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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: redrider90 on May 17, 2016, 09:17:08 PM
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It has been an amazing year so far for ticks. I have had only 2 on me so far. Usually it is a lot more.
Well tonight I go to pee and see a large lone star tick buried in my scrotum. :violent1:
I get my wife who is usually very good at taking them off my scrotum as else where.
Well the fu***er broke off leaving the the pinchers stuck in my scrotum looking for a good meal :food:
So I pulled out the scalpel and doused everything in rubbing alcohol and dug the mouth parts out under a the light of a LED flashlight. I did it mostly by feel as it was bleeding and could no longer see the mouth parts. I pushed up hard against the skin and was able to feel the tip of the scalpel under the hard tick mouth and dig it out. How about them apples. I was not going to bed without digging that sucker out of my precious jewels. :laugh:
Should I include :gotpics: or do you guys get the idea. :grin:
PS: by the way. 5 weeks ago I fractured my wrist and am now out of a cast and wearing a hand splint. With a cast on i could never have operated on myself. When I got the removable hand splint they allow me to use my thumb. So kudos to myself :bow: that I actually did this with a fractured right hand.
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got to run from this post and never return..
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Gotta watch where you stick that thing ! I've heard of getting a case of the sabre tooth crotch crickets, but that is ridiculous.
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... a large lone star tick buried in my scrotum. :violent1:
...I did it mostly by feel as it was bleeding and could no longer see the mouth parts.
I can never look your username, RedRider, the same way.
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Yeah Yeah, Real men use lighter fluid and an ice pick :evil: Heal Well and get your wife a little something for the effort.
Paul B :boozing:
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Took some balls to write that......
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I'll bet it was driving you nuts...
Pics or it didn't happen...
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It is often possible to cause a tick to remove itself from areas of (shall we say) sensitivity. If you slather the tick and surrounding area with vaseline, it cuts off oxygen - and the tick can't use what's in your blood. This doesn't always work, but it's worth keeping in mind.
That being said, if the ticks are out en masse, check with your local health department on whether Lyme disease has been found in your area. The treatments for it work best if applied early.
Now as for photos - No. No need whatsoever. In fact, h*ll no! :wink:
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I'll bet it was driving you nuts...
Pics or it didn't happen...
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !
The last time we had a picture of that body part everyone of our ladies left , and several guys also :laugh:
Dusty
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Ticks, we don't have no stinkin' ticks in Arizona, not even fleas, among other insects you out of area humans have to live with. :grin: All we got is coyotes, snakes, not even many flies unless there are some horses around. No mosquitos either, `cause above ground water is scarce here.
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Yes, it does happen. No, you can't imagine waking up from a dead cold sleep and finding that.
$1000 to the man that can wait for Vaseline to work under those conditions. $2000 if he has the balls to tell his wife. $3000 if they get back into bed without dumping the sheets.
And the grand prize if said man doesn't then do the TSA mirror squat just to make sure it was the only one.
No complaints if this thread gets locked. :lipsrsealed:
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:gotpics:
:Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu
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I've never done that ouch, never want to do that ouch, and give you the :bow: for doing that ouch.
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Had a similar incident after frolicking in the woods with my girlfriend, now my wife.
Seated at dinner with some friends when I felt an excruciating pain in the tip of my willy.
Jumped up from the table, determined the cause, and called my girl for assistance. We retired to the bathroom, while the little bas### was gnawing a hole in the most sensitive part of my anatomy. She grabbed a tweezers and dispatched the critter with one guick pluck, dabbed the wound with some antibiotic cream, washed her hands and returned to her guests, while I sat on the toilet recuperating. There were a few raised eyebrows when I returned whimpering to the table.
Gotta love a lady who is level headed in an emergency. I did and still do.
Dave
Galveston
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Ticks, we don't have no stinkin' ticks in Arizona, not even fleas, among other insects you out of area humans have to live with. :grin: All we got is coyotes, snakes, not even many flies unless there are some horses around. No mosquitos either, `cause above ground water is scarce here.
Scorpiens. You've got them in AZ:
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And Black Widows, which like to hide in outhouses ;)
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Oh sure the dreaded dick tick
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Oh sure the dreaded dick tick
Only thing worse would be a chigger on the trigger :laugh:
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And Black Widows, which like to hide in outhouses ;)
I beg yer pardon... :tongue:
I am the leader of the Black Widows...feared throughout the land!
