Re: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

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I throwed out alot of stuff, then i just moved and left it there, my landlady called me crazy. My pictures i left in a friends shop, gonna get them after i duct tape top on it good, will probably never open them again. Too scared, and my friend has this too, so really scared to go over there, cuz mine is alot beter since i moved twice, and taking doxy and antifungal drugs.

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 6:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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I did not throw everything out, most things I put in storage for a year, now I have them out with zero bugs. It is only a symptom of the deeper problem.On Sep 24, 2011, at 6:20 PM, whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...> wrote:

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too?

I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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I didn't throw everything out. The things I wanted to keep I put inside plastic garbage bags in moving boxes, with a little dry borox and baking soda in the bottom of the bag, and threw a mothball in for good measure. Then I twist tied it, taped up the boxes and put them in a rented storage unit. After about 6 months I was able to retreive some things I needed without it affecting me. Then after a year I got everything out without a problem.

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>bird mites Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:20 PMSubject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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No, we didn't throw everything out. We kept important papers, threw out all magazines - we have a large file cabinet and we didn't go into that at all; we kept all photos which were in boxes anyway. Threw out 2 sofas, all carpets and one Persian style rug, lots of smaller rugs, all bedding, two new beds went. We filled two U-hauls and took it to the dump. It was terrible because we have lots of stairs.From: "whatstheuse2" <terelynjon@...>bird mites Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:20:40 PMSubject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too?

I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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I have to say I think that Aandraya is correct here. Some of it can be saved and I regret that we tossed some things... I don't have bites from clothing or sofa or fabrics any more; why? Because I've treated with lots of stuff, antibiotics, antiparasitics, antifungals, and still doing it. If you can bag it up for a few years and put it in a place that is non-buggy that would help, but in the meantime, if you haven't done it, get a LLMD and see what he/she wants you to start with. Maybe you won't have Lyme, but you may have co-infections which are just as serious as Lyme. The word co-infections make it sound like they are not as serious as Lyme, which is just not true. Those co-infections can be just as serious as Lyme and life threatening. Don't mean to scare you. And birdmites can carry some of these infections. said that we all have different combinations of things, some have simple mites, others have many multiple infections, some pre-existing.From: "Aandraya" <aandraya@...>bird mites Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:32:15 PMSubject: Re: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

I did not throw everything out, most things I put in storage for a year, now I have them out with zero bugs. It is only a symptom of the deeper problem.On Sep 24, 2011, at 6:20 PM, whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...> wrote:

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too?

I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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I threw out everything including my mac computer. I have lived with a blow up mattress and a chair for over a year. Still don't want to buy furniture until I have no fear that anything will come back. That means months and months of not a single sign. The handful of things I kept, I put in storage. After a year, found them covered in fungus. Had to clean them with Lysol 3 times and sprayed what I could, including pictures, with polyurethane 3 times. Still, they got fungus back into my non infected car and reinfected it. Still treating it every week end to be sure.

I've come to love the freedom of space in my apartment. I only have that which I need. My dinning room area contains 4 shelves with soap making equipment and herbs. I may turn my living area into a sewing and pottery making center. It helps you to look at your space in new ways.

Love and light,

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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I did not throw out a single thing. I refused to, because when the BM

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everything in it was brand new. I kept cleaning and vacuuming like a lunatic for

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magazines - we have a large file cabinet and we didn't go into that at all; we

kept all photos which were in boxes anyway. Threw out 2 sofas, all carpets and

one Persian style rug, lots of smaller rugs, all bedding, two new beds went. We

filled two U-hauls and took it to the dump. It was terrible because we have lots

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I threw out some books yesterday. I brought one book into my office and later it just started feeling like some mites or whatever they are were acting up, so I threw that out too. If something feels infested, I probably will eventually throw it out unless it is an important paper. Sometimes I feel like my life will never be the same again or that I will probably die from the stress of this. I hope things get better. You never know how great your life is until BM are in the picture. I'm sorry I'm depressed.

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You never have to apologize for being depressed or having any kind of mood. I know, for me, when I feel guilty about a feeling, I hang onto it longer! It does feel that way you described sometimes. It can and does get better. We are living proof of that; so many other, many who do not post often any longer, but even those that do post, like Aggi or Cecilia, they are 99% and 98% better. Although I still have symptoms, they are no longer bird mites, but we suffered for 2 years steadily with those. Your situation will get better, I promise you. For those of us who have been through this nightmare we will not forgot what it was like. Once we realized what was happening we acted aggressively. We got a LLMD which made a huge difference for us.From: terelynjon@...To: bird mites Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 4:00:11 PMSubject: Re: Re: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

I threw out some books yesterday. I brought one book into my office and later it just started feeling like some mites or whatever they are were acting up, so I threw that out too. If something feels infested, I probably will eventually throw it out unless it is an important paper. Sometimes I feel like my life will never be the same again or that I will probably die from the stress of this. I hope things get better. You never know how great your life is until BM are in the picture. I'm sorry I'm depressed.

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Hallelujah! Good goin' Aggi. We love ya! From: "Aggi" <aggi_assmann@...>bird mites Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:40:05 PMSubject: Re: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

I did not throw out a single thing. I refused to, because when the BM infestation happened, we had just moved into our new property and almost everything in it was brand new. I kept cleaning and vacuuming like a lunatic for 2 years and am now 99% better !!

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What do you put in your car, i cant get them out of mine.

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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Menthol crystals from Mountain Rose, heat them with a diffuser and do it for a couple hours.On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Marilyn Bentley <colly_miller@...> wrote:

What do you put in your car, i cant get them out of mine.

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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Yes!

Threw out absolutely everything when we moved. It was hard not keeping pics of the kids etc, but anything to get rid of that hell it was with the birdmites.

Good luck!

Cecilia

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>bird mites Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:20 AMSubject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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Well, I sprayed the car with Bifen at first. That didn't seem to do the whole job. So that's when I started spraying with Lysol. I think the bifen killed the bugs but the fungus isn't touched by it. The eggs in the fungus made it through that attack so I needed to get the bugs and the fungus. One spraying of the bifen followed by weekly sprayings of Lysol and water in the garden sprayer. The turning point occured when I pinned the floor mats to the wall at the car wash and soaked them in the Lysol mixture, washed the car, and then returned and power blasted the mats clean. I sprayed the inside of the car with the Lysol and put the mats back in after they were some what dry. No problem after that until several months later when I go t storage things out. Have been following the foot prints

of last time. Seems to take 6 weeks to get things back to normal.

Love and light,

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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Does Talstar work? I am straped for money and i already have that.

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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Hi Marilyn,

I don't know. It might. Report to us. Never hurts to have another product on the list that works.

Love and light,

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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And if that dont work, making some jalapeno spray, something will kill them out of my car. lol

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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That, or you may find a salsa party going on in your car:)

From: whatstheuse2 <terelynjon@...>Subject: How do you deal with throwing everything out?bird mites@... Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM

For those of you who have thrown almost everything out, how did you deal with it? My house is getting barer every day. My family, of course, is very sad to see me do this, but they do not understand. If you did throw everything away, did you throw out your pictures too? I know things can be replaced, but it has taken me 53 years to accumulate this stuff. Thanks.

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You are so sweet :-) Love you too !!!

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kept all photos which were in boxes anyway. Threw out 2 sofas, all carpets and

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