So one of the ticks I pulled off my body a few weeks ago left me with a souvenir.
It's called Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness and pretty much mimics Lyme disease.
Of course I could possibly have Lyme disease but all my symptoms didn't match up, so they put me on some antibiotics and told me to just "keep an eye out" for any Lyme diseases symptoms like muscle and joint pain, fever and extreme headaches.
This sucks on many levels:
a.) You shouldn't drink alcohol while taking antibiotics (which I have to take for the next 21 days). In the next 21 days there's a pre-Fourth of July cookout, a Fourth of July cookout, my band plays a show at Heavy Rebel weekend in Winston-Salem and another in Raleigh at Sadlacks with our guitar player's friends' band from Wisconsin called Shady Haze. Bands from Wisconsin like to drink beer. Punk rock without beer sucks.
b.) One should not have prolonged exposure to the sun while taking antibiotics because you are more prone to getting sunburned. Taking my boys to the pool is one of the ways I keep myself sane during the summer months.
3 comments:
Oh man that's pretty rough. I'll drink twice as much for you down here in Charlotte.
Punk rock without beer does indeed suck, though not as much as the Grateful Dead's music without drugs.
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