K-State Entomolgist

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I rang in the new year at midnight discovering I had washed my cell

phone in which had been recently replaced three times due to device

failure. I have had my newest one for almost three weeks. Such a

solvable problem, but the cost of replacing it to my already damaged

pocketbook was the last minor straw it took to break me into a

million pieces. I had really hoped and looked forward to the N. Year

bringing us better things in my home and pocketbook. I happened to

catch Ray's post directly after the incident. Made me cry more and

then I went to bed. So depressed, I did not get out of it until 2

today. I resolved to identify this *%#@ of a mite and worked on that

process until 7. I received my only phone call of the day to the

wife of the head of the Entomology Dept. @ K State. After hearing my

story she wanted me to talk to her husband, the head. He gave me

instructions and did warn me that if the mites were a medical

problem, they could not recommend medical interventions or

treatments. If they were an environmental problem, they would. He

was friendly and encouraging. I am to send them to him directly and

he will get them to the appropriate individuals and that I would be

hearing from the soon. I didn't have the heart to ask when but he

did say they would be looked at immediately.

So....I choose not to start my N. Year with the phone disaster, but

to end my %# & @ year with the phone disaster and start the N. Year

with the State Entomologist instead. In that manner, it makes me

kind of giddy and teary. Help truly does come from strangers. (All

of you are included). Before I saw that quote at the bottom of this

forum, I saw it on a headstone at a church shortly before I found

this forum. Wierd huh? I am incredibly emotional and may dissappear

for a couple of days. Be back later. I can only hope the path out

of purgatory will atleast appear.......many tears and a million

pieces....

[Guest guest]

Hang in there Fritolay, you made great progress with that phone call

today.

Your inquisitive and technical mind has motivated me to figure out these

creatures from hell. That's how I started taking the pictures and

re-contacting my state entomologist to demand answers. Even though

sometimes I don't understand half of your posts because of the depth, I

always look forward to reading your posts.

Let's pray for good results with the entomologists, inlcuding Joan's.

MM

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>

> I rang in the new year at midnight discovering I had washed my cell

> phone in which had been recently replaced three times due to device

> failure. I have had my newest one for almost three weeks. Such a

> solvable problem, but the cost of replacing it to my already damaged

> pocketbook was the last minor straw it took to break me into a

> million pieces. I had really hoped and looked forward to the N. Year

> bringing us better things in my home and pocketbook. I happened to

> catch Ray's post directly after the incident. Made me cry more and

> then I went to bed. So depressed, I did not get out of it until 2

> today. I resolved to identify this *%#@ of a mite and worked on that

> process until 7. I received my only phone call of the day to the

> wife of the head of the Entomology Dept. @ K State. After hearing my

> story she wanted me to talk to her husband, the head. He gave me

> instructions and did warn me that if the mites were a medical

> problem, they could not recommend medical interventions or

> treatments. If they were an environmental problem, they would. He

> was friendly and encouraging. I am to send them to him directly and

> he will get them to the appropriate individuals and that I would be

> hearing from the soon. I didn't have the heart to ask when but he

> did say they would be looked at immediately.

>

> So....I choose not to start my N. Year with the phone disaster, but

> to end my %# & @ year with the phone disaster and start the N. Year

> with the State Entomologist instead. In that manner, it makes me

> kind of giddy and teary. Help truly does come from strangers. (All

> of you are included). Before I saw that quote at the bottom of this

> forum, I saw it on a headstone at a church shortly before I found

> this forum. Wierd huh? I am incredibly emotional and may dissappear

> for a couple of days. Be back later. I can only hope the path out

> of purgatory will atleast appear.......many tears and a million

> pieces....

>

[Guest guest]

Well, I finally got some pictures posted but can't say they are world

class. Thanks to all who gave me advice, etc. - MM, SOM, FL, RAY and

others. After you look at my pictures would you let me know if you

think they are good enough to send to my state Entomologist for ID

purposes. They sure don't look like anything from this earch to me,

especially the one that looked like it had a black pearl and some white

beads inside it. I only took pictures from one side so maybe I made a

mistake there too. My brother-in-law was very helpful with the scope,

but I had a hard time focusing and keeping image still when I snapped

pictures. His scope had 2 eyepieces so I alternated with them. (Maybe

they all do but the one I remember having when I was very young seemed

to have only one eyepiece.)

Thanks again - Joan

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> >

> > I rang in the new year at midnight discovering I had washed my cell

> > phone in which had been recently replaced three times due to device

> > failure. I have had my newest one for almost three weeks. Such a

> > solvable problem, but the cost of replacing it to my already damaged

> > pocketbook was the last minor straw it took to break me into a

> > million pieces. I had really hoped and looked forward to the N. Year

> > bringing us better things in my home and pocketbook. I happened to

> > catch Ray's post directly after the incident. Made me cry more and

> > then I went to bed. So depressed, I did not get out of it until 2

> > today. I resolved to identify this *%#@ of a mite and worked on that

> > process until 7. I received my only phone call of the day to the

> > wife of the head of the Entomology Dept. @ K State. After hearing my

> > story she wanted me to talk to her husband, the head. He gave me

> > instructions and did warn me that if the mites were a medical

> > problem, they could not recommend medical interventions or

> > treatments. If they were an environmental problem, they would. He

> > was friendly and encouraging. I am to send them to him directly and

> > he will get them to the appropriate individuals and that I would be

> > hearing from the soon. I didn't have the heart to ask when but he

> > did say they would be looked at immediately.