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Are you SURE it wasn't just a freckle?? :laugh:
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Get a n antibiotic ASAP TO BE SAFE .A LOCAL CLAIMS HE HAS A BEEF ALLERGY FROM A LS TICK.
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Ticks are not insects. They are arachnids. Count the legs, they have eight.
oil or vaseline is your best first attempt at removal. The old ,"burn them with a cigarette" trick is not good.
When you burn their butt, the pain makes them puke into the bite wound and then you are injected with whatever disease the beast is carrying. Oil or grease makes them want to pull out.
BTW if you are into self surgery, I have a scalpal and about 90 sterile blades left, I use them on warts and other nasty things, get a bottle of ora-gel. It is used to deaden toothache pain while waiting for your dental appointment to arrive. ( I have had to wait as much as a month and a half and ora-gel is the angel of mercy) The stuff contains 20% benzocaine. That is the highest percentage I have found without a prescription. If it can make a tooth nerve numb, which it does in a few seconds, Maybe spreading it around the site where you need to cut, or sew, will make your imitation of Rambo less noisey. Just a thought.
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I beg yer pardon... :tongue:
I am the leader of the Black Widows...feared throughout the land!
Maybe Pete can fill us in on this one.
The Redback is a cousin of the black widow.
Redback spider bites Australian man on penis
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36136635
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I've never done that ouch, never want to do that ouch, and give you the :bow: for doing that ouch.
It really wasn't that bad. I have lots of experience with ticks. But when your options are 1. leave it and let it get infected; which is not an option.
2. go the doc or the urgent care and let them do it.
3. carefully do it myself. I was lucky as it was in an easy area to access with my hands and scalpel. If it had been down low around the back door my poor wife would have had to stick her head in the nether nether land and have at it. Ugly :popcorn:
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Holy cow, Redrider! You are one tough dude!! and your wife.....man, what can I say....."she's a keeper for sure" ! This thread made me cringe, and laugh my ass off at the same time! Thats what I love about this wacky place.. :grin:
Rick
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Any man brave (or drunk) enough to work blindly on his own bag with a scalpel while bleeding, looking for 1mm sized bug lips is a tough son of a bitch.
Had a girlfriend treat my 'roids once. Wonder what happened to her?
Tobit
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Yeah Yeah, Real men use lighter fluid and an ice pick :evil: Heal Well and get your wife a little something for the effort.
Paul B :boozing:
Ahhh, the old military way. :1:
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Sounds like it could be pretty hairy to me.
Rich A
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Had a similar incident after frolicking in the woods with my girlfriend, now my wife.
Seated at dinner with some friends when I felt an excruciating pain in the tip of my willy.
Jumped up from the table, determined the cause, and called my girl for assistance. We retired to the bathroom, while the little bas### was gnawing a hole in the most sensitive part of my anatomy. She grabbed a tweezers and dispatched the critter with one guick pluck, dabbed the wound with some antibiotic cream, washed her hands and returned to her guests, while I sat on the toilet recuperating. There were a few raised eyebrows when I returned whimpering to the table.
Gotta love a lady who is level headed in an emergency. I did and still do.
Dave
Galveston
This post made people at work ask "what's wrong??" That's how bad my reaction was.
I've had tick bites too, I once had one bite me in February. I thought I got all the mouth parts out when I pulled it out, then in May it got infected and they had to cut out the entire piece that was infected. That's the only time I've had stiches in my skin so far. There wasn't even anything in the part they cut out. I hate those little bastards, always have, always will!
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Had a similar incident after frolicking in the woods with my girlfriend, now my wife.
Seated at dinner with some friends when I felt an excruciating pain in the tip of my willy.
Jumped up from the table, determined the cause, and called my girl for assistance. We retired to the bathroom, while the little bas### was gnawing a hole in the most sensitive part of my anatomy. She grabbed a tweezers and dispatched the critter with one guick pluck, dabbed the wound with some antibiotic cream, washed her hands and returned to her guests, while I sat on the toilet recuperating. There were a few raised eyebrows when I returned whimpering to the table.
Gotta love a lady who is level headed in an emergency. I did and still do.
