Comments on: A little inspiration, from those who beat bed bugs http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-573 nobugsonme Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:02:05 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-573 Nightshirt, None of your comments are being lost. They (including one with the information above) are in the thread you posted them under (which was not this "success stories" thread!) It was in one of the others. I am sorry I don't have time to track them down for you, but trust me, they are in the relevant places. Keep posting! Update (1/10/2007): comments on this thread are now closed. After you read the message below and the comments, check out the permanent <a href="http://bedbugger.com/success-stories/" rel="nofollow">"Success Stories"</a> page to read more inspirational tales, and to add your own contribution! Not a success story yet, or want to interact with current sufferers? <a href="http://bedbugger.com/share-your-tales-of-bed-bug-woe-here/" rel="nofollow">Go here</a> to read or share stories of ongoing bed bug battles. Nightshirt,
None of your comments are being lost. They (including one with the information above) are in the thread you posted them under (which was not this “success stories” thread!) It was in one of the others. I am sorry I don’t have time to track them down for you, but trust me, they are in the relevant places.
Keep posting!

Update (1/10/2007): comments on this thread are now closed. After you read the message below and the comments, check out the permanent “Success Stories” page to read more inspirational tales, and to add your own contribution!

Not a success story yet, or want to interact with current sufferers? Go here to read or share stories of ongoing bed bug battles.

]]> By: nightshirt http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-574 nightshirt Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:56:28 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-574 seems as though some of my comments have been deleted or i cant locate them. if they are there and it s my computer illiteracy preventing me from find ing them i am sorry this is redundant. i would like to tell you that my pco's tele number is 718-338-1447. john will answer thephone. they are great and knowledgable. $400 for 3 times with the tempo or suspend (clear drying kind), drione dust and an igr. since the first time i have been bite free. but i was wondering if i could become immune to the bites after 5 months and still have the bugs? dog is itchy but this could be dry skin. dont want to get too excited about anything. this has really tempered my mood. also, i felt that they liked me because of the night sweats and hot flashes i continually get. seems a double whammy. menopause and bb's. seems as though some of my comments have been deleted or i cant locate them. if they are there and it s my computer illiteracy preventing me from find ing them i am sorry this is redundant. i would like to tell you that my pco’s tele number is 718-338-1447. john will answer thephone. they are great and knowledgable. $400 for 3 times with the tempo or suspend (clear drying kind), drione dust and an igr. since the first time i have been bite free. but i was wondering if i could become immune to the bites after 5 months and still have the bugs? dog is itchy but this could be dry skin. dont want to get too excited about anything. this has really tempered my mood.

also, i felt that they liked me because of the night sweats and hot flashes i continually get. seems a double whammy. menopause and bb’s.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-577 nobugsonme Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:09:48 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-577 Belle, I moved your message and my response to the "Son of Share your tales" thread because the success thread might not attract the feedback of sufferers in the same way. (Hopefully you'll be posting a success story in a few weeks or months!) For now, go here to get the Son of Share Your Tales of Bed Bug Woe thread: http://bedbugger.com/2007/01/03/son-of-share-your-tale-of-bed-bug-woe/ Belle,
I moved your message and my response to the “Son of Share your tales” thread because the success thread might not attract the feedback of sufferers in the same way. (Hopefully you’ll be posting a success story in a few weeks or months!)
For now, go here to get the Son of Share Your Tales of Bed Bug Woe thread:
http://bedbugger.com/2007/01/03/son-of-share-your-tale-of-bed-bug-woe/

