leg. A bit of red/soreness the evening after I noticed it, dark patch on skin and swelling getting worse over the next day to the point where I couldn't weight bear when I got up in the night. Pharmacy the next morning (on crutches).
Antibiotx seem to have settled down now, and fluey symptoms have subsided. Rash seems to be resolving as well.
I have just bought me a pair of fetching Decathlon orienteering socks for a tenner. Very dandy...will report back after tomorrow evening's outing..
I hope those socks work for you, however, my pal who got infected a couple of years back wears those tights previously beloved of XC bikers and had one on his thigh in side the tights. Not on for long, he said, but he still got Lyme (including Bells palsy) - seems OK now, though, but as he's a Northerner (like me) its hard to tell
News that Pfizer and Valneva are likely to apply for approval for a Lyme's disease vax later this year.
https://pharmaphorum.com/news/data-builds-behind-valneva-pfizers-lyme-disease-vaccine