Oh My Toe

[mel76]

the first week i started prac - 2 weeks ago on the Monday i got home & my big toe on my right foot was so sore, i put up with it thinking i just knocked it during the night but then around wednesday it was worse all puffed up. On Friday i left after Lunch to go to the doctors as it was so infected & i held out all week i just couldn't do it any more.
You should have seen it......... so swollen.
I was put on Antibiotics & told i might lose the toe nail.
I had to soak it in hot water (as hot as i could stand) with salt in it.
by Sunday morning i had to pop the lump it was killing.
It settled down this week, i have now finished my tablets.
NOW it's throbbing again & i'm going to lose the nail as it's lifted away from the cuticle but OMg the pain it's killing me. i can't bend my toe near the nail as it kills.
the base of the nail looks like it's torn the skin.
So looks like another trip tothe doctors tomorrow.
I really feel like cutting my toe off.
I took a strong pain killer & it's done nothing

[eLL85]

OMG. Sounds terrible. Hopefully you loose the current nail and grow a new one it will be total pain relief for you. But even then Ouchy. Ouchy.

[mel76]

My Mum reckons they will take the toe nail off for me & wrap it.......
Not good:headh:

[Mad Old Cow]

geez Mel, don't cut your toe off I am sure it will get better one of these years LMAO but seriously i do feel for you it is painful to lose a toe nail

[Perfectly Precious]

My Mum reckons they will take the toe nail off for me & wrap it.......
Not good:headh:

Oh eeeewww you poor thing :hug:
I hope it heals better soon!

[Cherie]

Oh Yuk Mel..owwwie
Hope it heals quickly..

[Heather]

Never had to lose a nail, so I don't know what suffering you are going through.....does it help to keep it elevated?
Hope you can see the Doctor tomorrow.

[Sunny]

Whats caused it? Was it and ingrown toe nail gone horribly infected or was it a fungal infection of something? Sounds very raw and painful either way - hope it settles down and heals quickly for you :comfort:

[Stormy]

Sounds very familiar...my other half would identify with you. He's been on antibiotics, had the wedge resection and still had problems. I reckon it would be better if I just pulled the jolly nail off for him but he won't let me do it. Can't think why. :hehe:

[sandydee]

hope you are on the mend soon :comfort:

[Binx]

Mel can I just saw ewww and cool! All at the same time?

But I hope that it settles its self down for you soon. It sounds very painful. Can you take any neurofen/panafen/ibuprofen type pain killer?

BF had both big toes operated on to bring his ingrown toenails into line.

[kittyrose]

Yowch!! Mel that sounds really painful! I hope it gets better soon, and that they give you some treatment for it that works quickly.

[mel76]

Whats caused it? Was it and ingrown toe nail gone horribly infected or was it a fungal infection of something? Sounds very raw and painful either way - hope it settles down and heals quickly for you :comfort:

i think it was the shoes i wore for the first 4 days of prac. On the Thursday night i went & got actual nursing shoes & it's been much more comfortable after that. I think the other shoes were to hard & i think my foot moved too far forward to the edge of the shoe as with the nurses shoes they are soft leather & i got fitted at the Athletes Foot so they are heaps better
In turn it caused an infection as it pushed the toe nail back

[Heather]

Ooo ouch.

[Supa]

ouch!!

[Rachel]

I would reccomend seeing a podiatrist to deal with it if you are able to. I had heard so many horror stories about the way that gp's treat toenails. My DP and I were both treated for ingrown toenails. He by a GP and me by a Podiatrist. He spent 2 days on bed rest with Panadeine forte and I didn't need a thing, on a pain scale I was literally a 0 due to the different procedure :)

[miss kiki]

ouch mel!
i hope everything goes well!!

[Di Nana]

geez Mel, don't cut your toe off I am sure it will get better one of these years LMAO but seriously i do feel for you it is painful to lose a toe nail

I wouldn't cut your toe off either Mel, now that does hurt :headh:

hopefully it heals soon with the proper shoes now

[CathyOne]

Ooohhh No! There is nothing worse than a toe so sore, just kicking a toe is bad enough, can't imagine what you're going through.

Let's hope it gets better soon.