I'm allergic to ticks so I can pull them out as soon as they bite. I will not miss it because I get super itchy. Maybe that is how I avoided Lyme (if I did). I get many, many tick bites during the tick season. Both my folks got Lyme from where I'm roaming. I have seen other people's struggle to be diagnosed because where I live, Lyme is not taken seriously. If you test negative once they dismiss you even with symptoms. I kind of don't know if I would even notice symptoms since I have dizziness, fatigue and aches with my Lupus. I've never asked to be tested since docs here think Lyme is made up by annoying patients.