I'm now into day two of this pain and the bite areas have formed clear blisters. It's gross. They itch non-stop. I put on some anti-itch cream. They allowed only temporary relief. Before going to work this morning, I put more cream on the bites around my ankles and covered the blisters with band-aids. Tonight the only relief I had was when I removed the band-aids. The pain of ripping leg hair out was enough to make me forget about the itch for a few moments.
So what bit me? For a while I thought it was a spider. Then, I found out today that the nasty creature eating my flesh is called a CHIGGER. I was complaining about the bites to someone at work and he diagnosed me.
I read the wiki page for CHIGGER. It doesn't make me feel any better. At this point, I have to suffer through the bites until they heal themselves. The bug has already left me. And after it left me gave me a present. About fifteen presents.
I believe I picked up the bugs on Glassy mountain. I went there alone the other night to try and get some mountain shots as the sun was setting. Here's what I got. Hope the shots are worth a week of pain.
2 comments:
I feel your pain! Chigger bites are the worst... the last 10 years of living in the south showed me how annoying they are!!
Seems to me I remember reading about bites you got last year, but I don't remember if they were from hiking. Those things sound nasty. Hopefully you're not itching for too long and get better soon. Those are great pics by the way.
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