> >

> > So....I choose not to start my N. Year with the phone disaster, but

> > to end my %# & @ year with the phone disaster and start the N. Year

> > with the State Entomologist instead. In that manner, it makes me

> > kind of giddy and teary. Help truly does come from strangers. (All

> > of you are included). Before I saw that quote at the bottom of this

> > forum, I saw it on a headstone at a church shortly before I found

> > this forum. Wierd huh? I am incredibly emotional and may dissappear

> > for a couple of days. Be back later. I can only hope the path out

> > of purgatory will atleast appear.......many tears and a million

> > pieces....

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Fritolay-

Hang in there. What is so scary about skin parasites is the depression

that is attached to the whole situation.

* You become a loner and not by choice.

* Even though you have been " normal " through out your life doctors and

people began to question you and your sanity it pushes you further into

solitary confinement.

* We are taught to try hard and if we don't succeed try harder. We try

so hard and go without sleep, normal comforts (we never even realized

were comforts until they were taken from us). We lose a lot of money

due to this, not only spending money on treatment but losing money if

you are self employed because you can't even think.

When the mites don't go away even after trying our hardest over and

over it is so depressing.

* As an employee it his hard to function. My coworker at my job helped

carry me through this but I can see how people could get fired from

their jobs as it is hard to function while invisible bugs are biting

and crawling on your body as if they own it.

So much more goes along with this I'm sure we could all go on and on

but that is why we need each other and to leave info for future

sufferers whom we will never meet or know.

I continue to pray for you and everyone posting and those who read our

posts but never post. (we know you are reading this)

Try and smile and continue on.

The phone call you received during this time was no accident. You and

your family will get better.

People out there need your input and info more than you realize.

Thank you for all your time and effort you put into your post.

God Thank you for hearing our prayers and for being with us while we go

through this. We don't understand it one bit but we pray you heal all

of these people suffering from these mites. Touch their bodies and

their families and when they are free from these mites we know it is

you who heals us and we thank you for that. Please be with fl66's

depression and remove it and give her and all the people suffering

inner peace and strenght. Thank you for everyones input in the group we

know you brought us together.-Amen

Ray

[Guest guest]

Joan,

Send those in. It is obviously some type of mite.

I wished I had something to take in to my entomologist at the time

but I didn't.

That is obviously something and since they make a living scoping

these types of things I'm sure they might know.

You are a good wife. My wife laughed at me when I first started

telling her something invisible was biting me at night.

She only really started helping me once she started getting bitten.

I'm not putting my wife down I'm just saying your husband is a lucky

man to have a concerned wife.

Good luck getting rid of those things.

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> > >

> > > I rang in the new year at midnight discovering I had washed my

cell

> > > phone in which had been recently replaced three times due to

device

> > > failure. I have had my newest one for almost three weeks. Such a

> > > solvable problem, but the cost of replacing it to my already

damaged

> > > pocketbook was the last minor straw it took to break me into a

> > > million pieces. I had really hoped and looked forward to the N.

Year

> > > bringing us better things in my home and pocketbook. I happened

to

> > > catch Ray's post directly after the incident. Made me cry more

and

> > > then I went to bed. So depressed, I did not get out of it until

2

> > > today. I resolved to identify this *%#@ of a mite and worked on

that

> > > process until 7. I received my only phone call of the day to the

> > > wife of the head of the Entomology Dept. @ K State. After

hearing my

> > > story she wanted me to talk to her husband, the head. He gave me

> > > instructions and did warn me that if the mites were a medical

> > > problem, they could not recommend medical interventions or

> > > treatments. If they were an environmental problem, they would.

He

> > > was friendly and encouraging. I am to send them to him directly

and

> > > he will get them to the appropriate individuals and that I

would be

> > > hearing from the soon. I didn't have the heart to ask when but

he

> > > did say they would be looked at immediately.

> > >

> > > So....I choose not to start my N. Year with the phone disaster,

but

> > > to end my %# & @ year with the phone disaster and start the N.

Year

> > > with the State Entomologist instead. In that manner, it makes me

> > > kind of giddy and teary. Help truly does come from strangers.

(All

> > > of you are included). Before I saw that quote at the bottom of

this

> > > forum, I saw it on a headstone at a church shortly before I

found

> > > this forum. Wierd huh? I am incredibly emotional and may

dissappear

> > > for a couple of days. Be back later. I can only hope the path

out

> > > of purgatory will atleast appear.......many tears and a million

> > > pieces....

