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Over the course of my life (I am in my mid 30s), I have gotten probably 75+ tick bites.

When I was a kid I lived in the country, about 20 minutes from the nearest town and would have a tick-check every time I returned from being outside during the times when ticks are more prevalent.

Many times you would have ticks but they didn't get a chance to bite yet (Thankfully my parents did these tick-checks all the time, I hated it at the time but looking back I understand their concern).

I usually get at least one a year (tick that actually bites me), and although recently (Age 30+) I have been getting them checked out/monitor them more closely than when I was a younger, I've been lucky myself to not get this disease or any other ones related to ticks yet.

If anyone is curious as to this location, I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.