<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">My ticks showed up Monday morning and evening, having taken a shower Sunday night and checked carefully, I think they came in on my clothes and ended up in my recliner and then back onto me. You either need a bug repellent with DEET for yourself or with permethrin for your clothes or car. It took me over a year to get diagnosed and as a result I had to take two month long rounds of tetracyclin, but it left damage since it took so long. The main symptoms for tick related diseases are: high fever, headache, tiredness, muscle aches, or a rash, with Lyme you can get at bulls-eye rash (red center, white circle, red circle) but only 50% of people with Lyme get that. It takes about six weeks for the antibodies to build up in your blood so that a test can find it. It takes a radioactive-immuno-assay test ( I think it is called ALISSA) and the test is expensive, so some times you have to very persistent with your doctor to get it. Anymore questions, contact me privately by e-mail or phone, hoping all stay well - Gwyneth</FONT></HTML>