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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 1819390" data-attributes="member: 5412">I came down with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever about 5 years ago. Woke up one morning feeling a little rough. By noon, I was wearing two winter coats, thinking I was going to freeze to death, all the while sweating profusely. It was 100 degrees outside. Co-workers took me to the ER where they put in an IV drip of antibiotics, and did blood tests. By late evening the chills went away but still had to take antibiotics for a month afterward. It's a potentially fatal illness that shouldn't be taken lightly. Most experts say that if you do get a tick on you, pull it out with gloves or tweezers, put it in a bag or old pill bottle, date it and freeze it. If you start showing symptoms, take the frozen tick with you to the DR.</blockquote>