Reservist hangover

On January 20, 2006 · 21 Comments · In Army / National Service

Tick bite!Dur­ing my ICT in Queens­land, we wore uni­forms which were treated with per­me­thrin, a vial of which was given to us by the Army before the trip for to soak our uni­forms our­selves. I soaked the com­bat fatigues (No. 4s), but not our grey vests, shorts and socks.

Per­me­thrin is a nerve agent which is very poi­so­nous, and which kills insects on con­tact as well.

Dur­ing one of the very few down times in the field, I took off my No. 4 top and wore a grey vest while I rested. A lit­tle tick decided to have a bite of my left upper arm. I didn’t notice it till a few hours later when I felt a bump on my arm. Then I stu­pidly plucked the insect off think­ing it was an ant. It was only upon closer inspec­tion that I realised it was a tick.

Now, it’s flared up, the spot where the tick used to be — and I think the lit­tle bastard’s head’s still under my skin.

Three things you don’t do, folks:

1) Go to Queens­land for Army train­ing — there are ticks in the woods there.

2) Pluck a tick off your skin — leaves the lit­tle bastard’s head under your skin.

3) Look up the inter­net to explain symp­toms of tick bites — brings out your inner hypochondriac.

Damn right they should appre­ci­ate NSmen’s con­tri­bu­tion to the nation!

iTunes is play­ing an ille­gal copy of Brother Where Are You? (Matthew Her­bert Mix) from the album “Verve Remixed 2″ by Oscar Brown Jr. of which I have the orig­i­nal CD.

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  • http://whatthesheet.blogspot.com Jan

    I once saw a doc­u­men­tary which said that to get rid of ticks, one needs to use fire ie. match, lighter.… to burn it out. It men­tioned that pulling it out might result in one’s skin being pulled out (or some­thing like that) because the legs are attached to the skin. Just burn the sur­face of the tick and it will fall out imme­di­ately =) I am so long winded.

  • http://whatthesheet.blogspot.com Jan

    I once saw a doc­u­men­tary which said that to get rid of ticks, one needs to use fire ie. match, lighter.… to burn it out. It men­tioned that pulling it out might result in one’s skin being pulled out (or some­thing like that) because the legs are attached to the skin. Just burn the sur­face of the tick and it will fall out imme­di­ately =) I am so long winded.

  • Da Vid

    Wow so long liao the bas­tard still inside ah? then how? go doc, dig it out or visit the sin­seh and use the hot bot­tle thingie to suck it out? ha ha.

  • Da Vid

    Wow so long liao the bas­tard still inside ah? then how? go doc, dig it out or visit the sin­seh and use the hot bot­tle thingie to suck it out? ha ha.

  • j.

    i watched a doc­u­men­tary on bugs too, pretty scary shit. they fea­tured a story of this bug which went under and into the skin of a per­son and caused the flesh to swell and die. or was it a worm, i dunno. either way, it’s scary!

  • j.

    i watched a doc­u­men­tary on bugs too, pretty scary shit. they fea­tured a story of this bug which went under and into the skin of a per­son and caused the flesh to swell and die. or was it a worm, i dunno. either way, it’s scary!

  • http://9mmdesigns.blogspot.com 9

    and they have big blood suck­ing flies in Rockhampton…irritating…u smack them off with ur fin­gers and they come fly­ing back for more smack­ing. And their bites leave a mark…irritating. :P

  • http://9mmdesigns.blogspot.com 9

    and they have big blood suck­ing flies in Rockhampton…irritating…u smack them off with ur fin­gers and they come fly­ing back for more smack­ing. And their bites leave a mark…irritating. :P

  • http://www.toomanythoughts.org/blog/ Tym

    Ouch.

    Yuck.

    I hope one of the symp­toms isn’t that your arm might fall off? :)

  • http://www.toomanythoughts.org/blog/ Tym

    Ouch.

    Yuck.

    I hope one of the symp­toms isn’t that your arm might fall off? :)

  • Oce­an­deepz

    Tick is lil tiny white thingy which looks like spi­der, the only diff is it only hv 6 legs.

    Few year ago, we went to Cen­tre Coast in NSW for camp­ing… some guys got bit­ten, hence they did a search on the net for the cure. Amaz­ing enuff, they do sell this thing —“tick pen” in Aust. in order to remove them from the skin. Another scary thing is, if one do not remove them… those ticks will lay eggs under your skin and *lalala*… I do not wan to imag­ine what will happ­ned next…

  • Oce­an­deepz

    Tick is lil tiny white thingy which looks like spi­der, the only diff is it only hv 6 legs.

    Few year ago, we went to Cen­tre Coast in NSW for camp­ing… some guys got bit­ten, hence they did a search on the net for the cure. Amaz­ing enuff, they do sell this thing —“tick pen” in Aust. in order to remove them from the skin. Another scary thing is, if one do not remove them… those ticks will lay eggs under your skin and *lalala*… I do not wan to imag­ine what will happ­ned next…

  • h

    actu­ally at that time you should go find a medic, get a alco­hol swap and use that to slowly pluck that tick out..

  • h

    actu­ally at that time you should go find a medic, get a alco­hol swap and use that to slowly pluck that tick out..

  • speed

    maybe u shud try using htk’s sock to knock the tick out before pulling it :-)

  • speed

    maybe u shud try using htk’s sock to knock the tick out before pulling it :-)

  • Hai~Ren

    Actu­ally, ticks do have 8 legs…

    And no, ticks don’t lay their eggs under one’s skin.

    But that was quite suay. You mean it’s flared up only after so many months after you’ve returned? Bet­ter go see a doc­tor in case it’s infected.

  • Hai~Ren

    Actu­ally, ticks do have 8 legs…

    And no, ticks don’t lay their eggs under one’s skin.

    But that was quite suay. You mean it’s flared up only after so many months after you’ve returned? Bet­ter go see a doc­tor in case it’s infected.

  • rockie

    I kena tick before! lots of them at one go in fact. stu­pidly sat on one of their nests in some malaysian jun­gle… no prizes for guess­ing where they ended up.

    sug­ges­tion: go see a doc abt them if u hvn’t! i got some lotion which kills them pain­lessly… just a small dab and they drop off/disappear for good. no side effects.

  • rockie

    I kena tick before! lots of them at one go in fact. stu­pidly sat on one of their nests in some malaysian jun­gle… no prizes for guess­ing where they ended up.

    sug­ges­tion: go see a doc abt them if u hvn’t! i got some lotion which kills them pain­lessly… just a small dab and they drop off/disappear for good. no side effects.

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