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Unpacking - the next step on the road to normality!

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   lumpyredthing
   

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   Posted 3 months ago
   Thu Aug 13 2009 9:14:38
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   I thought I’d give you an update on my (hopeful) return to something resembling normal life – if normal life is constant vigilance and jumping out of my skin every time I get an itch!

   I’m just in the process of bringing in all the stuff from the bedroom that I had stored outside in plastic bin liners that were then in plastic boxes. This includes stuff that was under the bed so I was pretty sure there would be some hungry fellas in there, they’ve been shut away for about 3 months.

   I’ve been bringing the boxes in one at a time and then putting the bags very carefully into the bath and opening them, I then give them a good few lungs few of carbon dioxide and wait for several minutes. This seems to bring them out of hiding and every bag I’ve opened has had at least one very thin and very hungry bug on top of whatever’s in it (could be coincidence but it seems to work!). To be honest they don’t seem very lively and they’re more crawling than running!

   Once I’ve put them out of their misery I empty the bag into the bath and inspect every single item with a magnifying glass, every nook and every cranny. So far I’ve only had to destroy two things that seemed to have a lot of faecal trace and eggs, both of these were paper and were in their own bags.

   Hubby wanted me to open them outdoors but I didn’t want to take the chance because if even one had escaped it would undoubtedly have made it’s way back in! The bath is ideal because you can easily see them and contain them (makes your back ache though, a small price to pay!). It’s a laborious process but I’m glad I decided to do it this way instead of just bringing the stuff back in because they’d have been back!

   One thing I’d like to ask though – do you find that the itch stays with you long after the bites have gone? I do find that occasionally old bites (4 or 5 months old) suddenly itch for no reason and after a few minutes it fades away again – there’s no mark and no redness, just a passing itch…. Anyone else had this happen?

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