[jonsi]

Hi kritts,

I'm ok with you being anal! Ask away. I don't know how to change color here or italic type...

Q. So....you don't actually know if they were 'spider' bites. Are you in a recluse spider area? I'm not and someone suggested my lesions were a result of that spider.
A. Yes, I live in recluse area.

Q. Could it have been a tick?
A. No. I wasn't anywhere near the woods that day and had just driven 100 miles. I hd just gotten something out of the trunk of my car when I felt the first bite (the bell-man got a good view too!). The spider could have been in the trunk or on my suitcase which I store up in a closet.

Q. Were your 'moles' really moles? Were those which came and went away the same color? Were they brown or red?
A. No, not a mole. It (they) changes from brown to red to brown to red. The mole that grew back is risen & feels like it has something under the skin. Right now it is red and has dry "skin" coming out of it. (Because the mole kept changing in appearance is why I thought it was cancerous and had it burned off by my dermatologist.)

Q. That raised grapefruit sized spot....could it have been a variation of a bullseye tick rash?
A. They (there were two bites that day) had a white circle 1/8-1/4" wide surrounding the bright red circle. They were flat on top, like a mesa. There was no center mark except for a tiny darker red pin prick where I was bit.

Q. Were the hairs you plucked out coming from the mole itself, or around it?
A. Hairs were coming out from the mole itself. I kept digging at the "hairs" because they would stretch and break off before I could get the entire "hair" with root out. The hairs were dark.

Talk to you later "kridge"!

Itwl,
~jonsi