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Counting Again
newbite
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Sun Nov 1 2009 12:22:28
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Hi all,
I'm relieved to see there's finally a place where I can voice my concerns and questions and be heard by others who know what I'm talking about!
I've been fighting BB's since June 17th of this year, and seen huge numbers. As large as the numbers got (170 found in the first four days after a chemical treatment when it was at its worst) I never had any outside of the bedroom, which has been a huge relief, but I haven't taken it for granted that they won't be if I'm not continually careful.
Just at the time I thought I'd never win the battle, the numbers started decreasing, especially after I started getting up three times during the night, and with kleenx in hand, killing any I found wandering the bed. I went from finding 8-10 per night, to one or two, to sometimes none, and then counting days between finding none and finding the odd one here and there. First 5 days, then 8 days, then I think 2 weeks.
The pest control company meanwhile would come and treat my place again, but not find any bugs while there. This happened on the last 3 consecutive treatments, that they found none, but in between, I would still find them - at night after they were out.
I'm the only one in my apartment building who has needed now 6 treatments, each 3-4 weeks apart, and still has a problem. The pest control company doesn't believe that I really have a problem, because they say, my unit is very clean and always well prepared for the treatment and they haven't found any in the last 3 times they were there.
The problem is WHERE they are. I have a wooden bed, with the head and footboard being made of 1x6" slats of wood, with a small crack between each. This is where they have hid. Out of the 'normal' places around the mattress, and hidden where they cannot be found at the top of the head and footboard. Because they are so hard to get to and find, the company doesn't find them, and so thinks I don't really have them.
I've described bites that I was getting on my fingers, wrists and forearms, but was told it was not common to be bitten on your hand, that they usually go for the midsection of the body. I've been wearing a long, long sleeved nighty every night, so it makes sense to me that they are biting the only exposed part of me, but they still don't believe me. I'm starting to feel crazy, but only because they think I am. I KNOW what these bites look like on me, because I've had them since June, and they ARE BB's, but the guy at the company was trying to convince me they could just as easily be some other rash or allergic reaction. At the time of that conversation, it had been 4 weeks since my last treatment, and I hadn't found any new bugs, but I had found 3 or four new bites, one of which was very recognizable as a BB bite, on my arm.
The day after that conversation, I woke up in the middle of the night again, searched and found 2, which (disgustingly) I've kept live in a ziplock bag. And just last night, I added one more.
Are there others who have had this number of treatments and still the BB's persist?
Are others not believed by the pest control companies?? I don't understand why they don't believe me, if I've done everything I can to be responsible with this problem.
I run a tutoring business, partly from my home. After I found BB's I stopped having students come in. When I was sure they were gone, I had the students in again. Now the BB's are back - still in small numbers but back. None have ever been found outside the bedroom by myself or the pest control company, but I'm petrified to have people in again. I'd like to make different arrangements but don't know what to tell them. Any suggestions??
Thanks all! Any suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated!!
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