rachels.haven's Journal

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

After my post I read another comment where he called them bug shirts. I searched on Amazon and there were several, with most under $20: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=bug+shirts&ref=nb_sb_noss_2. I bet Miss Rachel could get one at a sporting goods store there.

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't know if you have the kind of tick that carries Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever but a friend of ours has been in quarantine at the hospital for the last 10 days with it. Her immune system is so compromised they are afraid someone may come and pass a virus to her.

 

[rachels.haven]

I like the fly shirts. I'm adding one to my list. I'm also testing out fly traps and baits. Some of them are supposed to do deer flies. And I'd forgotten about Sevin's dust. I may have to do that. RMSF is rare here, but we have tons of dog ticks (gross thought), so I'm not willing to believe we don't have some ticks with it somewhere on the property.

We will eventually get the place fenced in. 6 years was the original mortgage paying off timing. We've already dumped the last house's selling money into things and taken off a few years. By the end of next year we should be half done going the rate we are at last check. We may or may not wait for that to put up fencing. Whatever we do, I will work on keeping bug spray on that man. I don't want HIM to be the one that gets some tick borne illness.

 

[Bruce]

I don't want HIM to be the one that gets some tick borne illness.

Oh HECK no, then he'd be the stay at home parent while you go to work.

I don't know if you have the kind of tick that carries Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever but a friend of ours has been in quarantine at the hospital for the last 10 days with it. Her immune system is so compromised they are afraid someone may come and pass a virus to her.

Oh my, I hope she recovers that sounds awful.

deer flies

Nasty little assassins that carry daggers! They put quite a cut on you.

 

[rachels.haven]

Dog ticks carry Rocky mountain spotted fever, unfortunately, btw.

 

[rachels.haven]

Went to new rheumatologist. She's running labs but doubts I have rheumatoid arthritis or lupus and is leaning toward fibromyalgia. We'll see. No drugs for me today.

 

[Bruce]

Can't like that too much Rachel. I don't think they have found any medical help for fibromyalgia.

 

[rachels.haven]

It would be okay with me. Seems like pain is my lot. It would be nice if it wouldn't be pain as my body tries to destroy itself. Winter will probably always be painful and incapacitating. RH meds certainly didn't help while I could take them. I guess I'm semi-hoping for the long term lesser of two evils maybe? And a break from people trying to push drugs on me that turn up obscure side effects when I take them.

Edited because I can't spell and give directions at the same time.

 

[rachels.haven]

The coyote is back. The neighbor warned me about one lone male loafing around in her front yard again, and upon inspection, something has been pulling on my wire run by the gate. I'm crossing my fingers it moves on to easier prey soon and doesn't find or make a way to get in and wipe everything out or get a goat when it hunts during the day.

We just got our first eggs friday, btw. The kids say they are green. All I see is gray but I've got a touch of color blindness in the green spectrum, so they may well be green. I will post a photo from my phone.

 

[rachels.haven]