]]> By: Belle http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-578 Belle Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:21:57 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-578 Yes, I'm still in hell, but fighting. I'm living in a small town near Yosemite National Park, and NO ONE here has ever heard of anyone getting bedbugs. Local PCO's have been less than worthless. Did I mention that I just bought my dream house and lived here just three weeks before I slept in a hotel in the Bay Area (where I just moved from) and that's where I got got bbs? I am NOT going to let them ruin my life. I sunk every dime I own into this house and I am NOT leaving! I'm going to kill every f**ing one of them! After the last PCO took my money, hardly did anything I asked him to and later told me that it was his opionion that I don't have bbs at all, but suffer from "delusory parasitosis," I realized that I was on my own. I swear, there was a day there when I really wondered whether I WAS nuts. That was a low point. I did make my feelings clear and he sent back my money, so that helped. I sent away online for a professional bb killing kit, an expensive respirator and goggles. They've finally arrived and I'm ready to do battle. When I sealed up the area between my baseboards and (new!) hardwood floors with silicone, the bites went from 15 a day to one a day to none. But I wasn't fooled -- I knew they'd be back. I've had my $3500 Sleep Number bed and my gorgeous antique queen mahogany bed isolated to a storage building about a hundred yards from the house, and now I'm sleeping on a raised aerobed. (Here's the joke -- it's incredibly comfortable and my bachaches have all but disappeared!). I've been running all my bedding through the hot cycle on the dryer for 90 minutes and then sealing them up in "space bags" -- the vacuum-them flat ones you see advertised on TV. Not nearly as easy as they make it seem, but it does keep the good sheets safe until I can put them on the bed. I've sent away to the National Allergy Foundation for their impermeable pillowcases and mattress protectors, and they're cool as far as they go and I HIGHLY recommend getting them (relatively cheap), but the bbs just climb over what they can't crawl into so they're not the answer to your prayers (sorry). They do however keep you from having to wash the pillows and comforters -- you probably know by now what a misery that is. Does anyone out there have any cautions about using different chemicals in the same room? I have cats and I love them dearly and don't want them developing cancer, etc. Not to mention that I don't want to either. Thanks, and best wishes for a bb-free 2007. Belle Yes, I’m still in hell, but fighting. I’m living in a small town near Yosemite National Park, and NO ONE here has ever heard of anyone getting bedbugs. Local PCO’s have been less than worthless.

Did I mention that I just bought my dream house and lived here just three weeks before I slept in a hotel in the Bay Area (where I just moved from) and that’s where I got got bbs? I am NOT going to let them ruin my life. I sunk every dime I own into this house and I am NOT leaving! I’m going to kill every f**ing one of them!

After the last PCO took my money, hardly did anything I asked him to and later told me that it was his opionion that I don’t have bbs at all, but suffer from “delusory parasitosis,” I realized that I was on my own. I swear, there was a day there when I really wondered whether I WAS nuts. That was a low point. I did make my feelings clear and he sent back my money, so that helped.

I sent away online for a professional bb killing kit, an expensive respirator and goggles. They’ve finally arrived and I’m ready to do battle.

When I sealed up the area between my baseboards and (new!) hardwood floors with silicone, the bites went from 15 a day to one a day to none. But I wasn’t fooled — I knew they’d be back.

I’ve had my $3500 Sleep Number bed and my gorgeous antique queen mahogany bed isolated to a storage building about a hundred yards from the house, and now I’m sleeping on a raised aerobed. (Here’s the joke — it’s incredibly comfortable and my bachaches have all but disappeared!). I’ve been running all my bedding through the hot cycle on the dryer for 90 minutes and then sealing them up in “space bags” — the vacuum-them flat ones you see advertised on TV. Not nearly as easy as they make it seem, but it does keep the good sheets safe until I can put them on the bed.

I’ve sent away to the National Allergy Foundation for their impermeable pillowcases and mattress protectors, and they’re cool as far as they go and I HIGHLY recommend getting them (relatively cheap), but the bbs just climb over what they can’t crawl into so they’re not the answer to your prayers (sorry). They do however keep you from having to wash the pillows and comforters — you probably know by now what a misery that is.

Does anyone out there have any cautions about using different chemicals in the same room? I have cats and I love them dearly and don’t want them developing cancer, etc. Not to mention that I don’t want to either.

Thanks, and best wishes for a bb-free 2007.

Belle

]]> By: Caryn http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-571 Caryn Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:57:56 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-571 Thanks for including a link to my site. :) Good luck to everyone fighting! Thanks for including a link to my site. :) Good luck to everyone fighting!

]]> By: bugsinhellskitchen http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-576 bugsinhellskitchen Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:29:24 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-576 We live in an apartment building in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan We had bedbugs a couple of years ago and through vacuuming, purging, bagging, calking, and use of 'questionable' pestisides we got rid of them. My husband fought tooth and nail for three solid months and we finally got rid of them. Haven't seen one since but we still stay viligent - vacuum and keep everything bagged. And we're extra careful when we stay in hotels. We live in an apartment building in Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan

We had bedbugs a couple of years ago and through vacuuming, purging, bagging, calking, and use of ‘questionable’ pestisides we got rid of them. My husband fought tooth and nail for three solid months and we finally got rid of them. Haven’t seen one since but we still stay viligent - vacuum and keep everything bagged. And we’re extra careful when we stay in hotels.

