re: "Will you have a computer to use?"
Only occasionally. When in NH, we go to the library a few times a week just to stay up on things.
I've been told that there aren't many ticks in New Hampshire - which is surprising since it isn't far from Albany, the recognized tick capital of the world. Up until last year, my cousin said there were no ticks. Then he changed his mind after, apparently, getting one.
The problem is that the deer ticks are practically microscopic. Literally, they're the size of a fleck of pepper. I actually couldn't tell if the last one I picked up was a tick until I used a magnifying glass and saw the legs. They're that small.
The larger ticks... the ones you can easily see and usually feel crawling... aren't as dangerous. They can probably transmit Rocky Horror (:>) Spotted Fever and other diseases, but not Lyme Disease.
I had a friend who recently, over he course of a week, went blind in his left eye. At first, he said Lyme disease was the apparent culprit, and he was put on an antibiotic IV for a month. Later, the doctors explained that he had misunderstood. The blindness was NOT caused by Lyme Disease. It was caused by an optical stroke. But since he'd also tested positive for Lyme Disease, and because Lyme Disease has been known to attack the optic nerve, they were giving him the huge antibiotic dose in a purely precautionary move. Down one eye because of the stroke, they wouldn't want him to lose the other too.
Lyme disease, unfortunately, can do all kinds of harm to people. I gather though that it USUALLY does nothing. That's a good thing, too, since I bet most people in the eastern United States would test positive . . . if they had themselves tested. The ticks are just too hard to see, and a really high percentage of them are infected.
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