Popular Post sheep_herder ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Popular Post Share #1 Posted June 12, 2019 Stopped by same day care yesterday to have one of my ears checked for potential infection. The young PA that checked on me, decided to check my good ear first. As she inserted the scope, I mentioned that she might find some hay inside. She said that was OK, as long as nothing jumped out and bit her. I followed with a comment that she should probably look out for ticks, as I seem to pick up some this time of the year. Noting that I often find one or two crawling on me after returning from doing chores. This made her somewhat uncomfortable. After finding no infection in the sore ear, she decided it was probably pressure from liquid accumulating due to my allergies, and she prepared to leave the room. Before she left, she looked at her arms, and indicated 'so far so good' don't see any ticks. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 12, 2019 WoJSTL once found a tick on a patient. The patient's doctor refused to remove it. He told WoJSTL to do it. She said that he had the MD behind his name so it was his job. He eventually called in another doctor to remove the tick. Evidently the doctor had a fear of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 12, 2019 Oh good! I thought maybe you broked your arm! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 12, 2019 And for those who don't like like punz, please just humerus! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, sheep_herder said: Stopped by same day care yesterday to have one of my ears checked for potential infection. The young PA that checked on me, decided to check my good ear first. As she inserted the scope, I mentioned that she might find some hay inside. She said that was OK, as long as nothing jumped out and bit her. I followed with a comment that she should probably look out for ticks, as I seem to pick up some this time of the year. Noting that I often find one or two crawling on me after returning from doing chores. This made her somewhat uncomfortable. After finding no infection in the sore ear, she decided it was probably pressure from liquid accumulating due to my allergies, and she prepared to leave the room. Before she left, she looked at her arms, and indicated 'so far so good' don't see any ticks. Funny story! There have been times, usually July-Sept. when I take my brother Tim's dog, Jake, for a walk on a trail through woods and return to find a tick crawling on my leg. When I tell Tim I might have introduced ticks to his house he replies, "Don't worry about that. Jake gets them from the back yard, too." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 12, 2019 Ticks I can handle. Leeches creep me out. Cannot remember where we got leeches, but I hated pulling those things off the boys and myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted June 12, 2019 Just now, jsharr said: Ticks I can handle. Leeches creep me out. Cannot remember where we got leeches, but I hated pulling those things off the boys and myself. As a child, we would get leeches when swimming in the irrigation canals, and ear infections when we water skied in the local bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #8 Posted June 12, 2019 1 minute ago, sheep_herder said: As a child, we would get leeches when swimming in the irrigation canals, and ear infections when we water skied in the local bay. I did not know you lived on the Texas gulf coast.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share #9 Posted June 12, 2019 1 minute ago, jsharr said: I did not know you lived on the Texas gulf coast.... I assume you jest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, jsharr said: Ticks I can handle. Leeches creep me out. Cannot remember where we got leeches, but I hated pulling those things off the boys and myself. I got one while swimming in a mountain lake as a kid. Mom threw baking soda on it and that was the end of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Share #11 Posted June 12, 2019 <Debbie Downer voice> I heard the other day that there is some newly discovered rare tick-borne disease that there is no remedy for, </Debbie Downer voice> https://www.cdc.gov/powassan/statistics.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted June 12, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 12, 2019 5 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Oh good! I thought maybe you broked your arm! The "humerous" was about the PA's arms, not sheep's. See, that's why he put the punch line at the end. It's OK, much of the humor around here is very subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, 12string said: The "humerous" was about the PA's arms, not sheep's. See, that's why he put the punch line at the end. It's OK, much of the humor around here is very subtle. Actually, it was typing this too early in the morning without checking Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted June 12, 2019 Share #14 Posted June 12, 2019 We were out in the boonies in training once and we had to cross a swampy area about knee deep. Most of us had fat leaches stuck to our legs above the boot. Nasty little suckers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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