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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

I have been bitten by ticks for decades. No negative results.

Sometimes I muse that I am certifiably insane because I keep giving the same 
advice and keep having people ignore me. So here I go again: learn how to 
keep yourself optimally healthy. In doing so you will develop an immune 
system that protects you from the stuff that other people get all the time.

If you eat less than the best food you can grow or buy, you are killing 
yourself. If you do not find a healthful way to keep stress out of your life, 
it will hurt you, maybe kill you. Get lots of exercise. Get plenty of sleep. 
Be happy. If you are not happy, make appropriate changes. You get one life. 
This is it.

These things are not rocket science. The information is widely available but 
you have to care enough and take enough time to learn things.

Gene


On Nov 18, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Tim Oppenheim wrote:

> Unlucky here. I pick off ticks all the time ( Arkansas ) and don't
> think much about, but 5 years ago I got sent to the hospital with
> Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. I was misdiagnosed for 4 days and by the
> time they figured it out I was literally about half dead.
> 
> Ticks are bad news. They say, but I don't know, to use Guineas. It's
> on my list. Other than that, one of those wide masking tape type lint
> rollers is real handy.
> 
> Tim
> 
>> 
>> What do y'all do to keep from being not so lucky with these nasty ticks?
>> 
>> Lynda