Re: UUGGGHHH Cockroaches! Patty

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Patty,

I am sorry to hear that you may be going through a divorce. You have

enough stress in your life. I hope that things work out for you

(however you want them to work out). You're right about the south

having lots of cock roaches. I do think that they will eventually go

away, with the help of the exterminator. All that you can do in the

mean time, is keep things in zip lock bags or covered containers.

Good luck,

Gale

> 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