Update

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Environment:

I patrol the entry points I found in our home, the window sills, almost daily to inspect for signs of new numbers coming in, or other spots in which they may have found to come in, yadi ya. I have seen a substantial decrease, in fact, I could only find a few. But I did have a flower arrangement in a chinese basket by one window. I am throwing it out today after I figure out a way to get rid of it without directly handling it. I actually cleaned this thing quite thoroughly before and after the "pesticide spray", and then was also using menthol oils in its vicinity. This thing is covered in what I hope are dead bodies. I couldn't see anything on this arrangement, but my allergy vac with the alarm, would go off when I was cleaning it or around it. Now I see why.

This infestation has been different than the last one. The appearance of black specks in the home, the environment, the biting, the itching, the crawling, the eyes, the nose, the ears, the skin has all been the same. I gues what I am trying to convey is that the mites themselves seem to be different. During the last infestation, I got damn sick. I believe typhus or some type of Rickettsia, then I tested positive for Lyme and my son had a nasty bulls eye rash. I could never get an ID off the first infestation. I don't believe we had a seed tick infestation or nymph tick infestation, although by looking at the Kansas State Entomology maps and reports for the last seven years, they do exist in this county along with the Lone Star Ticks. What is different about this time, is that I haven't gotten as sick as I did the first time despite having the hundred or so bites.

I suppose the difference could be that we were already treating our bodies heavily when this second one took place due to the Lyme and company we seem to have contracted the first time around.

But please just keep in the back of your minds, you can't see them until they have either fed on you, or have been compromised in some way by what you do to your environment. IF you have birdmites, they will not go away by themselves or by only treating your body. This arrangement is covered in them. I couldn't see them up until late last night. Please consider this.

New New Hope Soap:

This is a phenomenal sulfur soap. I used to use the Grisi, Mexican 10% sulfur soap. In fact originally, years ago, you could get it for a dollar a bar at Dollar General. Not any more. I used that faithfully and did not have the results that I seem to be having with this new New Hope soap.

Okay, so time will still tell, but as far as the sixth day using this soap. No new bites. Major healing of 75% of them, 25 % still need some work. After a few days, the bites will actually dry and peel and contue to do so. My face is again almost clear, but my back took a heavy hit this time around, and that constitutes the 25% I mentioned.

The sulfur was starting to burn around my eyes, so I started putting borage oil using like a night eye serum, and has helped rehydrate around my eyes so I don't look like an old lady. Legs are clear. Wrists completely healed, just redness where the bites were previously.

I need to sneak a peek at my sons skin to give an update there.

Somebody mentioned to me about wishing they had this soap a couple of years ago. I could not agree more. I believe this soap we will use for the rest of our lives in our normal skin care routine instead of the expensive Pro-Active or Murad formulations. And although the docs almost had us convinced my sons facial problem was acne, and even if it is, which I doubt because I was finding those white specks in his scalp when I cut his hair a few weeks ago, he is thrilled with the soap.

Thank you.

Frito