Since 1992 most of my dealings with medicine in Florida could not be called a positive experience.
In fact, it has been so horrible at times that I developed a running email to my friends; complete with pictures, since just before Holloween 2000 to save my sanity. Many people have asked me why I haven't written a book. I wanted everything to HEAL first. However, yesterday, 6 days prior to surgery to remove a rod/screws from my leg, a surgeon pulled out; citing that he wanted to retire this year and didn't want any more longterm cases. I'm not waiting any longer. Perhaps you will be able to stave off some of the money hungry, idiotic, biased and careless behavior that I have found- the hard way.
Wound care is a multi- billion dollar a year business. Really, why would someone cure a wound when the intermidable returns for rebandaging can be charged over and over and over again? I know I'm going to hear from a lot of people who think that that is bunk, but let me tell you; I've met hundreds of people in Florida who know of someone who's been bitten by a brown recluse, who have been bitten by a brown recluse and who have been told by their pompous doctor experts that they COULDN'T have been bitten by a brown recluse spider and who have either had terrible stories of getting the wound excised over and over again. Many people have lost limbs to the spider bites, many have lost their lives. People's pets have died from this spider's venom & the flesh eating disease that it brings with it. As of yet, no one has positively linked Brown Recluse Spider bites with the increase in cases of MS {that starts from the feet & goes upward versus starting from the back & heading downward} and Pyoderma Gangrinosum, but I feel confident that in time, they will.
YET, STILL there are doctors who believe that the brown recluse CAN'T live in Florida.
I BEG TO DIFFER.
I was in the U.S. Navy for over 23 years.
I served in several states that had a large brown recluse spider population.
In all those states, I had & maintained storage.
In fact, it has been so horrible at times that I developed a running email to my friends; complete with pictures, since just before Holloween 2000 to save my sanity. Many people have asked me why I haven't written a book. I wanted everything to HEAL first. However, yesterday, 6 days prior to surgery to remove a rod/screws from my leg, a surgeon pulled out; citing that he wanted to retire this year and didn't want any more longterm cases. I'm not waiting any longer. Perhaps you will be able to stave off some of the money hungry, idiotic, biased and careless behavior that I have found- the hard way.
Wound care is a multi- billion dollar a year business. Really, why would someone cure a wound when the intermidable returns for rebandaging can be charged over and over and over again? I know I'm going to hear from a lot of people who think that that is bunk, but let me tell you; I've met hundreds of people in Florida who know of someone who's been bitten by a brown recluse, who have been bitten by a brown recluse and who have been told by their pompous doctor experts that they COULDN'T have been bitten by a brown recluse spider and who have either had terrible stories of getting the wound excised over and over again. Many people have lost limbs to the spider bites, many have lost their lives. People's pets have died from this spider's venom & the flesh eating disease that it brings with it. As of yet, no one has positively linked Brown Recluse Spider bites with the increase in cases of MS {that starts from the feet & goes upward versus starting from the back & heading downward} and Pyoderma Gangrinosum, but I feel confident that in time, they will.
YET, STILL there are doctors who believe that the brown recluse CAN'T live in Florida.
I BEG TO DIFFER.
I was in the U.S. Navy for over 23 years.
I served in several states that had a large brown recluse spider population.
In all those states, I had & maintained storage.
None of the storage areas where I kept my furniture and clothing ever sprayed for bugs. Then I moved to Florida and maintained the SAME storage of the SAME furniture and clothing and boxes for over 6 years before finding my dream house. The spiders; which would have died in the northern climes; had time to evolve here in Florida with the very hot months elongating their April through July mating and egg laying season and they thrived on the insect life that profilerates in many storage areas. They also grew. The spider that we found dead on my back porch after I inadvertantly squished it with my ankle; was over 2 inches in diameter including legs. Its mate; caught and ate a large 2" palmetto bug on my porch before we were able to spray it dead with BugStop by Spectracidą¤$.
How many thousands of military people have moved into the state of Florida in the past 40 years bringing with them storage containers from other states where spider populations thrive? Remember that a brown recluse loves to be places where humans aren't for the most part. Storage areas are PERFECT for them. We have a brown recluse spider population in Florida.. I have seen one so big that it was able to take on and EAT one of our giant palmetto bugs; which, by the way, get to be OVER 4 inches in length.
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