UUGGGHHH Cockroaches!

[Guest guest]

Anyone living in the north has probably heard about the south and

bugs, namely cockroaches.I move din to this little apt a little over

a yr ago, and it didnt take long for me to find the nasty little

critters.Who knows how long they were her?Everyone was too

embarrassed to say they had any until I started complaining about it

to mngmt, come to find this place had several units INFESTED with

them.The landlord originally told me she was not responsible for pest

control(Til i mentioned my son has cf and he CANNOT be around that

due to obvious health concerns), but finally gave in.

Here's my dilemma.I cant leave this apt because i plan to divorce my

hubbie(he doesn't know...well its obious if you treat your spouse

like dog doo chances are they'll leave, so he really should have some

clue), and the rent is all I can afford.I have no $ to pay

1st,last,sec, to get in somewhere else, and where would i fimd rent

to house me and 3 kids for $425 mo?So i really need to make it work

here.My apt is clean(plz keep in mind a 3,4, and 8yr old :)), so we

dont have bugs because were dirty but because they are evrywhere down

here, and this place went yrs without pest control for preventive

measures.I replaced my xmas dishes today with my regular ones and low

and behold, a deaqad you know what in my cupboard!!!I am so funny

about Lysol, hand sanitizing, sanitizing counters, walls, etc I just

cant seem to fight these buggers though and I'm very concerned over

what this exposure is doing to my cfer.They leave a nasty little

residue, so no matter how many times I clean, i wont ever see them

(alive), but there will be traces that theyre there, and it makes me

sick.For about a month i became a fanattic, up all hrs spraying,

cleaning, doing ANYTHING to get rid of them.The pest control people,

due to my complaining come evry month now, but anyone who lives down

here knows, once you have them its like pulling teeth to get rid of

them.

What can I do.Is this really as damagimg as I've heard some say?

Just goes to show you(about the smoking thing)...great, I dont smoke

in my house so that the bugs can have free reign and destroy my son's

lungs themselves.IT STINKS!!!H*E*L*P