A while back, my toe started to hurt. It was an ingrown toenail on the right side of my big toe on my right foot. No big deal. I've had them before. It starts out with a bit of soreness on the side of the nail, but a little work with a pair of nail clippers and it goes away. Didn't work this time, however, and it kept getting worse. In fact, it got bad enough that I developed a limp. And an infection. It was obvious that this was beyond my ability to handle, and I needed to hand it over to the professionals.
So Tuesday I went to my family doctor and she sent me to a podiatrist. My appointment was for this morning and off I went expecting him to bring me back in the next day or two to dig out the ingrown toenail. Not so. He decided he could take care of it right then and there.
He deadened my toe. That was not fun. What he did next, I have no idea because I wouldn't look to see. It sounded bad and smelled worse. According to what he told me, he took off the side of my nail (sound), took out the ingrown part and then cauterized the root (smell) so that it wouldn't grow back.
After it was over, I looked at the ingrown shard that he had pulled out, and it was huge! It was about 1/2 inch long and had been growing straight down into my toe. Good Lord! No wonder it was hurting so badly.
So he bundled my toe in gauze and sent me home with good drugs. I started getting the feeling back just as I got home so I took advantage of the pain killers and spent the afternoon piled up in my mom's guest bedroom snoozing away. What luxury! Sister is taking care of the chickens and goats, so all I'm doing is sitting around surfing the web and watching videos. I'll have to be back up and at it in a couple of days, so I figure I'll take advantage of it while I can.
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