Re: Re: Back home for a few days and boy am I nervous

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Hi TerryThank you for all your sweet good wishes. I had a wonderful Mother's Day and my son and daughter-in-law spent part of the day with us. Did you have a good day? I hope so and you sure deserve a good day. I agree with you about these vectors jumping from one species to another. It is happening, no doubt about it. Who knows where it will end?? Lyme does weaken us, no doubt about that either. Have you ever checked out any of the movies on Lyme Disease, like Under Our Skin? People have varying degrees of illness. Not sure if anyone knows why.I've not heard good things about a Lyme vaccine. There are too many strains of Lyme and they keep mutating. Oh about Kris. Kris needed to get back to his work... he has children in England and in the US. He was taking a lot of time to help his Mum and people here. I think he was done with posting and did what he could for all of us. He is about as sweet as they come. He just had to get on with his life. He posted often. Thanks again Terry. You are a wonderful person! From: "mitesbegone" <no_reply >bird mites Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:03:22 PMSubject: Re: Back home for a few days and boy am I nervousHello , I am so very happy to hear you enjoyed your mother's day. I say to one and all who have children....You all deserve to be appreciated on your respective mother and father's days..and if you don't have children, then by golly sure hope you are getting some love from other family members, dogs, cats, fish...well you get the point. Cause everyone here needs it and deserves it!!As for the rest of your posting. I am so happy to hear your house is relatively clean and guest free. I am however a bit concerned about what you reported. It would seem to me that maybe we are not the exception to the rule, but perhaps the tip of the iceburg. With the increased emergence of new diseases, many of which we all share, it would seem that the human body is no longer able to sluff off microbial attacks, as perhaps it once was. Perhaps Lyme weakens us to this, and I am sure of that, but there are numerous other diseases out there that attacks and weakens our immune system.I believe these reports will increase as time goes on. I had heard some where about the development of a Lyme vaccine. I might check that out. Certainly inoculations have prevented wide spread epidemics.What I find very interesting is the number of "jumps" which seem to occur between birds and humans...consider the Avian Flu, the H5N1 strain and most recently the jump that has been made between the bird flu and H1N1...all of which is trying to make the jump to humans (some successfully so). Is it really a stretch to imagine bird mites as potential carriers from their natural avian hosts to human hosts? Pretty scary stuff, and not altogether sci-fi stuff either.I hope to continue my efforts towards finding out more about this as the days progress.Stay strong, Terry>> Hi Terry, > > > No apologies necessary. Post when you can and when you need to. So sorry you are dealing with this and the house situation. > > > My son and daughter-in-law came over for lunch for Mother's Day and we sure enjoyed ourselves. We had a wonderful time and the house is pest free. You can do it too. It took us a year or so of intense work, to clear things, but it can be done. Something interesting happened while they were here and we were all chatting about this and that--many topics. My daughter-in-law talked about a co-worker of hers who has CFS and Fibro who has springtails... she is infested and all the same symptoms each of us have had. She talked at length about her friend's situation. This 60 year old woman apparently rents and has to deal with carpets and not enough money to move or find a new suitable place to live since she lives in Berkeley. In Berkeley they have rent control. But, if she decides to move she will not have rent control and will pay 2-3 x more than she pays now. You feel like reaching out to be, at least I do, but I would not want to have physical contact with her, it is just too risky after what we have been through ourselves. I also believe if you have certain illnesses like Lyme, these springtails or mites are much much harder to get rid of. > > > So that was one topic. Another topic was something my son shared. His dad has scabies. I am also thinking that he does not have scabies at all, but what we have had. I just can't believe it. He thinks he got what he has when he traveled to India about 10 months ago on a charity mission. I suppose that could have happened, but who knows. Is it just my imagination, but are more and more people getting this nightmare? I truthfully don't know if my son's dad has bird mites or springtails, but it could be either. He loves dogs and has lots of dogs and kennels on his property. He lives in a wild area where there are coyote, and all sorts of wildlife, lots of deer. > > > > > > > > Back home for a few days and boy am I nervous > > Hi all, I am sorry my postings have been a bit sparse. I have been trying to get ready to go home for a few days. I am SOOO hoping that it is clear of all of the dangers that existed before I left. > > As I clean and make the house ready (my son has been living here and he isn't the most tidy of people) I am also examining the black specks I have encountered. I am trying to collect examples of the fungus but also hoping to collect a sample of the mite. > > I will keep you posted. I will also reply to as many postings as I am able to while going through this re-integration. > > I am so nervous. Part of me truly just wants to leave and start over. But there are so many things here with the memories, not to mention the cost. > > So, I will persevere until I can't do so any longer. We shall see. > > Hope everyone's mother's day was happy and pest free. > > Terry > > > > ------------------------------------ > >