I've never been preyed on by a tick before... so the whole experience was quite shocking. I spent 2 days in Poptun, Guatemala at Finca Ixobel. Really lush and jungly. I was in the kitchen grabbing some coffee when I felt what seemed to be an ant biting me on my foot. I looked down and it was a tick attempting to burrow into my ankle. Adam, the Texan on my last trip, leaned down and pulled it off. It had just broke the skin but had not yet dug in.
I talked with a girl that works there and she said that they had tons of ticks on the farm but that there wasn't much to worry about because they didn't have Lyme's Disease in Guatemala. She said in the summer they were even worse and that they like "warm, dark places... if you know what I mean". I got the drift.
Anyways... 4 days later I'm on the beach in Xpu-ha (near Tulum). Sitting in my car talking on the phone with my brother when all of a sudden I sense something moving in my own "warm, dark place". I did a quick sweep and sure enough... tick on my balls! Shocking!! After a quick, painless surgery the problem was taken care of... but my soul is scarred.
So I am announcing a outreach support program that I am starting up for anyone else who has been unlucky enough to have this happen to them as well. We need to band together so we can stay strong. So if there is anyone else out there that is struggling with the after-effects of post traumatic tick-on-balls syndrome, as a survivor I can say that although you will be scarred forever, there is life afterwards.
For more information about my tax-deductable outreach program email me at tickonmyballs@gmail.com.
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I thought suicide was the only alternative... That is, until I Googled "tick on my balls" and found this blog entry. Thank you Dave, you've truly saved a life!
Wow that made me laugh!
No offence, I mean obv. it's not funny at all to have a tick on yer balls but it did make me laugh anyway! I bet there's loads of people out there who would be very jealous of that there tick!
He he!
Hey Steve...
In response to your "attack on the sack"... I wasn't "pulling taffy" as you like to say and my hand down my pants wasn't motivated by our conversation but rather the feeling of an insect on my junk. So you need not feel like I'm going insestuous on you... it was just a sack sweep and nothing else.
Dave, How bout a photo of the culprit???? I really liked it when you photographed your violated van and the culprit...show me the sac.
The email is not valid....Im pulling te trigger now. bye.
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