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Originally Posted by recycled sixtie
Would like to know Gary where you think you picked up the tick bite - namely in a tree area or tall grass? Perhaps you caught it in time to prevent getting any sicker?
Were you in Florida when you got it?
As regards my FB friends/relatives in Switz. I think they are a little confused about what the vaccination protects against.
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I got it while hiking a portion of the Appalachian trail in Virginia, Shenandoah area.
My main hobby is photography- so I was in some grassy fields, etc.
I am quite tick aware- and never saw one. Never saw a bite mark.
Symptoms started about a week after we came back. My local doctor - been in town for 30+ years- has never seen a case. I was pushing the diagnosis. Started on antibiotics as the rash appeared. I was lucky. No after effects that I am aware of.
I asked the local infectious disease people about the vaccine- and was told it was pulled from the market, at least in the US.
Miserable disease- really bad while acute.
Gary