Tick bit where no man wants to be tick bitten

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I woke up feeling morose yesterday morning. I felt lost. I felt forlorn. I felt a sense of hopelessness.



I knew it wouldn’t last. I knew things were bound to change. Sure enough, they did.



They got much, much worse.



What happened?



I felt my balls.



I’d noticed an irritation and detected what felt like a nubby pencil eraser attached to the skin.



With trembling