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Phoenixpower -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/21/2011 4:09:25 PM)

I would get plasters (alternatively holly should be able to post you a bunch of them) and tape it and then leave it to rest properly. With taping it I mean there, where the toenail goes off I would leave the white part of the plaster which doesnt stick on it, so that when you do remove it you can do it easily without risking your toe nail...

at home we have the saying that it takes 9 month until it outgrows the affected area which was about right when my thumb ended up black during one move where the door wasn't quite as far away from my thumb as I thought it would be when carrying through a piece of furniture...

Anyhow, I kept it taped to ensure it doesn't go off completely to protect myself from that discomfort..



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/21/2011 5:17:41 PM)

Well, for now, it's wrapped up in paper towel til I can get to the store.  I don't dare drive because my stoopid mind keeps flashing back to the sight of the toenail completely, totally, all-gone ripped off backwards.  And everytime it does, things get all gray and my head starts to swim.  I even tried to lay back down, but closing my eyes just makes it flash bigger and brighter!  I just may stay home from work tomorrow...it's starting to throb now, and all I have is ibuprofen.  I did wrap it in a bag to rinse off in the shower...of course, I was all hot and sweaty when it happened.

Dammit...if I didn't have bad luck I'd have none at all!  At least it will have enough growth for my son's wedding.....I have to be able to wear shoes!



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 1:15:29 AM)

Warning here..blues alert......I just need someplace to speak.

I'm so tired....everytime I close my eyes, I flash back to my toenail being ripped off. I can't afford medical care, and I'm grossed out by the sight of my own blood, so I don't know how I'm going to change the bandaging I did get on it.  And it took me a good 30 minutes before I could even think about touching it.

Being alone sucks.  I miss my family.  I want to go home.  I feel like the last 7 years of my life have been nothing more than a waste.  However, my chances of getting a job back home are even slimmer than they appear to be here.  I've never felt so lonely before....not just alone, but flat out lonely.  I hate this.

I'll be okay.....I just have to work thru this.  I just don't have anyplace else to vent...it's not working trying to cry it out, or tell the kittehs.  Maybe I'm just hormonal......and afraid that my life has been a huge waste.  {sigh}  If only I could shut down my damn mind and lose that mental picture.....I could sleep.  I have a headache, the toe doesn't seem to be hurting, but that's becuase it's numb from the trauma.  Work today is out of the question...I can't even hobble around here without crying, and there's absolutely NO way whatsoever I'm getting a shoe on.  Even Monday....I may just tape a wally world bag over it and go in that way.

Too bad everyone I know is asleep...I can't even pick up the phone and call someone.  I wish I was normal......



KMsAngel -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 1:25:40 AM)

normal is vastly overrated s2s.

have you got skype?

sigh. edited for wrong name. my apologies sweet lady, maybe i was seeing you as a 'pure soul'? though, since you didn't rapture, i'm thinking not :P



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 4:42:47 AM)

Thanks, Angel...I don't have skype, tho. 

I'm okay.....I actually changed the bandage and it's still pretty nasty looking, but it still doesn't really hurt.  I've never lost a nail in such a traumatic way before, so I'm sure once the body recovers, it's gonna hurt like a mother.

Squeaks has been hanging out and giving me hugs, and KB slept close with me for the short nap that I did get.  Boo is all curled up next to me here at the computer.  I guess I'm just feeling a little sorry for myself.  I'm going to eventually have to figure out how to clean it out better...maybe soak it, but it was all I could do to get the dressing changed without passing out.  I do have some penicillin left form my dental work, so if I need it, I have that.

All I can think of right now is how much I want my mommy.  Sux, don't it?



KMsAngel -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 5:05:41 AM)

yeah. i don't think we ever outgrow our mommy need when we hurt.
if you're masochistic you could probably soak it in salt water to help it heal, eh? imagine it'd hurt like a ********* though [:(]

good excuse to wear a flip flop to work, though!



ShaharThorne -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 5:29:43 AM)

She has to have a doctors reason to wear a flip flop to work.

Try going to school with your thumb throbbing and you not able to take notes.

Thank goodness for rum that night.



Phoenixpower -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 6:10:29 AM)


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ORIGINAL: KMsAngel

yeah. i don't think we ever outgrow our mommy need when we hurt.


thats true.

When the flu knocked me off last year (the real flu, not a cold) I also felt that way...and mum saying on the phone many days "you can't go back to work, you still sound awful" me answering "I also feel awful, but quite frankly I still have to pay my bills and don't get paid when I am off sick, so there is no choice."

I am really looking forward now to get back my stable life again and wish you to receive the same s2s...[:o]



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 6:51:38 AM)

nah, Shar, we can wear flipflops.  Unfortunately, I can't even comprehend putting one of those on.....the bandaging on the toe is pretty big, and it hurts to bend it or put pressure on it at all.  I may end up cutting the big toe area out of a sock or two and getting around that way....tomorrow!



calamitysandra -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 12:25:02 PM)

Is the nail still attached, but flipped back, or is it completely gone?



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 2:04:10 PM)

Oh Sandra...it is completely gone......I don't do anything half way!  I still have no idea how the heck I managed to do it.......I mean, c'mon....my foot?????  It's not like I didn't know it was there!  And it happened so fast that I didn't even realize what I'd done for a few seconds....I  just stood there looking at the nail peeled back and hanging by a few peices of skin.  And I cut the top of the toe too.  I removed the nail, as there was no way it would ever reattach.  There's still relatively no pain, which is strange...I've snapped back my fingernails before, and it's hurt worse than labor!   Right now, it just hurts at the base where the nail connected t o the bed, and anytime I inadvertanly put pressure on it.

