Just My Luck, First Deer Tick Found Crawling On Me Tested Positive For Lyme Disease

Whew! Unattached deer tick tests positive for Lyme disease

Few things have given me that “Whew! That was a close one!” reaction like the news I received this week: A deer tick I found crawling on me last spring tested positive for Lyme disease.

Spend enough time outdoors, and you’re going to encounter some close calls.

I’ve been lost in the woods and caught on a snowmobile on the Ontario side of Lake of the Woods in a whiteout blizzard that brought me as close to panic as I’ve probably ever been.

In the never-ending quest for “one more fish,” I’ve stayed on the water too long and gotten caught in an aluminum boat with a graphite fishing rod as a thunderstorm rolled in — at dark. Read more.

Check out the Minnesota Lyme Association or Lyme Disease United Coalition.