Post #113,381
8/10/03 11:35:16 AM
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It appears to not be a recluse bite
after treating it with various poltices it appears the swelling in the surrounding tissues is gone, what is left is a pingpong sized nodule angry red knot, no postule, figure another day or so it we go away. thanx for all the suggestions, Bill
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Post #113,384
8/10/03 12:08:18 PM
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Good news! Dodged the bullet, again! :)
Alex
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." -- last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)
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Post #113,396
8/10/03 4:02:31 PM
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Re: It appears to not be a recluse bite
Well, nodules under arms, groin?
Got dogs? fleas?
er Bubos? :( :(
(I knew the Tick Lady - whose thesis was about trackin the plague-infested squirrels in Sierra Nevada, a few years back. Yup.. it never.. quite.. Goes Away)
Slim Odds but - don't 'go to sleep' on the bizarre chance, OK? Dunno what the gestation period is, Worth a Look?
Ashton
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Post #113,402
8/10/03 5:08:24 PM
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point taken
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Post #113,414
8/10/03 8:59:27 PM
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Only you
would go for the plague.
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Post #113,435
8/11/03 6:07:56 AM
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Maybe - seen the pix
of the dead squirrels taken by Tick Lady. Reminded me, in late '80s that it Isn't unthinkable - just improbable, depending on your outdoor habits (and the carriers').
And BTW - treatable! IF not ignored past a certain stage. :-) (Bubo - not quite as awful a word as Shrub, when thinking of grave toxicity)
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Post #113,436
8/11/03 6:25:15 AM
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Hmm
And Box is an outdoorsy type of guy.
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Post #113,498
8/11/03 5:41:50 PM
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not lately, but there is a boatload of fleabitten squirrels
around here, subcutaneus anthrax has a similar syptom, however I will say it is a bug bite of "some" kind. and a neighbor here was treating for brown recluse 2 weeks ago, when the puss spot didnt show in 25 hrs assumed it was something else. The main concern is so near the lymph nodes as Ashton pointed out. A repeat or any other symptoms will make a trip to the doc mandatory just in case it is infectious. thanx, bill
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Post #113,739
8/13/03 6:45:13 PM
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So then
how goes the eruption?
(Ya prolly poisoned the critter 18 seconds later, y'know? :(
Box.. Cruel to unarmed Taxmen..Texans er Toxins!
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Post #113,755
8/13/03 9:10:09 PM
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no eruption, ping pong size growing
softer and smaller. thanx, bill
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Post #113,768
8/13/03 11:27:25 PM
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What?!
You mean we're going to be deprived of a touching memorial thread where all Boxley's enemies declare what a basically great guy he was despite his glaring faults? Shit - I'm going to have to come up with some other excuse for breaking out the single malt?
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Post #113,783
8/14/03 8:09:12 AM
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You are so full of it
Since when have you ever waited for an excuse to break out the single malt?
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Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
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