Strelets
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This is a very recent thing so I partially expect the fear to have gone away soon. Please read the last paragraph first, I guess.
Earlier tonight and for a good part of today, I was outside doing pretty physically intense work and travelling around a fair bit in urban and rural areas. No bats or any wild animals were seen except birds and squirrels. There was also a dead skunk on the side of the road. None of that scares me.
UNFORTUNATELY, I was cursed with dry skin! My knuckles were dry, and they cracked a few hours ago at around...8-9 while I was watching a movie with friends. Now my hypochondria brain screams "rabies!" because part of the cracks on the skin happen to look like a bat bite. To be honest, I'm mainly writing this down to ease my own anxiety and to help myself out because I can recall memories pretty easily if I read them through text.
I checked my skin and I saw that there were small abrasions on the knuckles near the big cracks (middle finger knuckle) and another one on the pointer finger knuckle. Basically, it's cracked skin. But alas, the "OOGA BOOGA" caveman brain with anxiety went "no it's rabies" so I'm here, after checking my "wounds" and putting lotion on them and checking them with a flashlight, asking questions for...peace of mind, I guess.
The only real caveat is this: a few nights ago, my house almost burned down. It's only semi relevant, but I'll explain a bit more. I've been staying at a close friend's house for the past four or so nights, and he has four pets, all of whom are "outside." I'm not worried about his two dogs, but rather his two cats, one of which I've had extensive contact with due to her sleeping on me or next to me. I don't remember any bites or anything, and as far as I can tell, they don't eat **** outside. They just like cat food that smells like chemical warfare. I'm going to ask the friend tomorrow, but I don't think they would've eaten anything infected. I'll probably post pictures too. My concern (stupid as it is) is that the cat(s) ate something like an infected bat and then bit me. The cats are vaccinated.
Would they have?
Earlier tonight and for a good part of today, I was outside doing pretty physically intense work and travelling around a fair bit in urban and rural areas. No bats or any wild animals were seen except birds and squirrels. There was also a dead skunk on the side of the road. None of that scares me.
UNFORTUNATELY, I was cursed with dry skin! My knuckles were dry, and they cracked a few hours ago at around...8-9 while I was watching a movie with friends. Now my hypochondria brain screams "rabies!" because part of the cracks on the skin happen to look like a bat bite. To be honest, I'm mainly writing this down to ease my own anxiety and to help myself out because I can recall memories pretty easily if I read them through text.
I checked my skin and I saw that there were small abrasions on the knuckles near the big cracks (middle finger knuckle) and another one on the pointer finger knuckle. Basically, it's cracked skin. But alas, the "OOGA BOOGA" caveman brain with anxiety went "no it's rabies" so I'm here, after checking my "wounds" and putting lotion on them and checking them with a flashlight, asking questions for...peace of mind, I guess.
The only real caveat is this: a few nights ago, my house almost burned down. It's only semi relevant, but I'll explain a bit more. I've been staying at a close friend's house for the past four or so nights, and he has four pets, all of whom are "outside." I'm not worried about his two dogs, but rather his two cats, one of which I've had extensive contact with due to her sleeping on me or next to me. I don't remember any bites or anything, and as far as I can tell, they don't eat **** outside. They just like cat food that smells like chemical warfare. I'm going to ask the friend tomorrow, but I don't think they would've eaten anything infected. I'll probably post pictures too. My concern (stupid as it is) is that the cat(s) ate something like an infected bat and then bit me. The cats are vaccinated.
Would they have?
