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...Are not anywhere near as popular or fun as the Knights who say, "Ni!" Let's just get that out in the open right now.
You're curious, surely, as to why this would be an issue and I'll tell you why it's an issue. I'm dealing with a mother of a case of scabies at the moment. As near as I can tell, scabies are the same kind of mites that cause mange in animals. I'm also told that they're a not uncommon std, but you can pick them up other ways as well. That's reassuring, as I can't even remember the last time I got it on with someone, and I hate to think my mind's going too.
Long story short, I got them and recognized them because I'd had them before, and back then they came gift-wrapped courtesy of a cheating boyfriend. Once I was fairly certain what they were, I went to an urgent care clinic and spent about two hundred dollars to be seen, diagnosed, and get prescriptions. I used the prescriptions. I washed all my bedclothes and most of my dirty clothes. Here, a little more than a week later, they're back.
I have a doctor's appointment scheduled for Tuesday, and it's been scheduled for months. It's just a lab (blood work), but I hope I'll be able to at least see a nurse while I'm there and maybe get another prescription for something or other. Last time I dealt with this, they gave me an insecticide lotion to smear all over my body. This time I got pills. Maybe that was the problem. Who knows?
Who knows also how thoroughly I'll have to clean up again? Some websites I've visited make it sound as though you wash your sheets and you're good to go. Others make it sound as though not only must you burn your house down (especially if you have carpeted floors), but you must make sure the ruins burn to a certain temperature or else the scabies mites will survive. And they will be very angry. And they will track you down.
My plan at the moment, assuming I can be seen and get medicine, is to ask whether I need to wash everything before or after using the medication. If possible, I'll borrow a friend's vacuum cleaner because mine is broken, or else I might just have to forget vacuuming and hope for the best. I intend to wash my sheets, comforter, mattress cover, and I plan to put my pillows in a garbage bag and forget about them for a few months, while I go out and buy a couple more. I intend to wash all my dirty clothes and all the towels I've used lately.
Will that be enough? Should I instead be thinking of how much kerosene it will take to make sure the entire apartment complex burns to the right temperature? Is there any point in hoping my roommates haven't got them too?
What the bloody hell do I do?
You're curious, surely, as to why this would be an issue and I'll tell you why it's an issue. I'm dealing with a mother of a case of scabies at the moment. As near as I can tell, scabies are the same kind of mites that cause mange in animals. I'm also told that they're a not uncommon std, but you can pick them up other ways as well. That's reassuring, as I can't even remember the last time I got it on with someone, and I hate to think my mind's going too.
Long story short, I got them and recognized them because I'd had them before, and back then they came gift-wrapped courtesy of a cheating boyfriend. Once I was fairly certain what they were, I went to an urgent care clinic and spent about two hundred dollars to be seen, diagnosed, and get prescriptions. I used the prescriptions. I washed all my bedclothes and most of my dirty clothes. Here, a little more than a week later, they're back.
I have a doctor's appointment scheduled for Tuesday, and it's been scheduled for months. It's just a lab (blood work), but I hope I'll be able to at least see a nurse while I'm there and maybe get another prescription for something or other. Last time I dealt with this, they gave me an insecticide lotion to smear all over my body. This time I got pills. Maybe that was the problem. Who knows?
Who knows also how thoroughly I'll have to clean up again? Some websites I've visited make it sound as though you wash your sheets and you're good to go. Others make it sound as though not only must you burn your house down (especially if you have carpeted floors), but you must make sure the ruins burn to a certain temperature or else the scabies mites will survive. And they will be very angry. And they will track you down.
My plan at the moment, assuming I can be seen and get medicine, is to ask whether I need to wash everything before or after using the medication. If possible, I'll borrow a friend's vacuum cleaner because mine is broken, or else I might just have to forget vacuuming and hope for the best. I intend to wash my sheets, comforter, mattress cover, and I plan to put my pillows in a garbage bag and forget about them for a few months, while I go out and buy a couple more. I intend to wash all my dirty clothes and all the towels I've used lately.
Will that be enough? Should I instead be thinking of how much kerosene it will take to make sure the entire apartment complex burns to the right temperature? Is there any point in hoping my roommates haven't got them too?
What the bloody hell do I do?
. Oh, and it stained the sheets and clothes horribly.
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