My worries mount as I face off against my latest PCO

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Well, as my posts have not necessarily been making it through (I should have

figured this problem out eons ago), I don't know where to start. But, here

goes: have been fighting bird mites for over 2 months now. Like Sharon, bless

her heart, biggest problem is their torment of my body (in my mouth, nose, eyes,

etc.). Every time I would finally allow myself to go to sleep, from sheer

exhaustion, I would wake up and have to run to the bathroom and spend lots of

time trying to cough up stuff from my throat. Usually looked like little black

dots mixed in with throat secretions. Sometimes it felt like I had a hair in my

throat or just something that was grabbing and would not dislodge. I would have

to brush my teeth and gargle and brush and floss, well you get the idea. I was

also constantly having to clear my throat and spitting. This process has been

exhausting when coupled with the constant cleaning cleaning cleaning. I have

tried everything. Had Fumigators out 3 times!! Still I am harassed. And that

whole thing about skin tags and warts, yep...ME TOO. I even have these round

flat like warts on the underside of my arms. I have a severely compromised

immune system, am permanently disabled and this infestation has about leveled

me. I have been staying the past 3 days in a hotel room just because I can't go

home right now. And even after I got here, it took me two days to finally clear

them from my throat and body. I have ordered new products from Cedar Bug Free

and was going to attempt to work on the house (sort of back and forth so I could

have a place to sleep without being attacked). I have a hazmat suit to wear

while I am treating. Have to scrub powder into my carpets, powder the

mattresses and then encase them with my new and oh so expensive mattress

encasements. But my landlord called out Terminix to get another opinion. He

was tired of hearing about me complain, but he is also a really nice guy and

wants to help. He is even helping me pay for my trips to the hotel.

So, met with the Terminix guy today at noon. He seemed very knowledgeable about

bird mites. Said he used to have chickens and his wife had birds so they have

dealt with them before. He totally understood everything I was telling him.

BUT...he could not find any evidence. Something was either dirt or something

else. Something I took off my body after a shower turned out to be little tiny

threads (could this be Morgellons?). He searched high and low. Of course as I

had been gone, their food source had been gone so I told him I did not expect to

see any of them walking around. Plus it was the middle of the day and I

suspected they were hiding. I gave him a specimen I had taken off my body a few

weeks back and he said that he could see that it was some kind of critter but

could not tell what kind. (He carried one of these portable microscopes). He

said he found what might have been a shell casing in the sofa but again, it did

not show what it belonged to. The underside of my sofa cushions had been

treated with Borax so might have dried some of them up. So, bottom line, until

he could identify exactly what the pest was, he could not and would not treat.

Having had three treatments already he said that he had to be very careful about

what they could recommend so as not to cause some kind of toxic overload. Of

course this was logical and even ethical, but I am still faced with the prospect

of going back home and trying to get proof. I ordered some of the ant traps

(mentioned in an earlier email) so will try and trap some of them, otherwise, I

am going to just have to use my body as a trap, and boy do I hate that thought.

I am so miserable about this, but I haven't quite given up. But now, after

reading the posts about Bartonella (the warts and skin tags) and Lyme and

Morgellon, well, I guess I am thinking I may very well have these issues. I

have been suffering from infections (bladder) and respiratory, but my doctor

does the whole " oh, we don't have problems with Lyme disease in Washington

state, and there is nothing wrong with you " ...even though she can see all the

bites and rashes on me....Makes me want to pull my hair out, which seems to be

falling out in any case. And my daughter is getting married in two months and I

was going to help her with her wedding and now I barely have the strength to

pick up the phone and call her.

Is there a test I should demand? A blood test or something like that?

Is there a way to trap these mites so I can prove my infestation?

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.

Thank you all, Terry