I think the primary mistake in all of this is to say “Morgellons is X”, where the only thing that is considered is one disease. What Morgellons “is” is a list of symptoms, which are shared by many conditions.

Regarding the fibers – of course you find other colors, but red, white, black, and blue account for maybe 95% of all the fibers you find “in the wild” – have a look at some laundry lint under the microscope. It looks like this:

http://morgellonswatch.com/images/dryer-lint-fuzzball-60x.jpg

See more examples here:
http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/04/11/fibers-are-everywhere/

The microscope is a key part of the problem here. Many of the fibers are only noticable if you spend a lot of time examining your lesions with a handheld microscope. If you look long enough, you will find them. Some Morgellons fans even point this out:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/16/AR2008011603134_pf.html

The treatment is expensive, though Sue’s insurance covers most of it. At her sickest, she still paid as much as $400 out of pocket every month for a host of antibiotics, fungicides, antiparasitics and other medications. She says she now pays about $100 a month out of pocket. Matthews, like Savely and Stricker, prefers not to work with insurance companies, and patients often pay out of pocket, sometimes $500 per visit. Matthews, who has since sold his family practice to study Morgellons full time, also receives a portion of the proceeds every time he sells a bottle of NutraSilver brand colloidal silver in his office. The money, he says, is used to further his Morgellons research.
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Matthews postulates that Morgellons is a coming epidemic. Everyone, he says, has fibers. To prove it, he asked for my hand. He cleaned a ProScope, which magnifies the skin 200 times, with alcohol, and I washed my hand with antibacterial soap. Under the microscope, there in my palm, was what appeared to be a tiny red fiber embedded in the skin. Under the top of my fingernail, I saw a bright blue one. Matthews smiled triumphantly. “You see,” he said. “Everyone has Morgellons.”

So, no matter what is wrong with you, you can go see Dr. Matthews and he will tell you you have Morgellons, and presumably offer treatment for it at $500 a visit, using colloidal Silver.

Does that seem right to you?

I am not certain that Morgellons IS. However, I do find the fact that in a world where getting comments on a blog is difficult, there are extensive pictures and descriptions contributed by various sufferers who seem to find a common suffering – fibers coming out of lesions.

Of course, I don’t deny that there may be fibers floating around that get into wounds or whatever. However, its is then happening with everyone in this world. How is it that it is causing so much discomfort to some? To date, I don’t remember a single fiber coming out of any wound/lesion/scab that I could pull out in a way consistently described by these people – and I’m a worrier and a scratcher. Something happens to my skin, even a small pimple, I scratch it into full glory. I get a scab on a wound, I try to worry it off the minute it seems to come slightly loose. I get a small rash, I need to follow up on it all the time. Not nice habits, sure, but I definitely wouldn’t have missed threads that I could pick out of wounds. And yes, my wounds are rarely bandaged and all, so they are like an open invite.

Also, blue and red fibres are woven into most weaves, yes. But what about they yellows and greens, etc? Or do people with a tendency for psychosis have a tendency to wear clothes and live in environments with blue and red fibres mostly?

I really admire the post with the photos of “not morgellons” fibers. I think it brings some perspective and insight into what many people may have seen and feared as a symptom. However, I don’t find it an adequate explanation for someone suddenly finding fibers coming OUT of their skin, or for the pain, etc if it happens to them all the time, which seems to be a rather long jump of logic in a hurry to dismiss.

I am not saying that skepticism is wrong. But is it necessary to conclude in the opposite direction? Is there a possibility to wait and see, and follow up on ideas on both or more sides of the issue? I think what is happening here is a polarising of people. Either you are a gullible psychotic, or you are the one telling them how they are wrong.

I wonder what happens if this actually turns out to be some significant discovery? Oh yes, you guys will believe the proof. The sad part is that with awesome brains like the ones here, you will be the ones who will need to be proved to, rather than the ones participating in the discovery.

The “it’s not even my birthday” is because I was excited about the conversation. How is this ridiculing. It’s not exactly like I’m taking someone’s picture and animating a pin going through their head, right?

“Doc” Buckner.” I don’t get how this is ridiculing….

“Morgie.” Most people with Morgellons call themselves “Morgies.” I didn’t know this term was for internal use only?

Nunya, someone disagreeing with you isn’t ridiculing or venemous.

Now, if Dr. Buckner were here, or anyone else that you accuse “the three of us” of doing such things to, having a give and take exchange of communication, and something went awry in the conversation, that would be different. I’m certain, that, given the opportunity, any of “the three of us” would stand accused, and in return, address the matter as soon as it arose. So, I fail seeing what you’re accusing anyone here of doing.

If you actually aren’t familiar with Dr. Buckner, you may learn that he is, as I had said, a “morgellons disease” patient/believer, himself, by reading this old article.

http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/05/08/70308.php

I genuinely don’t think you’ll appreciate my saying that I have an interest in such patients as these, due to it being the first time in history that all of society has a bird’s eye view into their minds, and, that I firmly believe, with all of my heart and soul, that they’re being profoundly exploited as a result.

I’m very sorry for your losses and hardships, nunYA. Like a lot of people, I’ve had a tremendous amount of them as well.

Smileykins

Please show examples of ridiculing and intimidation. Copy and paste will suffice.

There and i didn’t even have to leave this thread.

I’m just a person who’s commenting on someone’s blog, and if I told you the reasons for my interest and concern over the matter of “morgellons disease”, you would not appreciate it.

And what makes you assume I could not appreciate it.
I watched my first wife die from breast cancer.
I also had to deal with my second wife’s Arnold-Chiari malformation I, which was undiagnosed and miss diagnosed for over two years after the birth of our 1st child.
i have seen more than my share of hospitals, spent more than a year sleeping in those little fold out chair beds. So take your little passive/aggressive “you would not appreciate it” as the number one example.