Submitted by "erin" on 12/12/2006

I noticed small strange bites in a patch on my elbow at the 2nd week of November, 2006. They were itchy and hard and not like mosquito bites. I wondered if they were bedbugs so did some online research. I checked everywhere but saw nothing. I finally saw a bug crawling across my mattress in the wee hours of the morning on December 9th after turning on the light to get a drink. Because I had done previous research I recognized it right away as a bed bug!

I have alerted the Superintendent & owner of the co-op building I live in. I found out someone else in an apartment several floor up also had reported having them, though I'm not sure when. Now I'm concerned the whole building is infested! I discussed this with the building owner who, luckily, lives in the same building. The exterminator is being called tomorrow. Sleeping at a friends till the exterminator comes.

I've spent a lot of money washing EVERYTHING I own and it is now all sitting in sealed plastic bags till the exterminator has done their thing. My mattress & pillows have all been bagged and disposed of with signage saying "BEDBUGS - DO NOT TAKE HOME!" I am staying at a friends till then as well. This SUCKS!