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Posted 3/1/2015 8:42 AM (GMT -5)
In the past I'd be so ready for winter to end and this one is a doozy but I find myself getting a little anxious about spring and the return of the nymphs (sounds like a movie!). I know this is not the way I want to be thinking and feeling about being outside in the beautiful weather but I cant deny the fear is there. I thought I'd ask ya'll how you're feeling about it and if you are nervous/anxious what you're doing both practically and emotionally to get ready for spring.
Posted 3/1/2015 9:54 AM (GMT -5)
There are so many wonderful things about spring, that tick nymphs don't even make it onto my radar! It can't be healthy to live in a state of nervousness and fear.

Take precautions and then go outside and play. It will do you a world of good!!
Posted 3/1/2015 11:41 AM (GMT -5)
We treat the ground around our house for ticks. We keep our animals on front line and they get tick checks everyday. I don't really worry about it. If I let myself I'd go crazy.

We live in the sticks! No where is safe!
Posted 3/1/2015 12:12 PM (GMT -5)
I had Lyme for 15 yrs before I found out, so I don't get hung up on it. I just take precautions now that I know, treat my clothes and check myself really good when I come back in.
Posted 3/1/2015 12:54 PM (GMT -5)
I hate to say I'm terrified. If another tick infected my daughter, I don't think she'd survive. We have a lot of farmland and last year we would walk it and we all literally would have thousands of deer ticks on us. We will still walk (whenever she gets to feeling like it again) but we will walk our road. I will also keep my dogs on frontline to keep them from bringing them inside like they did last year. Along with treating the yard and keeping repellant on us when we are outside. I know this sounds like too much but last year I didn't even know Lyme was dangerous.
Posted 3/1/2015 2:18 PM (GMT -5)
I live on the edge of a small town with city streets near wilderness, but no "wild land" encompassing my small yard. Very few ticks in my yard makes a difference, so I'm looking forward to spring. It was well below zero F every morning last week, can you say cabin fever?

I always wanted to live right in the woods, but not so much anymore. People I know in the sticks have ticks allover the place. So I could see how you could get freaked out. I love dogs, but I wont get another one since they haul ticks in the house.

However, "wilderness" is something I'm addicted too, or was at one time. If I was completely healthy, pain free, and younger I'd definitely try living the "granola hippie" lifestyle partially off-grid, LOL. But with the increasing tick infestations, I'm somewhat happy I never built a cabin in the woods. That said, I am so at ease in nature, that I feel out of place surrounded by asphalt and the busy life that comes with it.

I practice complete tick arsenal now when off the pavement and try my best to avoid brushy narrow trails in from spring to mid July.
Posted 3/1/2015 2:24 PM (GMT -5)
This may sound like a stupid question...but...If we're treating for lyme...and we get another tick-bite - won't we be protected because we're treating? Would it really make things worse?
We would get it in the early stages.
Posted 3/1/2015 8:52 PM (GMT -5)
That sounds sensible girlie. And probably true. It's just my daughter isn't on any antibiotics or any protocol yet, so I don't know about her situation.
Posted 3/2/2015 7:43 AM (GMT -5)
Girlie - that's what I'm thinking too. I'm going to the Boundary Waters (Minnesota) for a week long canoe trip in May and I figured that since I'll still be on abx that the risk for reinfection will be low. I'm going to check with my doctor though. Being on abx plus permethrin spray and checking for ticks should be sufficient for me. I too tend towards the so called "granola"/outdoors lifestyle and there's no way I can stay indoors for another year. Already have 2 camping trips planned as well as 2 music festivals and perhaps a trip to South America!
Posted 3/2/2015 10:59 AM (GMT -5)
bryguy27007- May?....so you might be canoeing in the snow! LOL

It seems like there are less ticks in the arrowhead area, I've never got any ticks there, except more on the western edge "Ely" side. But I did read this is changing and they are starting to see deer ticks there in the eastern part.

At least they dont hangout in water.
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