Tick bite sequel.....sequel(2)

No doxy used.....betamethasone 0.05% bid...red gone, no itch,  no adenopathy....still perplexed as to what happened.

Tick bite sequel

Previous tick bite (small tick) left upper thigh, removed tick and in1-2 days had a single 1 cm x 1/4 cm ....itching mild no real pain used topical steroid....slowly improved, now almost gone.
1-2 wks later large tick in left axilla first similar red, mild itch, no real pain, about the same size as the first,  about 3-4 days later the picture shows.   Still no pain, no adenopathy, mild itch....trying steroid cream....Consult 3 physicians....2 "topical antibiotic",   1" if not better tomorrow start doxycycline "....I google searched "tick bite and skin lesions" got only Lyme disease pics.   So now any ideas suggestions let me know.

Ramanujan

The Man Who Knew Infinity,

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Clay thanks for educating me about the book(which I listened) and now on an airplane got to see the movie. I really enjoyed both.

American Woodcock

Another bird...an American Woodcock, this is a picture but today for the first time in 42 years I saw one in our "small forest" yard. A beautiful bird!

Rough-legged hawks

Another hawk picture.
This time I think this is a pair of rough-legged hawks.  I have never seen one before. There are two in the picture....male and female look alike....they are called rough-legged because feathers go all the way to and cover their toes. They sit on small branches (see above), these are at our pond. It is unusual to see here in the summer...maybe in the winter. Either way never seen one before.

Rough-legged hawks

Another hawk picture.
This time I think this is a pair of rough-legged hawks.  I have never seen one before. There are two in the picture....male and female look alike....they are called rough-legged because feathers go all the way to and cover their toes. They sit on small branches (see above), these are at our pond. It is unusual to see here in the summer...maybe in the winter. Either way never seen one before.

Red Tailed Hawk eating a squirrel in front of our office.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner...... and Fourth Meal.

This is the leg of a teenager that had many of these lesions.  They are usually described as papular urticaria, and are typical sequelae of bedbug bites.  This is a good example of the "breakfast, lunch and dinner" phenomenon.

Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota

From my trip a couple of months ago with my dad to Deadwood, South Dakota.  On the way home we stopped by Mount Rushmore.  Only a short drive from there is the Crazy Horse Memorial which I knew nothing about before this trip.  Here is a story from NPR.

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“Happiness consists in realising it is all a great strange dream”

The Psychopath Test

I recently listened to 'The Psychopath Test' by Jon Ronson on audio.  It's by a journalist who writes about his efforts to learn about the "mental health industry" and psychopaths in particular.  It is narrated by the author and the Welsh accent took a little time to get used to but I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Along the way he discusses a mysterious book called "Being or Nothingness" and his trek to find and meet its author who turns out to be eccentric but not likely a psychopath.  The book is not the central theme but it is mentioned throughout and I found it intriguing.  According to Wikipedia 'The Psychopath Test' spent all of 2012 on the UK Best Seller list and 10 weeks on the NYT Best Seller List.  I had not heard of this book and discovered it on a message board post discussing non fiction books that are a must read.  That was also where I found the book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach.  It was really good too.

Where the Wind Leads

I just finished this book. It is about one of our resident's family and their  escape from Vietnam.  Bao Chung is his name and he now lives in California and is married to an Asian MD.

The Green Heron

We have one on our pond almost daily.

The Green Heron

From a distance, the Green Heron is a dark, stocky bird hunched on slender yellow legs at the water’s edge, often hidden behind a tangle of leaves. Seen up close, it is a striking bird with a velvet-green back, rich chestnut body, and a dark cap often raised into a short crest. These small herons crouch patiently to surprise fish with a snatch of their daggerlike bill. They sometimes lure in fish using small items such as twigs or insects as bait.