How many of you have done this ouch

[redrider90]

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. 
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 
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. 
 
Should I include  or do you guys get the idea. 

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  that I actually did this with a fractured right hand.

[fotoguzzi]

got to run from this post and never return..

[Turin]

Gotta watch where you stick that thing ! I've heard of getting a case of the sabre tooth crotch crickets, but that is ridiculous.

[Scud]

... a large lone star tick buried in my scrotum. 
...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.

[RinkRat II]

 Yeah Yeah, Real men use lighter fluid and an ice pick    Heal Well and get your wife a little something for the effort.


  Paul B

[leroysch]

Took some balls to write that......

[normzone]

I'll bet it was driving you nuts...


Pics or it didn't happen...

[ITSec]

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! 

[oldbike54]

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

 Dusty

[Arizona Wayne]

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.      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.

[canuguzzi]

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.

[John A]

 
 :Beating_A_Dead_Hors e_by_liviu

[Nic in Western NYS]

I've never done that ouch, never want to do that ouch, and give you the  for doing that ouch.

[davedel44]

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

[jas67]

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.      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:

[charlie b]

And Black Widows, which like to hide in outhouses  ;)

[drlapo]

Oh sure the dreaded dick tick

[Guzzistajohn]

Oh sure the dreaded dick tick

Only thing worse would be a chigger on the trigger

[Two Checks]

And Black Widows, which like to hide in outhouses  ;)

I beg yer pardon... 
I am the leader of the Black Widows...feared throughout the land!

[twowings]

Are you SURE it wasn't just a freckle?? 

[Tkelly]

Get a n antibiotic ASAP TO BE SAFE .A LOCAL CLAIMS HE HAS A BEEF ALLERGY FROM A LS TICK.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 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.

[redrider90]

I beg yer pardon... 
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

[redrider90]

I've never done that ouch, never want to do that ouch, and give you the  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 

[bigbikerrick]

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..
Rick

[Tobit]

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

[jbell]

Yeah Yeah, Real men use lighter fluid and an ice pick    Heal Well and get your wife a little something for the effort.


  Paul B

Ahhh, the old military way.   :1:

[Rich A]

Sounds like it could be pretty hairy to me.

Rich A

[Doppelgaenger]

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!

[RANDM]

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.