Gene, I think seeing a doctor was the smart thing to do. I got a tick bite with a bullseye a couple of years ago in Virginia and was treated in Pennsylvania. We had a friend who was bitten in Sonoma, California before Lyme Disease was thought about very much and she was in bad shape, going blind, etc. This new one doesn't sound like it's even treatable which is scary, especially because it's carried by some of the same ticks that pass on Lyme Disease.
ArdraF