A couple of months ago myself and the other two Summers started planning our autumn holiday in Norway. One of the things we had been advised to do was getting a vaccine against TBE, the tick-borne encephalitis virus, because this has recently started spreading across the country, and we were planning to do a bit of woodsy activities.
With some effort we were able to get the first two shots (out of three shots in total) of the vaccine before we left. (Well, little miss Summer actually had to get the second shot here in Norway.) Anyway, in my whole life, to my knowledge I've ever only had two tick bites, so I didn't really think I would really need the vaccine right now, but I thought I might as well do it sooner rather than later.
Well, fast forward to today, and lo and behold! Not only one tick, but two! Fortunately, I had previously watched a video on how to remove them, so I think I did a decent job there.
Now I just hope they didn't carry some other disease, like borrelia! Suddenly, walking in the woods feels a bit less relaxing
The first little bandit had started to burrow into my chest near the armpit, and the other one tried to attach to the back of my leg.
With some effort we were able to get the first two shots (out of three shots in total) of the vaccine before we left. (Well, little miss Summer actually had to get the second shot here in Norway.) Anyway, in my whole life, to my knowledge I've ever only had two tick bites, so I didn't really think I would really need the vaccine right now, but I thought I might as well do it sooner rather than later.
Well, fast forward to today, and lo and behold! Not only one tick, but two! Fortunately, I had previously watched a video on how to remove them, so I think I did a decent job there.
Now I just hope they didn't carry some other disease, like borrelia! Suddenly, walking in the woods feels a bit less relaxing
The first little bandit had started to burrow into my chest near the armpit, and the other one tried to attach to the back of my leg.
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