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That's not to say there were no attempts to fight bedbugs. They were but in vain. It's extremely difficult to get rid of them. I think it's a similar case with candida auris. It's a popular myth that hygiene will protect us against all the germs. Even thorough sterility will not give 100% protection to the patients with the compromised immune system. I don't think, however, that lying to the patients and their families is justified. They should be aware of the risk. Even if the truth causes discomfort, it's the matter of basic honesty. On the other hand, people expect 100% safety, they count on miracles so maybe the lie is more comforting. Dunno. It's problematic.

Hahaha! I can see that happening. 

Bedbugs are the worst, they crawl into electrical outlets and get inside the walls, and if not dealt with promptly, they will overrun the home, and you'll seriously need to move out or pay upward of ten grand to have the entire dwelling heated to a temperature sufficient to eradicate.

Fleas are bad too, but not as bad as bedbugs. We get fleas here in the hot summer months occasionally, and they are difficult to rid, but not impossible. If you just treat the cats, some jump off and live and multiply(again) in the house until the cat becomes desirable again in a week or so.

The best way for fleas is to treat the cats AND THEN the house to break the cycle. Cat baths, vacuuming, and flea collars(very expensive here) help also, plus I get a chuckle out of the funny looking felines post bath time.

Baphomets, you say so because you're healthy. When one gets sick, attitudes change and drastically. I know that from my own experience. When I feel unwell (fortunately, it doesn't happen very often), I run to the doctor and then to the pharmacy. For the moment I forget about the politics and all the scandals involving pharmaceutical companies. The only thing that matters to me is that I need help. Like it was when I first got hives. To stop scratching myself like crazy was the most important thing. Later, it developed into a chronic condition so I have to take meds every day to just live normally. 

Now, I realize there are many people who take meds that are unnecessary. I mean here mostly dietary supplements and vitamins or common cold meds, which could be safely replaced with fruit, vegetables or herbs and that would be much healthier for the patient.

Then there comes the problem of treating terminal cancer. It often happens that the treatment causes more suffering to the patient than the illness itself. Sometimes, it's better to give up. But again... tell that to a patient. There are those who resign from chemotherapy and other futile treatments and accept death but those are rare cases. Most cling to their lives even if there is no glimmer of hope and raise funds for experimental and extremely expensive therapies whose effectiveness has not been proven.

Edit : in general, I just don't trust people, period, plus I'm fucking sick of all the red tape and bureaucracy, although don't get me wrong, I'm all for structured systems in maintaining order, so in a million years I'd never take part in any of that sovereign citizen bullshit, seriously, that shit is for the terminally brain dead, and I'm all for the cops rounding up those idiots.

I had a mole removed once. I guess I could have left it to turn cancerous, but, extracting something is not the same as ingesting an unknown substance.

But yeah, I get it. Everyone in my family works in healthcare other than me. Well my mom's retired now but, I've heard all the stories and crazy kinds too. Like the guy who came to the ER with literally a stick in his ass that wouldn't come out.

One of the best bedbug stories I heard from my brother in law who works the emergency room. An obese woman of color with matted, crunchy, ratty dreadlocked hair complaining of persistent headaches. He lifted up some of her dreads and a bed bug came out and he had to trap it with a near by plastic cup. 

Gonna play snopes-nerd for a sesond. 

That's a common urban myth. 

Lice Doctors

Hair that has been coated with hairspray, gel or hair mousse is less attractive to lice than clean hair. The reason for that is that the louse cannot adhere as easily to the strand of hair if it has a protective coating. If it can possibly claw onto the hair, it doesn't care what size, shape, or color the hair is. The reason that the incidence of head lice is relatively low among the African American population is because of the tendency to use (lots of product, equine hair, and synthetics).

They love their hair and keeping it looking it best through an assortment of products?  How many blonde kids with strait hair in that 7 years?

If you look up nationwide locations of "Sally Beauty" it parallels a location map of; Kentucky Fried Chicken, Popeyes, Churches, Metro PCS, Cricket, Boost Mobile, 99 Cent Store, Former locations of Payless Shoes, Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, Money Tree, Checkmate, and ATM's in place of bank branches. 

For nomos still sayeth, "Here's your fried chicken and cheap contractless phones, Black People." 

Just another post about fleas. We've had them here for a couple weeks now and they got worse so we had to do more than vacuum and bathe the cats.

Flea collars are very expensive. The cheapest ones were twenty bucks a piece, and the prices go as high as sixty a piece, so that's forty or 120 depending on which way you go - we got the 20 dollar ones of course.

I did realize it was easier to guess the proper fit and then slide it over the cats' head because there didn't seem to be any way in Hell they were gonna sit idle while I played around with it.

Kitty got hers first, but then I realized the buckle on the other was broken. I guess it's 60 for the unbroken guarantee. The dumbass that got them of course didn't save the receipt. So I opted for trying to figure out a good way to make a buckle. My idea was to cut off the broken part and straighten out a medium paper clip and then wrap it around and clamp it with pliers. It's a one shot deal so guessing the right size was important unless I wanted to have to repeat the process.

Jaxsins' collar I thought I made a little too tight at first. It certainly went snugly over the head. It's probably mostly OCD, and it doesn't seem to bother him at all so I guess it's okay.

They'll be no spraying the whole house this time and hitting the road for a couple hours, so I'm spraying an area a day, three down and eight to go.

Edit : too not to. I do know better than that.