You’re on a roll bud.
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“Here’s what I’ve learned after more ticks than I care to count.
First, whatever your uncle told you, forget it. No matches. No nail polish. No Vaseline. No soap on a cotton ball. All of those do the same terrible thing, they stress the tick out, and a stressed tick empties its gut back into the bite before letting go. Which, if you think about what that actually means for a second, is literally how Lyme and the rest get transmitted so you’re not speeding up its exit. You’re making it throw up into you.
Fine-tipped tweezers. Grip right where the mouthparts enter the skin, not the body, the head. Pull straight up, steady, no twisting, no jerking. It’ll feel like it’s resisting because it is, the mouthparts are barbed. Just keep the pressure on and it lets go in a few seconds. If a piece breaks off in the skin, leave it alone. Your body pushes splinters out. Digging around with a needle does more damage then the fragment ever would.
Clean it with alcohol or soap. Wash your hands.
Now here’s the part most people skip: don’t flush the tick.
Tape it to an index card. Clear packing tape right over the body, write the date and where on your body it was, and stick the card in a drawer. If you come down with anything weird in the next 30 days, rash, fever, joint pain, that flu-that-isn’t-flu feeling, that tick goes with you to the doctor. Some labs will test the tick itself, which is faster and often more reliable than waiting for antibodies to show up in your own blood. A dated tick taped to a card is one of the most useful things you can hand a doctor who’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with you.
The other thing worth saying out loud: if the tick was engorged when you pulled it, and you can’t swear it was off your body within 24 hours, call your doctor that same day. Don’t wait for a rash. Fewer than three out of four Lyme cases even produce the classic bullseye. A single preventive dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of a deer tick bite cuts the Lyme odds way down, and most docs in tick country will write that prescription without giving you a hard time, especially if you walk in with the tick taped to a card and a clear timeline.”
IN ONTARIO,THIS DOSE OF ANTIBIOTICS CAN BE GIVEN TO YOU BY GOING TO THE PHARMACIST**
NO DOCTOR REQUIRED*******
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- That’s what she said.
- Always err on the side of safety.
EXCELLENT feedback, brother.
Thank you!
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Go to doctor and get antibiotics
Might be tucking by the looks of it.
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Really bad case of Peyronie’s disease. Probably doing something perverted.
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Could be a Transfoot haha
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Actually it’s you who should be doing the pulling out? However you get down I guess… 
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What would Wolf do if he found out Bigfoot likes to play girl sometimes?
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Holy cow….this thread………it’s awesome
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This thread is perfect , let me explain
Something bad happened to a woman, her friends “omg I can’t believe this I am so sorry Queen, you don’t deserve your so beautiful and amazing ”
Dudes… something bad happens
Friends = oh really? Have your girl piss on it, if she won’t do it I will. You’ll get super powers like spider man
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We’ve gone from chemtrails to tickrain.
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Chip off the old block.
We love ya Kid. Like it or not.
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Dude just go to urgent care
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I can’t imagine going to a doctor for a tick 
some of you guys make me laugh… Save the tick, watch the bite, like someone else said if it gets a red ring around it THEN go in. They need to be attached for a while for anything to happen to you.
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If you think you’ve been in an area where there may be ticks, check yourself as soon as you can and your clothes. They can come in the house on pets too.
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