Dave
Galveston
Hang on, hang on - you got up from the table, determined
the "cause" - THEN you and your lady retired to the
bathroom for the operation!!
Don't suppose you were having say barbecued sausages?
That would round it out nicely.
Maurie. :wink:
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Correction on my post. After a trip to the medicine cabinet I correct ora-gel to orajel.
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WOW
Your a betterman than me. I would have been straight off to hospital.
And while we are all having a good laugh at your expense, there is a sisnister side to these little fuckers.
They spread a very nasty disease called Limes Disease.
Avoid getting bitten by them at al costs if you can. Limes is extremely nasty.
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Maybe Pete can fill us in on this one.
The Redback is a cousin of the black widow.
Redback spider bites Australian man on penis
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36136635
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(http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/redrider901/media/_89460389_gettyimages-56714765%202_zpslc19idgr.jpg.html)
Yep - Black Widows & Redbacks are closely related. And yes
Redbacks like places like outdoor Thunderboxes - when I was
a kid there was a song about the Redbacks under the Toilet Seat.
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This post made people at work ask "what's wrong??" That's how bad my reaction was.
I've had tick bites too, I once had one bite me in February. I thought I got all the mouth parts out when I pulled it out, then in May it got infected and they had to cut out the entire piece that was infected. That's the only time I've had stiches in my skin so far. There wasn't even anything in the part they cut out. I hate those little bastards, always have, always will!
This happened many moons ago, long before Lyme disease became endemic in Texas. No self surgery needed, no subsequent infection. Complete recovery credited to prompt and decisive action during the attack.
Dave
Galveston
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Hang on, hang on - you got up from the table, determined
the "cause" - THEN you and your lady retired to the
bathroom for the operation!!
Don't suppose you were having say barbecued sausages?
That would round it out nicely.
Maurie. :wink:
Spaghetti with meatballs as I recall. The Italian sausage was safely tucked away and recuperating. :azn:
Dave
Galveston
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Actually I was more interested in just how you "confirmed"
the problem ………… so far you've only said you felt a pain in
the tip of your dick, jumped up and confirmed the problem,
asked for assistance and THEN retired to the bathroom.
What did you do? Flop it out on the table for inspection?
What did the other diners think? :grin:
Maurie.
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AUGHHHHH. Where's my safe place? AUGHHHHH
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Over here in oz we have all the good things that bite, from crocs, snakes, spiders, ants and ticks.
There is an increasing incidence of mammalian meat allergy from ticks, that means you become allergic to ALL red meat. Enforced vegetarian as a lifestyle anyone?
This seems to be caused by incorrect removal of the tick, causing it to vomit or leaving the head still buried. This injects an enzyme found in all animals the tick feed on, except humans, we don't carry that enzyme, so your immune system goes to town on it causing anything from a mild rash to aniphallaxis and possible death after eating red meat.
The current advice is to freeze the tick with wart remover or skin tag remover, this kills it and prevents it vomiting. Then you carefully remove it.
Full marks to attacking your scrotum with sharp implements, it probably ranks with cutting a limb off to escape whatever. :shocked:
Cheers
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Over here in oz we have all the good things that bite, from crocs, snakes, spiders, ants and ticks.
There is an increasing incidence of mammalian meat allergy from ticks, that means you become allergic to ALL red meat. Enforced vegetarian as a lifestyle anyone?
This seems to be caused by incorrect removal of the tick, causing it to vomit or leaving the head still buried. This injects an enzyme found in all animals the tick feed on, except humans, we don't carry that enzyme, so your immune system goes to town on it causing anything from a mild rash to aniphallaxis and possible death after eating red meat.
The current advice is to freeze the tick with wart remover or skin tag remover, this kills it and prevents it vomiting. Then you carefully remove it.
Full marks to attacking your scrotum with sharp implements, it probably ranks with cutting a limb off to escape whatever. :shocked:
Cheers
Fair Dinkum? I hadn't heard that one - I know we have
Lymes Disease even if the Quacks say it doesn't exist in
Oz - what's it called?
Maurie.
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Having your digerridoo sucked by a tick or any other kind of bug is less than fun. Same goes for the bag.
