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I'm so glad that I've found this and another group here of adults with messed-up

Harrington rod stories. I wish we were all OK, of course, but it really helps

to read all your

posts and know that I'm not alone.

I don't know if I've got Flat-back yet. I suspect that it's started, but I can

still stand erect.

It may take me a few seconds--or minutes, depending on how long I've been

sitting--to

get all the way up, but once I'm there, I'm generally OK. I've been having more

and more

pain sneak up on me and my DH noticed that my lower back doesn't look right.

And, no,

it doesn't. I have been on this road before.

I had two sets of rods put in back in '79 for an S-curve. Four years later, one

came loose

and I didn't even realize it. The top rods were taken out, but they had to

replace the lower

ones, for reasons I never really understood. I just accepted it and moved on.

I wish now

that I'd payed more attention because I'd have a better working knowledge of all

of this. I

will have to educate myself before things really get rolling. I am hoping that

if I did pop a

rod, that it can be removed permantly and no more fusions! Is that a realistic

hope? My

worst-case scenario is that I popped a rod AND have flat-back. But if that's

the case, i

can't imagine that it's too prgressed and maybe, with the help of these forums,

I can learn

how to prevent major crippling effects. Fingers are crossed. I should know

next week, if

all goes well with my GP's cooperation. I just want an initial x-ray, to

determine if

everything is still attached. At that point, I'll need to find a scoliosis

specialist (as mine is

retired) and see about this Flat-back thing.

Anyone know a good doc in South Florida?

Thanks for being here,

Jill

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> Hello everyone,

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> I've been reading your posts for awhile now. I got the bird mites from my

chickens last summer and realized we had a real problem in the house in

September. We've burnt our living room furniture and the master bedroom and

livingroom carpet. We enclosed our mattresses in bedbug and mite protective

covers. We sprayed and sprayed and then had an exterminator (inexperienced with

mites) spray twice and left the house . We've been hotel hopping. A different

room every night for 4weeks. I can't get them off myself. I've tried many of

the things I've read about. I think they are living in my hair. I've cut it

shorter but I'm afraid I'll have to cut it like a guy to treat my head properly.

>

> I'm very depressed and afraid they will go after my autistic son again as I

work to rid myself of them. They do not bother my husband, thank God. He is my

angel and my right arm in fighting these. I really feel that the truck is

infested and we've been spraying it with a borax mix. I can't remember right

now. For 5 or 6 days. Before that we bug bombed it and sprayed it.

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> I think I'm about to have a mental breakdown. I was under a lot of stress due

to being layed off for over 2 years and my husband is not working either. His

family has been helping us stay out of the house. But its all coming to an end

and I'm afraid I'll reifest the house and they will end up bitiing my son again.

I can't bear the thought of him suffering and not understanding why.

>

> One thing that I have found that dries up the sores and helps keep them from

biting is covering my whole body with desitin diaper rash ointment. (40o/o

zinc). And swimmers ear to kill them in my ears. But they just keep crawling

in my hair .

>

> I really don't want to go on like this. I can't get close to or my grand

babies as the mites like them too and they itch and scratch. I feel like a

leper.

>

> Has any one ever used the Riddex plus pulse things that plug into the wall and

make a pulsing in your electrical wiring? It's supposed to get rid of rodents

and bugs. We've had them plugged in at our house since we left but don't know

if they are working. Although we've noticed the squirrels don't come near the

house anymore. My sister swears by them.

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> And has any one used a zapper? I was wondering if it would kill them in my

hair?

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> Thanks for being there.

> Dee

Ps if you want to get rid of ear mites on your cat or dog, give them some yogurt

every day. It works like a charm.

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