Teresa, that's funny that you mention perseverance. One reason why they let me out of the hospital so fast is they said I'm persistent and doing well. Doing healthy living program means you're trying to live and not kill yourself. Haha. Of course I'm not trying to kill myself. Wow. But I guess if you're in the ER that people will try to find out if you're suicidal. But I do think my perethrim spray on clothes, deet spray on body, hat, and putting socks over pants helped me to not get any ticks. I already had one tick stuck in my armpit. On other day I found tick stuck into my neck at the hairline. I found another crawling on my stomach that didn't bite me. Ticks make me feel so creepy. But I do encourage people to seek help when they need it. Its a lot better than suffering in silence. Sometimes you just have to do the cry for help thing to get help. I do think its easier for women because people are used to helping women do things like fixing a flat tire. But men need to let people help them, too.