Bitten........AGAIN!!!

I was scratching my back last night, and guess what I found? That's right, another deer tick embedded in my skin. I've got a small red mark where it bit me. I'm still on a rotating schedule of antibiotics, but I'm wondering if it's enough to keep me from getting infected again or infected by another strain of what I've already got. I don't know how long the tick was on me. The only thing I recall doing yesterday was getting my mail. I don't even think I stepped in the grass. That means it probably got on my Tuesday when I was outside. I'm not sure if I should inform my doctor. He's probably sick of hearing from me. Any thoughts?

IH8Ticks!

I am so sorry to hear this!! Do you still have the tick? There`s this possiblility to get it tested. I agree with ria - call your doc, it is their job to help and we pay them. On which abx are you right now? May be your doc would like you to switch abx due to the tick bite!
Keep us updated! I pray that the thing did not carry any disease at all!! greetings, dorit

Thanks, everyone, for your help.

I didn't save the tick. I flushed it so that it would crawl back on to me or one of my pets. Those deer ticks are really small and hard to kill. I didn't think about saving it for testing. This is probably going to happen again. I live in an area heavily populated by deer.

I left a message for my doctor. I've been on antibiotics for over a year. I've improved, but I haven't been able to beat this thing. I've had a couple of relapses. I'm currently on Zithromax, Plaquenil, Omnicef, Artemesinin, and Flagyl. I'm on a pulsing schedule. This week is a higher abx time, so hopefully that will knock out anything I might have been exposed to before it can take hold of me. I'll keep an eye out for any rash. I got a rash the first time, but it wasn't bulls eye shaped. I've also never tested positive for Lyme, but I've test positive for babesia and my CD 57 is low.

Remember that if ticks are removed before they've been attached for 48 hours, they usually do not transmit the disease. If you find a tick on you and remove it, only about 2 percent of those bites result in Lyme disease.