Big Toe

Ya know how you don't realize how important sometime is until you don't have it any more?

My big toe on my left foot doesn't have a toenail any more. I'm used to it now but it took a few weeks. It's taken me that long to get to the point where I can talk about it without getting shivers up and down my spine.

I had a baterial infection under my toenail. Don't know how it got there. But there it was.
I could tell something was up because the color of the skin under the nail turned a white-yellow and was spreding. Also it was getting more and more painful each day.

Went to the foot doc and he didn't know what it was but saw that something was up.

When he asked, "On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most painful, what's the pain at?"

Remembering the quote of my good friend Bob Fischer, when ever he was asked that question he always answers 10 becuase then you get the best care asap. So I said, "7"

Well then we better get at this right away. So he gave me my options and recomended that he remove the nail, then we'll see what's going on and it will fix the problem.

Great I thought. I'll come back in a few days and it will be taken care of.
Doc says, "I'll be back in 5 minutes and we'll do the procedure. If that's alright with you."
"OK." I say thinking, "I wasn't expecting it this soon but now we'll get it over with."

Everything went fine. Yep I had a baterial infection. In about a week the toe will heal up nicely.

Oh, by the way, it takes 6 months to grow the nail back.

So here I am today. Toenail-less but in no pain, except when the kids step on it.

Interesting side note, Bob's idea doesn't always work.
Doc said, "Well if you're at a 7 now then after the nail is removed it will be at a 3 for about a week." It hurt A LOT MORE during that week, like a real 7.