How I got here.....

In 2006 I attended a Motorcycle rally in Cave in Rock, IL. This town is located in the very southern tip of Illinois. It is a weekend camping thing. Two days after I had returned home, I was getting out of the shower and noticed something on my left hip as walking past the mirror. A big (about 3.5 inch diameter) black and blue circle with jauness yellow color in the middle, bruise like mark. In the middle of all that color was a very small engorged tick. That was the start of my new life, although at the time I didn't know what was in store for me.