Sky, That's so strange about the cats. When I became really ill, I was convinced it was either something in my water or in my house because I'd had some contractor guys doing work and tearing things out. I was so sick I truly believed I was dying - couldn't get any medical help at first - my dr told me the specimens that I brought in weren't parasites. According to him the little worm/maggot things that were crawling in my hair and on my skin at night were nothing more than laundry lint that must've gotten stuck to my skin. I was desperate and went to stay with my best friend (who sat up with me all night and actually saw the mvmt under my skin) -- my dr wouldn't believe him either. It seems like a nightmare when I look back on it...
I figured if I was dying, I might as well die somewhere nice and booked a trip to the Caribbean. Before I left, I scattered Borax all over the floors in my house. When I came home a week later (feeling a million times better), the Borax looked like salt and pepper -- there were literally thousands of those little black specks in the Borax. I swept it up in piles but left it on the floors and went to a hotel. I forgot to turn one of the floor lamps off when I left - when I came home a few days later the pile of Borax under that lamp was completely black with specks. I don't know if they're attracted to white or lights or why they would crawl into the pile of Borax powder....
I went room by room, closet by closet, drawer by drawer throwing things out, washing the floors, furniture, linens, clothes, etc with pine-sol and borax. Had all my upholstered furniture and rugs steam cleaned. Got bedbug covers for my bed and pillows. Got the best full house water filter I could afford. Rented an apartment for a month and finally, when I came home, was able to sleep in my own bed. I had no idea what M was at that time.
It was only when my neighbors started telling me about the invisible bugs that were bothering them that I realized it was something more. They told me something had invaded their laundry room and they had to buy a new washer/dryer. Come to find out there are quite a few people in the neighborhood having problems and then we start getting notices about these algae blooms in the ponds and figure it has to be connected... I think I may be infected with some sort of fungus that attracts whatever these weird little bugs are. (Which still doesn't explain why the dr insisted they were lint and not bugs.) I don't have as much of a problem as before, but still seem to get this once a month hatching right around the new moon. It's much more manageable now that I know what to look for...
Maybe these little bugs are some new breed of insect that lives in wood floors??? Those little black specks are mean - they really sting when they bite! Plus they can go right through skin - I never walk barefoot anymore...  |