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Schumer Being Treated After Tick Bite (Michael "Savage" Weiner holds vigil for him)
The AP via Myway.com ^ | May 24, 2007

Posted on 05/25/2007 7:42:58 AM PDT by new yorker 77

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is receiving treatment to prevent lyme disease after being bitten by a tick during a recent tour of dams in upstate New York.

Schumer, a senator since 1998, apparently was bitten during a May 7 dam tour in the Hudson Valley region. He and other lawmakers have called for improvements to many small dams in the area to prevent flooding.

"I went tramping through the woods with Congressman John Hall to check dams," the senator said.

He later found a tick, and spotted a telltale "bulls-eye" mark on his leg that is an early sign of infection.

Schumer is now undergoing a 21-day treatment with antibiotics, which can cause fatigue in some patients.

He said he hasn't noticed any symptoms besides the initial bulls-eye mark, and is being treated "to prevent it from developing into the disease."

Lyme disease is transmitted by the black-legged tick, also known as the deer tick.

Symptoms include lethargy, joint pain, fever, limping and loss of appetite. Even after treatment, symptoms can recur in some patients.

Last summer, amid concerns that a new, aggressive type of tick had migrated from southern states to New York, Schumer proposed legislation that would have authorized $100 million for Lyme disease research.


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Lyme disease targets the brain.

How will doctors tell if Schumer's symptoms have gotten worse?

1 posted on 05/25/2007 7:43:02 AM PDT by new yorker 77
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Is the tick going to survive?


2 posted on 05/25/2007 7:43:59 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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Well......I’d say his butt will hurt!


3 posted on 05/25/2007 7:44:14 AM PDT by Jeffrey_D. (The only thing I love more than my FreeperFriends is my God, Family and Country !!!!)
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Tick bites Schumer, tick dies.


4 posted on 05/25/2007 7:45:36 AM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: new yorker 77

I didn’t know parasites attacked other parasites. You learn something new every day.


5 posted on 05/25/2007 7:46:04 AM PDT by Londo Molari
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The headline is wrong - it should read “Bloodsucking Parasite Is Victim Of Cannibalism”


6 posted on 05/25/2007 7:46:08 AM PDT by beezdotcom
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You beat me by 4 seconds...I shouldn’t have stopped to spell-check...


7 posted on 05/25/2007 7:46:43 AM PDT by beezdotcom
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http://www.michaelsavage.com


8 posted on 05/25/2007 7:47:26 AM PDT by fishtank (We have human public servants, not semi-divine potentates.)
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How will doctors tell if Schumer's symptoms have gotten worse?

When you whisper "tax cuts", he doesn't writhe and scream like Dracula thrown down a holy water well.
9 posted on 05/25/2007 7:48:18 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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So did the tick die???


10 posted on 05/25/2007 7:49:47 AM PDT by Perdogg
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Schumer is now undergoing a 21-day treatment with antibiotics, which can cause fatigue in some patients.

Schumer causes fatigue everytime he opens his mouth.

11 posted on 05/25/2007 7:53:22 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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So Dennis Kucinich bit him?


12 posted on 05/25/2007 7:53:31 AM PDT by conserveababe (I was a chick with a gun before chicks with guns were cool.)
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You can bet that this particular health care service will only be available to powerful Democratic politicians, once their health care plan goes into effect.


13 posted on 05/25/2007 7:57:05 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Or just “Bloodsucking Parasite Bitten by Tick”


14 posted on 05/25/2007 7:57:53 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: new yorker 77

The tick was trying to get home to Pappa.


15 posted on 05/25/2007 7:57:59 AM PDT by Al Gator (Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
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Question: Why did Chucky Schumer allow himself to be bitten by a verminous, bloodsucking parasite?

Answer: Professional courtesy...

16 posted on 05/25/2007 7:58:34 AM PDT by Gritty (There will be resolution after resolution, amendment after amendment like Vietnam-Chuck Schumer)
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The tick probably died of blood poisoning.


17 posted on 05/25/2007 7:59:59 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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You have to have a brain before it can be targeted.


18 posted on 05/25/2007 8:00:09 AM PDT by hgro (Jerry Riversd)
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They can cure Schumer’s Lyme disease, but they can’t cure his Lame disease.


19 posted on 05/25/2007 8:00:09 AM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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A Tale of Two Small Blood-Sucking Insects...


20 posted on 05/25/2007 8:00:55 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Tradition is merely a group effort to prevent the unexpected)
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