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I just got an email back from the entomologist at Texas A & M and he said

he was sorry but could not tell what the things were from the pictures.

He said I could send him some samples and he would look at them. Since

I don't have any better ones guess I will wait and see if I can get some

more. I have not seen any in about 4 days though.

Thanks for the compliment about being a good wife, but I feel it is

something we are both involved with and the sooner we get rid of them

the sooner our lives can get back to normal (whatever that is)

Joan

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > I rang in the new year at midnight discovering I had washed my

> cell

> > > > phone in which had been recently replaced three times due to

> device

> > > > failure. I have had my newest one for almost three weeks. Such a

> > > > solvable problem, but the cost of replacing it to my already

> damaged

> > > > pocketbook was the last minor straw it took to break me into a

> > > > million pieces. I had really hoped and looked forward to the N.

> Year

> > > > bringing us better things in my home and pocketbook. I happened

> to

> > > > catch Ray's post directly after the incident. Made me cry more

> and

> > > > then I went to bed. So depressed, I did not get out of it until

> 2

> > > > today. I resolved to identify this *%#@ of a mite and worked on

> that

> > > > process until 7. I received my only phone call of the day to the

> > > > wife of the head of the Entomology Dept. @ K State. After

> hearing my

> > > > story she wanted me to talk to her husband, the head. He gave me

> > > > instructions and did warn me that if the mites were a medical

> > > > problem, they could not recommend medical interventions or

> > > > treatments. If they were an environmental problem, they would.

> He

> > > > was friendly and encouraging. I am to send them to him directly

> and

> > > > he will get them to the appropriate individuals and that I

> would be

> > > > hearing from the soon. I didn't have the heart to ask when but

> he

> > > > did say they would be looked at immediately.

> > > >

> > > > So....I choose not to start my N. Year with the phone disaster,

> but

> > > > to end my %# & @ year with the phone disaster and start the N.

> Year

> > > > with the State Entomologist instead. In that manner, it makes me

> > > > kind of giddy and teary. Help truly does come from strangers.

> (All

> > > > of you are included). Before I saw that quote at the bottom of

> this

> > > > forum, I saw it on a headstone at a church shortly before I

> found

> > > > this forum. Wierd huh? I am incredibly emotional and may

> dissappear

> > > > for a couple of days. Be back later. I can only hope the path

> out

> > > > of purgatory will atleast appear.......many tears and a million

> > > > pieces....

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Joan- don't get discouraged about the sample. I guess this people expect

to see a textbook resemblance or so. The good news is that noyou have a

channel you can use in case you need it. (I'm still waiting for a

response from my entomologist for about a week..)

Hopefully you'll get the mites under control and don't see any more

adult ones anymore

BTW, the pictures look really good.

MM

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > I rang in the new year at midnight discovering I had washed my

> > cell

> > > > > phone in which had been recently replaced three times due to

> > device

> > > > > failure. I have had my newest one for almost three weeks. Such

a

> > > > > solvable problem, but the cost of replacing it to my already

> > damaged

> > > > > pocketbook was the last minor straw it took to break me into a

> > > > > million pieces. I had really hoped and looked forward to the

N.

> > Year

> > > > > bringing us better things in my home and pocketbook. I

happened

> > to

> > > > > catch Ray's post directly after the incident. Made me cry more

> > and

> > > > > then I went to bed. So depressed, I did not get out of it

until

> > 2

> > > > > today. I resolved to identify this *%#@ of a mite and worked

on

> > that

> > > > > process until 7. I received my only phone call of the day to

the

> > > > > wife of the head of the Entomology Dept. @ K State. After

> > hearing my

> > > > > story she wanted me to talk to her husband, the head. He gave

me

> > > > > instructions and did warn me that if the mites were a medical

> > > > > problem, they could not recommend medical interventions or

> > > > > treatments. If they were an environmental problem, they would.

> > He

> > > > > was friendly and encouraging. I am to send them to him

directly

> > and

> > > > > he will get them to the appropriate individuals and that I

> > would be

> > > > > hearing from the soon. I didn't have the heart to ask when but

> > he

> > > > > did say they would be looked at immediately.

> > > > >

> > > > > So....I choose not to start my N. Year with the phone

disaster,

> > but

> > > > > to end my %# & @ year with the phone disaster and start the N.

> > Year

> > > > > with the State Entomologist instead. In that manner, it makes

me

> > > > > kind of giddy and teary. Help truly does come from strangers.

> > (All

> > > > > of you are included). Before I saw that quote at the bottom of

> > this

> > > > > forum, I saw it on a headstone at a church shortly before I

> > found

> > > > > this forum. Wierd huh? I am incredibly emotional and may

> > dissappear

> > > > > for a couple of days. Be back later. I can only hope the path

> > out

> > > > > of purgatory will atleast appear.......many tears and a

million

> > > > > pieces....

> > > > >

> > > >

> > >

> >

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