Pickles by Brian Crane for January 09, 2022

Opal is bugging out

Domes-tick abuse.

For me it is a tick. If I find one, especially the ‘seed’ tick, then I keep ’feeling them crawling on me.

I feel phantom bugs on my legs sometimes when I’m tired. It’s a really (ahem) creepy feeling.

Maybe you can’t find it because it was crawling inside you pants? Or… (sadistic laugh) under your SKIN?

I’ve had that feeling before…and some of the time there was a bug.

Opal best to look . A smack will not kill a tick :-(

It’s just a touch of neuropathy.

Wear long socks.

Slugged as a bug!

have another tequila sunrise

So, how did Earl get out of the bean bag chair?

…AND bruises!

I burn them!!!!!

Brad Paisley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OctrGD4JW8U

Hubby became permanently disabled from Lyme, Babesia, and Bartonella- all tick-born diseases.

I get the same feeling. If it stays in one spot, I ignore it. If it starts to move, it’s worth looking into.

It’s time to see your neurologist.

Restless leg syndrome. OY!

I believe Opal and I are about the same age. My arms and legs have become uncomfortably dry the past few years, and no amount of moisturizing has done much to help. I’m all too familiar with feeling those phantom insects.

Opal has Formication. I spelled it right.

When the phantom bugs bite….

Hmm.. is Opal’s hippie days of smoking banana peels coming back to haunt her.

peripheral neuropathy — hate it

Did they get new FURNITURE..?

Are there any such things as a “Ghost Bugs”? If there are, I’ve found them!

What’s called when you feel something but it’s physically not there?

She has hidden bug syndrome. The skin twitches or contracts and it feels like a bug. Have experienced it myself.

The bugs aren’t real, but it appears everything else is, Opal!

Earl’s face in the fifth panel

Usually, it’s just a hair tickling my leg or neck or arm.

a bit like walking into a spider web – you spend the rest of the day trying to get rid of the feeling of web stuck to your face…