A couple of days ago the shingles’ pain (which was gradually getting better) mostly went away — to be replaced by a fierce itching. I assume that’s a good sign, and it made me aware of how many years it has been since I was bitten by a mosquito. Itching used to be an integral part of summer, but no more. Needless to say, I don’t miss it!
Do you have many mosquitoes, other biting insects, or poisonous plants where you are?
April 18, 2015
India without mosquitoes is every Indian’s ardent wish! Poisonous plants are to be found mostly in the unfarmed rural and forest areas. In the cities and towns, it is difficult to find other plants as it is! To compensate, a lot of poisonous / toxic human beings can be found everywhere.
I agree about toxic people! Sooner or later they’ll figure out a good way to get rid of mosquitoes. But maybe not in our lifetime.
What?
You don’t have mosquitoes?
How can that be?
We have mosquitoes here in the Midwest but I do as much as I can to discourage them.
That means I’m careful not to have standing stagnant water around in my yard and I plant marigolds.
Hate mosquitoes! Hate scratching!
But my biggest concern is that Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes so I am vigilant and I also have my crew on preventative.
Andy says he sees a few mosquitoes every year, but I haven’t seen one down here in years. The air is very dry, which helps a lot.
Little Montana had heartworms when Kaitlin and Torben got her — they’re horrible. Apparently she didn’t have a bad case because K & T couldn’t keep her very quiet and she still survived.
Do we have many mosquitoes, other biting insects, or poisonous plants?
Karen spread tick pellets in the yard, yesterday — then, as she was getting ready for her show last night, she found a tick attached to her.
Besides ticks, there’s mosquitoes, of course, plus yellow jackets and a variety of other wasp or wasp-like insects. For plants, we have an abundance of poison ivy.
On our long trip last year to the northern US Rockies, it was very refreshing to be outside for long periods with no bothersome insects pestering us.
We do have ticks around here in some areas. Andy hasn’t seen many up on the land the past couple of years, no doubt because of the lack of vegetation.
i just hate this for you. this suffering. first the pain. now itching.
don’t they always say… itching is a sign it’s healing? i don’t know. but i want it to be over for you.
i can think of hundreds of bad mean people this plague could have landed on!
NOT YOU. why wonderful people are the targets is beyond me.
now.
my rant is over enough to say…
yes. we have those mosquitos. how we can always be hovering at drought conditions even after a rain… and still be so humid that we have those little buggers… i don’t know!!!!
I’m sorry you have both the drought and mosquitoes!
Even though it was painful, I didn’t think of myself as suffering. I just figured it would be a long haul and I would enjoy each day as much as possible. Mostly my “exercise” was just walking around the apartment, but now I’m going back to the weight machines at the Y every other day and trying to get 10,000 steps in every day. I think the itching is funny. I’m assuming it’s a good sign and will go away soon. In the meantime I’m continuing the laughter therapy to boost my immune system and take my mind off the inconvenience.
The eye doctor seemed to think the inflammation in my eye wouldn’t cause permanent damage, and I’ve now tapered off to two drops a day, from the original eight drops a day. I’ll see the doc again Friday.
Thank you for sending the good vibes! They no doubt helped a lot too. 🙂
Itching can be a healing feeling.
Tom never scratched a mosquito bite so the itch quickly went away. I was never able to do that. Scratching felt so good.
You are the second my blogging friends who has shingles. I want you to get better very fast. For your sake, I hope that the itching phase is less annoying than the painful phase. I’m thinking of you.
We have very few insects here except for some small biting flies that come out every year around July 1. Interestingly, we have a pair of Flycatcher birds nest under our deck every year and their babies hatch on almost exactly the same day as the small biting flies come out – making it much easier for mom and dad to get enough food for the babies. Nature is amazing (and I hope that climate change doesn’t mess up that kind of intricate timing).
Thanks about the shingles. The worst is over now — I’m getting back to my usual routine again.
That’s interesting about the flycatchers. Hopefully they’ll still be in synch with their food supply as the seasons shift.
we have mossies for sure – along with sand flies and other such things – we also have ivy and I suspect other plants that cause problems. You never want to get to close to gorse – prickly sort of bugger.
bees and wasps
the “itching” I think is part of the healing process but as you say in your replies you are mostly done with the “shingles” – great news.