However during that trip which hundreds took over the years it ran from 1960's to late 70's
I was bitten by a Tick no big deal several scouts where and leaders just backed them out carefully with hot piece of steel or a cigarette .Little did we know those ticks at the time where infected with the then unknown Lyme disease .I woke up with a tick the last nights stay over behind a power plant and they removed it
Just recently after doing extensive research and listing to several experts on radio and then finally having a blood test after bringing my concerns to my Dr. it proved I was in fact infected in the past with it and it went untreated because Dr.s at the time had no idea what it was and thought it nothing more then a variant of ring worm by the distinct red bulls eye it leaves for several weeks
This explains many of the malady's I have had over the years when you look at what the disease does to a body untreated which in my case where often ignored or missed by Dr.s
Lyme really did not come to the forefront till the 90's and still so much is not known about it. If caught early it is aggressively treated with antibiotics when not it can lead to a life time of many medical issues from arthritis to cancer and many more thing we just brush off as getting old.
I have been trying to get word to those who took trip with me to let their Dr.s know they to may have been infected and while its way too late to do anything about it at least it gives some answers why some of us have gone thru medically what we have.We would all be in our 50's to 90's in age or deceased and many of us did die young from cancer and other diseases these ticks might well have contributed to.
I cant blame Dr.s for missing it lets face it medical treatment back then was no where near as good as it is now and even if they did suspect what would they have treated us with till advanced science came up with the answers.
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