Hey Kritts, Joey, and Kammy!!
I just want to put my two cents in here too. Kritts, which one of the pics show the hooks or spikes? Looking from left to right? You all know I have always believed a hookworm is involved in at least my illness.
On another note....Jo, I don't know if I have ever posted it on the board, but I did have a fly to come out of a lesion in my right ear, early on in this illness. It came out of my ear, and there was immediate relief, but it was actually a worm, wiggling very furiously, it was black with a white band around each end.....actually I would lean more towards it being a cocoon instead of a worm. The reason I say that is it was fat in the middle, and narrowed down to nothing on both ends, and was identical on both ends.
When it fell out, and this was probably my worst lesion at the time, it landed on my leg. I had jeans on, and when I saw it I almost passed out. I saw it wiggling so violently and automatically put my thumb on top of it to avoid losing it. I had to hold my thumb on it for about a whole minute before it stopped wiggling. When it stopped, and I was sure it was dead, I looked and it was a FLY!!!!! This is the truth so help me God!!! My daughter witnessed the whole thing....although she refuses to talk about it, I am afraid she thinks everyone already thinks I am nuts, and she doesn't want to add any fuel to the fire.
Well.....that ain't all. On the night before I was to go to this "highly" recommended dermatologist, I had gotten out of the tub and was bent over by the vanity sink drying myself off. I had been very uneasy at my stomach for quite sometime. As I was drying off this "stuff" came up the back of my throat. I had to get rid of it, and was too far from the toilet, so it went into my sink. It is a white porcelain sink so what was in it was very visible, and ya didn't need a microscope to see it. I will pm ya with all that as it is a bit graphical. BUT, it totally correlates with a post you made earlier on this thread.
So....anyways, in my other ear I kept getting this clear gel looking substance, which I suspected even then was some kind of larvae. This was very early on in my illness, and those two things alone should have been critical making a diagnosis....but, the doc came in the room already having me diagnosed....with his pamphlet in tow, and diagnosed me with DOP. Needless to say I was dumbfounded, and still didn't have a single clue that these docs were absolutely not interested in finding out what was wrong, and were even probably protecting each other to boot.
He threw the "samples" I brought in into the trash.....and I didn't have enough sense to get them out when he left the room. That is the very day that this real nightmare began for me. I had been very sick before that day, and was actively seeking help, but not in my wildest dreams did I know where it would all lead me.
Also, there were many possible vectors in my home when this began. There was moths, crickets (two kinds), centipedes, and gnats, and also flies. Mosquitoes also. I found literally thousands of "fuzz balls" in my home. I found what looked like cocoons, I found black things under my mattress cover that MOVED, they were about a half inch long.
I can't recall every single thing right this moment...but as you all know, the list goes on and on.
One last thing Jo. What you said about the immune system, my doc that is treating me for Morgellon's, said the EXACT same thing! He doesn't know what this is....he has his own theory, and I think he is partially right, but very wrong on some of his thoughts. He does keep up with the protocols though, and has been a God-send for me.
Ok....that's probably more like 15cents....but just had to tell ya!!
Love to all!!
Niecy