oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Driech morning and light rain showers forecast and right on cue one has started.
Fight with a tick this morning which I can only have picked up in my garden. Deer were in there last year and the only other animals would be cats.
Settled in the soft tissue behind my right knee where I cannot see it without a mirror.
Fortunately I always have a tick removal kit handy and have several stashed in various places. I do not find the usual tools much good and needle nose tweezers are best for me.
Mirror and torch in my left hand and needle nose tweezers in right hand. After a long struggle to get the coordination right I thought I had got it out but there may be a bit of head left so more digging and I think it is all out. It is not good to leave any bits there. Finish with an elastoplast with tea tree oil on the pad.
It may not suit everybody but I have found that tea tree is the best after a tick removal.
In such cases I would normally take my problem to the local surgery but naturally it is closed on Sunday and Monday is also a holiday. The nearest A&E which would be open is 21 miles away.
Wives are very handy in such cases but unfortunately I no longer have one.
Fight with a tick this morning which I can only have picked up in my garden. Deer were in there last year and the only other animals would be cats.
Settled in the soft tissue behind my right knee where I cannot see it without a mirror.
Fortunately I always have a tick removal kit handy and have several stashed in various places. I do not find the usual tools much good and needle nose tweezers are best for me.
Mirror and torch in my left hand and needle nose tweezers in right hand. After a long struggle to get the coordination right I thought I had got it out but there may be a bit of head left so more digging and I think it is all out. It is not good to leave any bits there. Finish with an elastoplast with tea tree oil on the pad.
It may not suit everybody but I have found that tea tree is the best after a tick removal.
In such cases I would normally take my problem to the local surgery but naturally it is closed on Sunday and Monday is also a holiday. The nearest A&E which would be open is 21 miles away.
Wives are very handy in such cases but unfortunately I no longer have one.