#93515 by Louise on 8/09 at 1:51 pm: “...Having taken many kids camping through the years, I know ticks. The first thing you do is check the clothes, before removing. Then you check the places on the body where they may not be readily seen. That’s BEFORE the shower…... Of course showering will not remove a tick ...”

The old remedy was to apply kerosene to the tick/s. You can also use gasoline or any hydrocarbon solvent. A small amount on the skin won’t harm anyone - just try not to breathe it.

Chaseme

Damn but you are bad girl!! Keep ‘em coming. Er, the jokes, that is.

Having taken many kids camping through the years, I know ticks. The first thing you do is check the clothes, before removing. Then you check the places on the body where they may not be readily seen. That’s BEFORE the shower.

Of course showering will not remove a tick ... but scrubbing and rinsing, presumably using the hands ... will discover any you may have missed in those hard to find places, so they can be removed.

If Mr.Bush can’t discover ticks in his clothes or on his body in time to prevent a tick penetration deep enough and long enough to cause an infection, maybe he shouldn’t be out alone.

Oh, come to think of it ... he isn’t!

So how come it’s not common for the president’s Secret Service guys to have tick bites when he’s out biking? Presumably, all those Secret Service guys are running along through that tall grass and dense growth while he’s peddling, right?

Irregardless, I think this whole story is bogus for no other reason than the whole treatment thing ...

“A bacterial infectious disease, that was not actually confirmed, was treated with antibiotics. And since that worked ... there was no need to find out whether or not the bacterial infectious disease actually existed, which some might consider medical malpractice.”

Sorry ... when you’re dealing with the president of the United States, you don’t assume anything ... you run the tests.

Which brings me back to my original premise ...

“So what’s the real deal here?”

By the way, Sometimes I’m embarrassed to call myself a progressive too. Especially when our so-called progressive congressers let us down in favor of caving to the “right” which never is ... right that is. But I have no problem calling myself a conspiracy theorist, or a liberal nut.

Hope you wont let that prejudice yourself against me.

This news story can only be classified as “oh brother” ...

A bacterial infectious disease, that was not actually confirmed, was treated with antibiotics. And since that worked ... there was no need to find out whether or not the bacterial infectious disease actually existed, which some might consider medical malpractice.

Frequent bike rides do not cause frequent tick bites unless the rider is plowing through heavy growth and doesn’t shower afterwards, but there are numerous reasons for rashes.

So what’s the real deal here?

Is this preparing us for an earth-shaking announcement regarding the “presidents” medical condition such as degenerative inflammation of the membranes surrounding his brain which has caused some paralysis, numbness and/or weakness and poor muscle movement. Along with memory loss, difficulty concentrating, and changes in mood and/or sleep habits, which can be symptoms of late-stage Lyme disease?

Or is it a pathetic last ditch effort to garner sympathy from an unsympathetic public who might believe this story?

Or ... has someone uncovered a program of drug treatment for the president that might raise eyebrows?

And finally ... who cares?
Oh I’m sorry ... of course I care ... sorta.

How fortunate that the President has the medical resources to quickly identify and treat a potential outbreak of Lyme’s disease, unlike a neighbor of mine who had to go through 6 years of misdiagnoses and her savings account to finally get an accurate diagnosis.

An to the person who posted this story… ticks are danger you face when you spend a lot of time outdoors.  There’s nothing “gross” about it.  It’s a natural fact of life.

What is unnatural is the vast disperity between the level of health care available to the President and the average American citizen.  That’s GROSS.

He has some other kind of disease….???? Is it contagious too….???

Thing is, the WH has never bothered concealing any of his other “conditions”; like his intellectual dyfunction and his obvious personality disorder or various other psychoses.

So, I don’t know why this seems like a secret revelation. Like QuyTran says, who cares?

It’s not too often that you see a parasite feeding on a parasite.

#93312 by Outraged on 8/08 at 11:03 pm

A Rash?..a RASH!!!!  So what’s the story GW?  Did you have to “work” late with Vitter last year…...and then…well..ah..well…you needed…well,ah….some antibiotics…....huh…...
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Well Outraged, that’s one explanation, though it didn’t necessarily have to be Vitter he was working late with. Could have been any number of guys.

Re: the article’s quote:
“doctors decided not to do blood tests to determine for certain that he had Lyme disease because the treatment worked and he never progressed to other symptoms.

“It was a rash,” he said.”

C’mon, they “decided” not to check, with a simple blood test for the President of the United States.  No, no…this the type of health care WE get.  This is not what they do with PRESIDENTS!

A Rash?..a RASH!!!!  So what’s the story GW?  Did you have to “work” late with Vitter last year…...and then…well..ah..well…you needed…well,ah….some antibiotics…....huh…...

Cyrena
Thanks…do you check your private messages?

Nope..but I will now.

Does sound a little unlikely. I mountain biked in the mid-west (which was a Lyme hotspot) for a dozen years. I was always very careful to avoid direct contact with vegetation, and check for ticks afterwards. The buggers take about 24hours to dig in, so with moderate diligence the chance of bein bitten is relatively low.

  Still apparently not all cases of Lyme, are obvious in the beginning. Diagonosis of those lowlevel (but long term) cases is difficult, and the it can be pretty damaging.

Cyrena
Thanks…do you check your private messages?

#93252 by farmertx on 8/08 at 7:38 pm

•  Has anyone checked to see if the Shootist sent somebody out to collect ticks?
Not as dramatic as a bomb, but could be as effective; Terrorist’s unleash infected ticks on America. Naw, the Shootist would have something bigger in mind, I bet.

Farmertx,

Ya know, the shootist has probably already considered this for the Shrub, since it’s to his advantage to keep him “disabled”. But you’re right…for the rest of us, something far bigger, and already in place and in action, for the past 7 years.

Check out this article that I just read. Not a day goes by when I say, this is just TOO MUCH. And yet, something even more outrageous is in the next headline.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080807F.shtml

(it’s off-topic for this particular thread, but what the hell. It’s on every other.)

Imagine. The WH not disclosing something.
As to his getting tick bites from cycling…he must be traveling some mighty overgrown (started to say bushy, but couldn’t…)paths. Especially to catch one that carries lyme disease.
Has anyone checked to see if the Shootist sent somebody out to collect ticks?
Not as dramatic as a bomb, but could be as effective; Terrorist’s unleash infected ticks on America. Naw, the Shootist would have something bigger in mind, I bet.

Apparently he never had it. I’ve known a few people who have. It’s pretty destructive.

Then again, in his case, how would we even be able to distinguish those “symptoms” from all the other stuff wrong with him?

And here again, why would we even care?

Who cares ? I never voted for him !