]]> By: mgdecombe http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-570 mgdecombe Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:29:25 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-570 What's up? I thought we'd have more success story posts than just mine! We're still looking good, go trough the holidays hanging out at home all the time with no bites, no sign of nuthin when we vacuumed like mad on the weekend! Good idea, nobugs, regarding DE around the bed when we start to re-introduce things from storage. Also planning to steam the H*** out of everything. I should have noted that the "false alarm" could have been a BB bite, and we treated it as such, following up immediately with a planned treatment. I generally followed the 2-week interval that seems to be the normal practice of knowledgeable PCOs. What’s up? I thought we’d have more success story posts than just mine!

We’re still looking good, go trough the holidays hanging out at home all the time with no bites, no sign of nuthin when we vacuumed like mad on the weekend!

Good idea, nobugs, regarding DE around the bed when we start to re-introduce things from storage. Also planning to steam the H*** out of everything.

I should have noted that the “false alarm” could have been a BB bite, and we treated it as such, following up immediately with a planned treatment.

I generally followed the 2-week interval that seems to be the normal practice of knowledgeable PCOs.

]]> By: Share your tales of Bed Bug Woe « Bedbugger: your foxhole in the war against bed bugs! http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-572 Share your tales of Bed Bug Woe « Bedbugger: your foxhole in the war against bed bugs! Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:15:31 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-572 [...] Editor’s note: if you had bed bugs and beat them, we have a special thread for you.  Post your stories here, in the “A Little Inspiration, from Those who Beat Bed Bugs” thread. Pages [...] […] Editor’s note: if you had bed bugs and beat them, we have a special thread for you.  Post your stories here, in the “A Little Inspiration, from Those who Beat Bed Bugs” thread. Pages […]

]]> By: buggedinbrooklyn http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-575 buggedinbrooklyn Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:37:13 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-575 quote from nobugsonme: "Not a success story yet? Stay tuned: I will have a thread for you tomorrow. (This means you, buggedinbrooklyn!)" I am so waiting to talk about what happened to day as I just had my seconed visit from my PCO (it's looking good)...and thanks for thinking of starting a new thread for thoes of us who are still fighting (I have tons to say). buggedinbrooklyn quote from nobugsonme:
“Not a success story yet? Stay tuned: I will have a thread for you tomorrow. (This means you, buggedinbrooklyn!)”

I am so waiting to talk about what happened to day as I just had my seconed visit from my PCO (it’s looking good)…and thanks for thinking of starting a new thread for thoes of us who are still fighting (I have tons to say).

buggedinbrooklyn

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-580 nobugsonme Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:10:06 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2006/12/23/a-little-inspiration-from-those-who-beat-bed-bugs/#comment-580 Thanks for sharing your story, Mgdecombe. Your false-alarm is so like the stories I read on Caitlin's and BBRUG's blogs-- people should not be complacent if they're bitten, and should definitely consider whether they are experiencing a surge in bed bugs. However, it does sound like an isolated bite can happen (and, of course, it could be a spider). If they were "coming back" I'd expect more than one new bite, and it would be right to get into full gear once more. I wonder if you might put down some dust (NIC325 or DE or Drione or whatever you do) around your bed (and perhaps around the place generally) before you unpack that stuff--that way, hungry bugs will die on the way to their last meal? Anyway, apartments are another story, but it is good to hear more house stories too. (Remember folks, everything mgdecombe did as an experienced PCO can be done by a PCO who knows bed bugs...) Anyone else got a success story to share? Thanks for sharing your story, Mgdecombe. Your false-alarm is so like the stories I read on Caitlin’s and BBRUG’s blogs– people should not be complacent if they’re bitten, and should definitely consider whether they are experiencing a surge in bed bugs. However, it does sound like an isolated bite can happen (and, of course, it could be a spider). If they were “coming back” I’d expect more than one new bite, and it would be right to get into full gear once more.

I wonder if you might put down some dust (NIC325 or DE or Drione or whatever you do) around your bed (and perhaps around the place generally) before you unpack that stuff–that way, hungry bugs will die on the way to their last meal?

Anyway, apartments are another story, but it is good to hear more house stories too. (Remember folks, everything mgdecombe did as an experienced PCO can be done by a PCO who knows bed bugs…)

Anyone else got a success story to share?

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