[docmartin]

We have just had the second stage of replacing our 1 inch pile, 12 year old carpets replaced with laminate, Thurs & Fri this week. Amazing dust deposits behind furniture, under beds etc etc. - quite shameful really! Anyway big benefit. For years I've suffered from excess mucus (post nasal drip) and always related it to living 50 yards from sea and breathing in a lot of ozone, as on the rare occasions since work days, when I stay away, it clears rapidly. On the net I've now read that thick pile carpets house billions of dust mites that empirically establish colonies over the years. I think I had a continent here! The condition became so bad that in recent times I couldn't sleep without a nasal spray by the bed. Even on Thursday night following the completion of my room, I felt better. Last night and today my lungs have streamed continuously, my hearings better and I haven't woken up with sticky eyes for the first time in probably a decade.

Crystal has also suffered this condition, seemingly the 'dreaded 'Red Yeast Mite' condition' (see thumbnail), some days worse than others I bathe her peepers every day with both liquid and pads, but have never truly cleared the condition completely. I started her on Angel Eyes' tablets this Wednesday as a last resort. However as the old carpet was being cut up and bagged, both of us were reacting in the same way - tears streaming from our eyes, obviously aggravated by the forceful eviction of our exponential invaders.

I'm hopeful that my improvements will also be shared by her. It might be psychosomatic on my behalf, but she does seem better already and it can't be the Angel Eyes as it's not had a chance to 'kick in' yet.

Any one else had an occurrence of this type of scenario, if so how did it run?