BED BUGS, CHIGGERS, BIRD MITES ???

There was a bet I wouldn't post this but I have no scruples and will probably post anything and if it is embarrassing to me, all the better. Vulgar and mean are my only forbidden areas. Better be careful what you say to me, a version may appear on my site.


Mighty and I had just returned from town where we had taken a walk in the city park. Still aware of what happened previously with the Terrible Fifi, I scoured the area closely for any sign of her before we got out. I saw a woman with a Fifi look alike so I left Mighty in the car and went to make sure it wasn't TF.

This dog was a perfect little lady and very polite , definitely not Fifi. I told the owner about Mighty's humiliation and while we talked I was standing in some relatively high grass. We talked quite a while as perfect strangers often do, then I went back for Mighty with the all clear.


After our walk and on the way back home, I felt like something was crawling on me but when I looked, there was nothing. It was like someone was gently touching me with a thread ever so briefly over my legs.

The rest of the day, similar sensations occurred over the rest of my body. I was reminded of when some one talks about ticks, how your skin crawls, a victim of imagination. Thinking that was it, I pretty much ignored it. Psychosis will go away if ignored.


The next day I woke up to misery. I had about 50 bites all over me. This was when I was still blogging before the hiatus so it was very early morning. I threw off the bedding looking for the dreaded BED BUG. I just knew if you went to bed whole and woke up bitten it had to be the BB. I had heard a while back how even New York classiest hotels were infested. BB was enjoying a resurgence. But how on earth did they get here and how did I go from zero bites to 50 in one night?


The Internet both consoled me and frightened me. If I really did have them, I may as well put a pan of grease on the stove, turn it on high and go shopping, being sure to take my pets with me. The possibility of eradication seemed daunting if not impossible.

Before I got out the pan of grease, I did a little more research. I came from the generation thinking that bed bugs were the rewards of dirty living. Even knowing better today, the stigma still lives on. So I kept this quiet and studied the web while clawing at my itches.

Then I read how many creatures can upset your life even when you are a decent housekeeper. There are bird mites, chicken mites, rat mites, scabies, bed bugs, fleas and chiggers. Right now, I am fairly expert on these biting creatures.

Slowly I was able to put the pan of grease away. I am pretty sure I didn't have bed bugs for I have not been bitten since, though a few of the old ones itch mildly. Unless I poisoned them with my blood, BB's were not my problem. No new bites have occurred and slowly I was feeling less itchy.

My pets have never itched and are on flea prevention so I am pretty sure I had a meeting with old buddy chigger. It has been so many years since I was attacked by those tiny creatures that I had forgotten what a joy they are.

Some of the things I tried to quell the itching were educational at least. Do not put Tea Tree Oil in your bath unless you think smelling like a pine tree is cool. Besides reeking, I still itched. The one thing I did try and it works really well for many hours of temporary, total relief is REALLY hot water.

I learned this last year via the Internet when I got poison ivy. Run hot water over the area, slowly increasing the heat till you can barely stand it. WARNING. The feeling of really hot water on raging itch is actually sexual. Some people have burned themselves being unable to stop. When I told my sister of this cure last year, her only comment was,"Hum, and what does poison ivy look like?"

All was going good till a few days ago. As I sat at the computer I felt something on my leg. There was a tiny creature, the size of a pencil tip or the period at the end of the sentence defiantly crawling up my leg......

So sorry, there is a part two that I will post it tomorrow. Promise.