One More Thing Jo,
One more note. When I was seeing the Professor of Parasitology he made a list of possibilities. I can't find the piece of paper he wrote them on, but I remember a few of them. He wrote Myasis down 1st. It to him seemed to fit the symptoms best, but, it's not supposed to happen in America..........
Then I know he wrote down Shistosomiasis, and again, NOT supposed to happen in America!!
And the only other one I remember.....Leishmaniasis, and once again......well, you get the picture!!! There was three or four others.....
I will tell you all again though, I am sure I mentioned it somewhere. This doctor is a Jew, he is teaching at a university in Tennessee, and has been a professor for over 40 years. He personally told me that the Tiger Misquitoe, that carries Malaria, and had been irradicated in the US, had been found in Memphis, TN at the time, over 5 years prior. He told me he had personally seen thm. He said it was his opinion that it had came in on a container ship to the port in Memphis.
This is a very highly educated man, and has been in parasitology all of his career. He also found in many of my samples that he examined, what he "thought" was a horsehair worm. Once again, this isn't supposed to happen to humans, anywhere. He put one in a container of formaldehyde and gave it to me. He wanted me to have it analyzed by someone who could document it. I still have it, and don't even know what to do with it.
This man was very intrigued by the whole thing. One more thing, and I realize this is all sporadic, but I will forget it if I don't tell ya now. I found a large solid black fly in my bathroom that I took to him. It was dead when I found it. It's wings were longer than it's body. At first glance he said it was some type of wasp. I asked him if he was positive about that, that I thought it was a fly. He looked closer, and said, yes it definitely was a fly, albeit, one that he had never seen before. I wonder how possible it is that this well traveled professor of parasitology had never seen this particular fly? I know he was being honest....so there is but one conclusion in my opinion. I will let you make your own.
He told me I had the most intriguing samples he had ever seen......that also said alot to me. The downside of it all is that a so called friend f***** that all up by telling my primary care physician who this man was. The very next time I spoke with him he said he had lost my samples........
I had PROMISED this man that I would keep his name out of it if he would please help me. He was VERY excited to be getting all my samples........may God forgive her, and help me to also. It is very hard.....
Just wanted to let ya know. If you need me to help you in anything Joey, please let me know.
Niecy
XOXOXO
PS...please forgive the spelling, I am in a hurry. Gotta go pay some bills before they turn everything off!!!
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