Dayum...I"m getting all fuzzy headed again.....brb



Phoenixpower -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 2:06:40 PM)

OMG soul....[&:]

somehow I doubt that "well done" are the right words there [&:]



calamitysandra -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 2:26:38 PM)

Okay, having the nail completely of makes taking care of the wound easier. You need to make sure though, that there are no small slivers of nail left tucked into the sides or somewhere else.
Then, clean the wound thoroughly using betadine or something like that. Let it air dry afterwards, if you put gauze on the still wet surface, the gauze will "fuse" to the injury, and getting it of will hurt like hell.
When the surface is dry, use a gauze pad and some tape to wrap up.
Take a good, hard look at your toe twice a day, if there are any signs of infection, get thee to a medical professional.
If all is well simply put on fresh dressings twice a day, and make sure that you do not stub the toe (too often) in the first few days. Put the food up as often as you can, if possible at work too.

However, if somehow possible, I would let a doc take a look. Sometimes injuries like this make some stitches necessary.






soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 6:01:46 PM)

Dayum....this weekend just keeps getting better and better....just got off the phone w/family.  My dad's sister passed this evening from a stroke.  I talked to Dad, he says he's doing okay, but he's so damn stoic, it's hard to tell just how OK he is.  He doesn't cry, so when he does, it really shakes me up.

She had a stroke they figure on Tuesday and never regained consciousness.  At least her two sons respected her wishes about her not being saved.  (They can be real asshats.)  The docs said that even if someone had been with her at the time of the stroke, they wouldn't have been able to do anything, the damage was too much.  And there's no way she would have wanted to be kept alive by machines.  And she stayed here long enough for everyone to make it to her to say goodbye.  She is in a better place now, her husband passed almost 40 years ago and she never remarried or even had another man in her life.  She's w/Uncle George now.....where she always said she belonged. 



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 6:08:17 PM)

Oh yeah, Sandra....I have done nothing but bang the stoopid toe on things since I did it!  I'm not usually prone to tripping, but I've stubbed my toe on boxes, rugs, got it tangled up in the commforter and blanket when I've laid down.....WTF???????

I still can't believe how on earth I managed to run over my foot with the futon.......other than it was on carpet and not moving too smoothly, so I gave it a hard yank, and of course, it came along just fine then!

The nail came off intact, but I'll keep an eye on it just the same.  But I'm terrible with wounds like this when they are mine......everything sort of goes gray around the edges when I even think about it.  I've got salve w/antibotiocs, the over the counter stuff, that I keep slathering all over it....it does keep the bandage from sticking for the most part.  And the gash probably should have a stitch or two, but OMFG.....I'd pass out for sure then!  Crap, even thinking about it makes me queasy!  *shuddershivershudder*



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 7:53:34 PM)

Interesting little bit of shower/gravity trivia......if a woman w/a 42C boob is taking a shower, did you know that the big droplets of water coming off said boob drip directly on to the big toenail?  And do you know how much it frickin' HURTS when the toenail ain't there??????  [image]http://www.moppo.net/mextra/anims/level6.gif[/image]



Phoenixpower -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 9:08:34 PM)


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ORIGINAL: soul2share

Dayum....this weekend just keeps getting better and better....just got off the phone w/family.  My dad's sister passed this evening from a stroke.  I talked to Dad, he says he's doing okay, but he's so damn stoic, it's hard to tell just how OK he is.  He doesn't cry, so when he does, it really shakes me up.


Sorry to hear that soul [&o]

Have to say your life is far from boring....job hunt, the accident from your...nephew (?)...your toe nail, your aunt....

Hope it starts getting better now, hey [:)]



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 9:32:15 PM)

Well, Phoenix, I could use a little more boring in my life right about now!  I've been up for what seems like forever, and I'm exhausted, but everytime I lay down, I just lay ther staring at the ceiling.  I have a headache that won't stop.  I even put in some of my old standby dvd's that I know I fall asleep to, and they didn't even work.  I just popped some melatonin, so we'll see how that works.



Aylee -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/22/2011 10:04:11 PM)

S2S,

Sorry to hear/read about all the issues with the toe, further stubbing, and your Aunt.

On the happy side, my lab FINALLY passed the Popsicle stick! YAY!

I am really posting this to make you smile.

A week (yes, a week, Monday it was) ago Butterhead decided to share her dreamcicle with the labs. One gulped the rest that was there, stick and all. Of course this was about 5 minutes AFTER the vets had closed.

So. . . I called anyways because they have that whole 'on-call' thing.

Do you know that the answering machine attendant LAUGHED at me. Actually she was laughing at the situation. Apparently after several years of doing this, this was the first time she had heard of this. She was curious as to the answer for what I was supposed to be doing. After informing me that it was not our vet 'on-call', but a different one from a different clinic, I said that was just fine. Give me a call. This is not the first time I have had to use an 'on-call' procedure.

The vet said to NOT induce vomiting, as that could cause more problems. But to just wait for it to pass while feeding 'bulk' foods.

So. . . we have been waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

But, finally today, the dog shit a stick! WOOT! For a moment there, we had a "Lab-onna-schtick!"

So, in your misery, please remember, you could be spending your time happy because a dog shit a stick.



soul2share -> RE: The Holly and Potty Show (5/23/2011 12:42:44 AM)

Oh Aylee, that is just too funny.....sounds like something that would happen to my family!  I'm so glad that everything came out okay.....yeah, pun intended!  It could've been so much worse!  My sister has a (goofy) lab, and he eats everything too!  And I have a cat that will eat rubber bands given half the chance.

Thanks for the chuckle.......



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