As a 'Newbee' here, I am seeking a support network here in the Pacific NW (Oregon). (Please excuse my misprints) I have many questions that need answered. I have searched the internet and have found so little information. For the most part, the medical community, with few exceptions, dismiss the existance of Morgellon's Disease. Even the CDC and other top bodies are sceptical. Only under intense pressure has it even been acknowledged as a 'possible'. The only medical institution I have found that is activly doing research on this disease is from the University of Oklahoma Medical School. The limited treatment centers that recognize it as a 'condition' seem to have had limited sucess. Even the Mayo Clinic has been treating patients. As seniors, and in todays economy, the possibility of traveling to either of the two listed here, is out of the question. Living near a major University Medical School has not produced even a smidgin of relief. Her first physician there determined it was 'Scabies'.

The horible mental effects this disease in my spouse have me reeling, but in my world, I was taught to beleive in the 'In Sickness and in Health' doctrine. Our circle of friends has diminished because no one has heard of this disease and are afraid of possibly catching it also. That I can understand, but for the medical community to ignore the picture that says a thousand words, is unforgivable. I will appreciate any help from anyone in fighting this scourge.