Savvy_Darling
14-07-16, 01:50
Ugh I'm bugging out! I got back from dirt bike riding today and I was thinking about ticks because we were around a lot of tress and bushes and Forrest. I checked myself in the mirror and had my bf check the back of my neck and head for any. I was wearing a helmet so I didn't think I'd get any on my head though.
Wellll fast forward like 20 mins and I felt something on my hand and screamed and smacked this bug I thought was a spider! I hate spiders :mad: ! So I freaked out about it and shook my body off and moved to another spot on the bed because I felt gross and I didn't think I killed it.
Fast forward close to an hour and I felt that tickle on my hand and I seen the spider again !.. I smacked it and it fell on the bed only this time.. I realized.. It was a tick!! And I know what ticks look like because I had a couple as a kid when I lived down south. So I know a tick when I see it.
Anyways, I freaked out and screamed, scared the cats in the process, I just hate bugs.. And this was a damn tick! Exactly what I was worried about when I got back. I scooped it in a cap and flushed it down the toilet.. Ticks are hard to kill / smash so I wasn't taking any chances.. That sucker was flushed and made sure it went down.
Well now, I feel anxious and crawly like there could be more somewhere! Hiding in the bed or on the floor crawling. I took my riding suit and my boyfriends and threw them on the porch.. Along with the helmets too. I feel like I'm gonna start cleaning the room and shaking out blankets. I'm just worried because ticks are hard to get out of things that there could be more somewhere hiding on the bed or other places waiting to attach to me! Plus I'm worried my cats might get one on them. I don't know how many else there could be and its totally driving me mad.. I don't wanna get one burrowed into me (they are hard to remove) and I'm afraid of Lyme disease! Which you can get from a tick.
There's no one here one to check me on my head so I went to mirror and tried my best to see as much as my scalp as I can but its hard! I rubbed my nails though out my hair and scalp and I didn't find any bumps on my head or see any thing on my neck or head.. So I hope that would be enough to tell? I feel like you would be able to feel one on your head while rubbing.
But so here I am on edge at any tickle I feel on me thinking it could be a tick. I keep rubbing my head with my nails and checking in the mirror. I haven't cleaned the room but I'm going too! I just feel so paranoid about ticks now! Especially since one was on me.. (It was just crawling though.. I didn't bite me or start burrowing so I think I'm safe from the Lyme UNLESS there is one on my scalp where I'm having a hard time to see clearly.
I'm also hating the idea of any other ticks on my bed!! I don't know if I'll sleep good tonight.. I'll have to check my boyfriend when he gets home from work... (Although I doubt he'll care as much as I do)
I just don't know what to do with myself I feel so grossed out about this tick thing and also like I've said.. Paranoid as all hell. I definitely don't wan any ticks latching onto me and sucking my blood.. Or the Lyme!!
The last time I had a tick was as a kid and my dad burned it off my stomach! (Didn't burn my skin only th tick to get it to un burrow itself... But recently on a news article I read that's a bad way of removing them and if its carrying th Lyme disease it could cause it to release it into you or something like that. So all I can think about is what I'm gonna do if one does attach itself.. I'll have to go to the doctor or something.
Also can't stop thinking of if there are any more anywhere!!:scared15::shrug:
I just don't know if I can calm down from this I feel sooo on high alert. I wish I knew what I could clean with or put on me that will scare away or repel any other ones!
And it's worth being said that I do live in a part of America that has deer ticks which can carry Lyme..my house where it is I'm not worried because there's like no tress around I live close to the city and highway.. But where went riding it was like the Forrest and woods..... So again freaking out!
---------- Post added at 20:50 ---------- Previous post was at 18:52 ----------
Update: had my bfs mom check out m scalp.. She said nothing so guess I'm good these.. Which makes me feel better BUT being in my room still suck! I cant stop wondering if there are more ticks lurking! Guess the only thing to do is burn it down.. (Totally kidding!!) but I will be going on a cleaning spree :doh:
Wellll fast forward like 20 mins and I felt something on my hand and screamed and smacked this bug I thought was a spider! I hate spiders :mad: ! So I freaked out about it and shook my body off and moved to another spot on the bed because I felt gross and I didn't think I killed it.
Fast forward close to an hour and I felt that tickle on my hand and I seen the spider again !.. I smacked it and it fell on the bed only this time.. I realized.. It was a tick!! And I know what ticks look like because I had a couple as a kid when I lived down south. So I know a tick when I see it.
Anyways, I freaked out and screamed, scared the cats in the process, I just hate bugs.. And this was a damn tick! Exactly what I was worried about when I got back. I scooped it in a cap and flushed it down the toilet.. Ticks are hard to kill / smash so I wasn't taking any chances.. That sucker was flushed and made sure it went down.
Well now, I feel anxious and crawly like there could be more somewhere! Hiding in the bed or on the floor crawling. I took my riding suit and my boyfriends and threw them on the porch.. Along with the helmets too. I feel like I'm gonna start cleaning the room and shaking out blankets. I'm just worried because ticks are hard to get out of things that there could be more somewhere hiding on the bed or other places waiting to attach to me! Plus I'm worried my cats might get one on them. I don't know how many else there could be and its totally driving me mad.. I don't wanna get one burrowed into me (they are hard to remove) and I'm afraid of Lyme disease! Which you can get from a tick.
There's no one here one to check me on my head so I went to mirror and tried my best to see as much as my scalp as I can but its hard! I rubbed my nails though out my hair and scalp and I didn't find any bumps on my head or see any thing on my neck or head.. So I hope that would be enough to tell? I feel like you would be able to feel one on your head while rubbing.
But so here I am on edge at any tickle I feel on me thinking it could be a tick. I keep rubbing my head with my nails and checking in the mirror. I haven't cleaned the room but I'm going too! I just feel so paranoid about ticks now! Especially since one was on me.. (It was just crawling though.. I didn't bite me or start burrowing so I think I'm safe from the Lyme UNLESS there is one on my scalp where I'm having a hard time to see clearly.
I'm also hating the idea of any other ticks on my bed!! I don't know if I'll sleep good tonight.. I'll have to check my boyfriend when he gets home from work... (Although I doubt he'll care as much as I do)
I just don't know what to do with myself I feel so grossed out about this tick thing and also like I've said.. Paranoid as all hell. I definitely don't wan any ticks latching onto me and sucking my blood.. Or the Lyme!!
The last time I had a tick was as a kid and my dad burned it off my stomach! (Didn't burn my skin only th tick to get it to un burrow itself... But recently on a news article I read that's a bad way of removing them and if its carrying th Lyme disease it could cause it to release it into you or something like that. So all I can think about is what I'm gonna do if one does attach itself.. I'll have to go to the doctor or something.
Also can't stop thinking of if there are any more anywhere!!:scared15::shrug:
I just don't know if I can calm down from this I feel sooo on high alert. I wish I knew what I could clean with or put on me that will scare away or repel any other ones!
And it's worth being said that I do live in a part of America that has deer ticks which can carry Lyme..my house where it is I'm not worried because there's like no tress around I live close to the city and highway.. But where went riding it was like the Forrest and woods..... So again freaking out!
---------- Post added at 20:50 ---------- Previous post was at 18:52 ----------
Update: had my bfs mom check out m scalp.. She said nothing so guess I'm good these.. Which makes me feel better BUT being in my room still suck! I cant stop wondering if there are more ticks lurking! Guess the only thing to do is burn it down.. (Totally kidding!!) but I will be going on a cleaning spree :doh: