Ouch, man, that sucks. I hope the recovery goes as smoothly as can reasonably be expected. I've only partially torn a leg tendon so far (the quadriceps), which was much less limiting, but still took a few months to fully recover. Probably more similar is one of my colleagues who had a meniscus rebuilt last year, it was a good couple months that he was working remotely with very limited mobility, and he admitted that he underestimated how long it would take to recover, but he's on the other side of it now and was able to start running small distances about 10 months after the surgery. You'll get through it.Snapped my Achilles clean in two
2 Months wearing a boot, potentially up to a year worth of recovery.
Oh man, Lyme disease. That's one of the ones that scares me because it's something that I could catch, especially since I enjoy hiking outdoors, including in more remote areas.That is terrible Louis. I am sorry.
Lyme disease. Best not to get it.
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Show 1380: Avoiding Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
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I've only been bitten by a tick once, before I considered myself an outdoors person. Hiking somewhere in Wisconsin, came home, found a tick. Bought tweezers, removed the tick, didn't develop any symptoms. I now keep a pair of tweezers in my backpack so that should I be bit in the future, I can remove the tick more promptly.
Part of the challenge is that I tend not to realize I'm heading to an area with ticks until I get to where I plan to hike, and then there's a "ticks are in season here" sign, and by that point I don't want to turn around, and don't have long pants with me (why are light colored pants preferable? Consumer Reports says they are but not why). It's also a good reason that I should carry insect spray. Mosquitoes are rarely a problem for me, so I don't use bug spray as a general habit to deter them, figuring less unnecessary pesticide resistance is a good thing, but it would be handy if I come across a tick meadow.
I hadn't heard of Permethrin. Have you tried/researched that? Reading up on it for a few minutes, I'm really not sure that the potential adverse effects outweigh the benefits of dissuading ticks, unless I were going into a knowingly tick-heavy area. The toxicity to cats is particularly concerning, as I occasionally make friends with the local cats when I'm exploring the outdoors. It certainly seems like it would be situational at most for me.
(Read the summary and a couple other articles, but didn't listen to the 80-minute podcast)