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5/15/2009 10:47:05 PM | ~Please forgive my earlier blank response~ My husband, cat and I have been struggling with some sort of demonic possession Morgellons, Collembola (springtails), bird mites, the Devil himself... Lord - who knows?!? - since 2006. In 2007 we purchased a Konus Campus microscope to capture in photo some of the beasties I'd been collecting off and digging out of my skin. Unfortunately, after seeing two GP's, five Dermatologists, and one Infectious Disease Specialist [who didn't even have his own lab facilities..which I didn't learn until after he'd charged me $180 just to walk thru the door!], and showing each a file folder full of photographic evidence, we find we are no closer to getting rid of this debilitating menace than when we first started. In fact, after a recent visit with [are ya ready for this?] a Kaiser Permanente Dermatologist, she ended her consult by handing me a piece of paper on which she'd written two names...Kaiser's Psychiatric Group. My reaction to her and her advice?...think "mushroom cloud" over her office....and, no...I won't be seeing her again. Even before all the unpleasant forays into seeking medical help, I'd been GOOGLE'ing and researching as many websites as I could find. After my last medical disaster I pretty much had decided I'm on my own. And, what's become very clear to me is extreme cleanliness in body and environment is imperative. To this end, I've become somewhat obsessed with cleaning... and these are some of the tenants my family has come to live by: 1. As Mel said - wear NOTHING twice! 2. All used underwear and bath linen [both of which are kept sealed in plastic bags until used] are put into a large metal pan that fits on top of the stove. This is loaded with the clothes and filled with hot water to which a cup ODOBAN GERM CONTROL [disinfectant purchased at Home Depot] and 3-4 tablespoons bleach is added. The pan's brought to a boil. Boiled clothes are then transferred to the washer, which has a sanitary setting - extra hot water [my water heater has been turned up to as hot as it will go]. The soap dispenser is filled with ODOBAN. If the wash is whites, bleach goes in the dispenser if the clothes are coloured, the bleach dispenser is filled with Pine Sol Orange or Lemon cleaner. The fabric softener dispenser is filled with white vinegar. The pre-soak dispenser gets Borax [three scoops] for whites Biz [one scoop] for colours. 3. All bed linen and blankets are washed every four days using the above listed sanitary setting/wash materials/dryer settings [with a king bed and being under the threat of water rationing, we can't do the every other day thing]. To compensate for not washing as much as we'd like, every day the sheets and bedding is heavily sprayed with either rubbing alcohol or a 50/50 mixture of rubbing alcohol and white vinegar. [By the way, the mattress and all pillows are encased in sealed plastic covers]. 4. Every washed item is dried in the dryer set as hot as possible; frequently the dryer is reset and run one to several times. 5. 32 oz sprayer bottles each of rubbing alcohol, white vinegar, and 50/50 peroxide/water solution are kept in the shower. These are used one each on alternating days - to spray down/sanitize the shower walls after each shower. [We also spray ourselves with one of these after showering.] 6. When possible, items that can't be washed but need to be 'treated' are put in the dryer and run on a high temp cycle for 20+ min. 7. I've stopped using fabric towels to dry my hands...use only paper towel in both kitchen and the bath room. 8. Although I can't vacuum everyday since bad shoulder cuffs and tunnel carpel in both hands makes this difficult, I do try to thoroughly dust and vacuum at least every 3-4 days. |
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