I'll tell you what, I was real lucky, My Dr. was smart enough to double check me, her initial diagnosis was Shingles, since it broke out on my right torso, but I told her about the tick bite, at least that's what I thought it was, I was wearing long pants and sitting down, apparently I scratched it off, with out knowing it, but there was a dark purple/black spot about the size of a dime with a red streak running across the back of my knee.
She didn't tell me what the blood tests were for, I assumed it was the routine liver panel and cholesterol and Diabetes stuff, I get that every 3 months any way, But she started me on an antibiotic and the stuff for shingles, and one hell of a sedative, 3mg xanax 3 times a day, I usually take 1 mg 2 times a day, that was on a Tuesday, Wednesday the school called and wanted me to babysit Thursday and Friday, So Money is Money and I have a great affection for the students and my senior instructor, Basically I just sat in the Office and drooled.
Friday afternoon the Dr called and said it was tick fever, keep taking the antibiotics, and stop the xanax I had no problem with that.
A week later my son in law to be said something to one of the machine tool students that I was getting behind on making the Woodchucks and he would help but he doesn't like my lathe or mill, so last Saturday two of them called and came over and knocked out the 12 pieces I had stock ready for.
Now my customers all have their tools, I'm on the mend and I hope I never get that again, Apparently it can get very bad, all I had was like a real bad flu, and some one put superglue in my joints all over my body, along with the worst headaches I ever remember, but thanks to a smart thinking Dr. I missed the worst of it.
I guess I'm a pretty luck old phart, not smart just lucky, it's good to be back, now I just have to try and keep doing it slowly, which is hard for me I like going full bore.
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