Self surgery is impossible on your own bootie so you better have good friends. I have done self surgeries on plantar warts on the bottom of my feet. (I was more flexible in those days) I made my own surgical tools using a dremel and spring steel. It was a sort of semicircular gouge to go deep enough to get the root of that bad boy. It was a bloody and painful operation but was successful in that it did not re occur.
I once set a broken bone in my own leg but I have told that story here about 5 or 6 years ago. I only recommend you do such a thing if you have no other choice to get yourself out of the woods or other bad situation.
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Maurie said
"Fair dinkum"
An Ozzieism I find fun . Just hard for a Yank to work into conversation :laugh:
Dusty
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You'll think twice next time you do it in the woods, eh.
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Maurie,
Its called Mamallian meat allergy.
Here's some light reading;
http://www.allergy.org.au/patients/insect-allergy-bites-and-stings/tick-allergy
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/02/25/3951271.htm
So our US and English friends, come on down, we can't have all the fun.......
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If not mentioned before:
You must have been riding "balls out"!
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Best to monitor for symptoms. Had three Lyme disease cases in the house, and a rocky mountain whatever it is fever on a field excursion on one of the campers from a weenie bite, ended up on ice and very very ill.
I can't wait for the saddle sore / monkey butt thread
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Maurie said
"Fair dinkum"
An Ozzieism I find fun . Just hard for a Yank to work into conversation :laugh:
Dusty
Sorry - am I being colloquial? I am the last bit of the tail end
left over part of a previous generation.
Thanks Pete I'll check that out.
Rdbandkab - always wondered - what function does that
part have on a Steam driven wotever. Anyone?
Maurie
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That's a governor....the expression "balls to the wall" or "balls out" meant the throttle was opened to the point the spinning balls were nearly horizontal...any more an the governor would reduce pressure or cut the throttle or whatever to prevent engine damage or worse....you kids, I swear! :laugh:
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Abby ……… a govinator, ta muchly.
The older I get the less I know!
Maurie.
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The older I get, the better I WAS.......... :cry:
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Sorry - am I being colloquial? I am the last bit of the tail end
left over part of a previous generation.
Thanks Pete I'll check that out.
Rdbandkab - always wondered - what function does that
part have on a Steam driven wotever. Anyone?
Maurie
Yes , but we like it :bow:
Dusty
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Yes , but we like it :bow:
Dusty
Bonza!!
:Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu :wink:
Maurie.
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Maurie,
Its called Mamallian meat allergy.
Here's some light reading;
http://www.allergy.org.au/patients/insect-allergy-bites-and-stings/tick-allergy
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/02/25/3951271.htm
So our US and English friends, come on down, we can't have all the fun.......
Tick red meat allergy is a big problem in the US.A bite from the Lone Star tick can cause people to develop an allergy to red meat, including beef and pork.
From the "Allergist"
" This specific allergy is related to a carbohydrate called alpha-gal and is best diagnosed with a blood test. Although reactions to foods typically occur immediately, in the instance of allergic reactions to alpha-gal, symptoms often take several hours to develop. Owing to the significant delay between eating red meat and the appearance of an allergic reaction, it can be a challenge to connect the culprit foods to symptoms. Therefore, an expert evaluation from an allergist familiar with the condition is recommended. The Lone Star tick has been implicated in initiating the red meat allergy in the US and this tick is found predominantly in the Southeast from Texas, to Iowa, into New England".
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That's a governor....the expression "balls to the wall" or "balls out" meant the throttle was opened to the point the spinning balls were nearly horizontal...any more an the governor would reduce pressure or cut the throttle or whatever to prevent engine damage or worse....you kids, I swear! :laugh:
Yep... The governor in my previous post is "balls in"...
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a kid there was a song about the Redbacks under the Toilet Seat.
I have spider galore in my shop. I always vacuum the toilet inside and out even I do not vacuum any other place in the shop.
I would take the tick bit to the "sack" over a spider bite to the "sack" anytime. In either case it would be a sad "sack" story indeed.
I still have a little knot where that bugger broke off on my jewel holder.
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Holy cow, Redrider! You are one tough dude!! and your wife.....man, what can I say....."she's a keeper for sure" ! This thread made me cringe, and laugh my ass off at the same time! Thats what I love about this wacky place.. :grin:
Rick
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My wife is a keeper too but I would have had to suffer 15 minutes of laughter before any assistance would be possible :grin: