My Strange Toes

Well i never thought i would be doing a blog about my toes!! But as much drama as they have caused me the past three years, heck why not?
Three years ago i started having problems with ingrown toenails, the two big ones and one next to the big one. Although our doctors treat that all day with no problems i was still too much of a wimp to do anything about them. I dont like needles even tho i work in a doctors office and see them all day, its fine as long as there not headed my way! When the pain got so bad about three years ago i made an app with a podatrist in south jordan. I went twice to see him, both times when sitting on the exam table i backed out of him doing the procedure. The second time ralph even took off work to come with me to give me courage but i still backed out and ran out of there!! So after that even tho about a month after that we got a great podatrist added to my doctors office i have suffered and tried to deal with them as best i could. I would watch people all day go in and have the procedures done with our podatrist, i would hear no screaming and everyone left alive and well but still i would not bring myself to do it. This doctor is great and great to work with, hes even a friend of mine on facebook, lol so its not that i didnt trust him. Hes worked with us almost three years now. Anyway it finally took one of Heathers old drill friends to go in and get hers off that gave me the courage. She had battled with hers for years during drill etc and was as big a wimp as me. She also had gotton to the point of, enough is enough. After hearing her story and seeing she is still alive and well i finally got the courage (to everyones shock at work) to walk into an exam room yeserday. Before i could change my mind and run back to my work area he had popped three whole toenails off!!!! Can you belive that? It was just like popping off the top to a bottle! They just popped right off. Of course he numbed me first and i couldnt feel it at all. The shots were no where like i had build myself up to think they were. I had imgined these needles the size of my arm and it was just like a few bee stings or somethng. Heck i had four of my kids without drugs why was i so scared of this?
So now my strange toes will be even stranger as i will never have toenails on them. But no more suffering, yeah!!!! Of course today i cant walk very well. But thats nothing compared to the pain i lived in every day. Im very happy i had it done. And thanks Jenna for giving me the courage by doing it first. lol. How she danced on copperhills drill for three years with this i dont know.
But anyway if anyone is in need of a great podatrist we have one in my office who is amazing. Hes just as great to the people he works with as to his pts. And does he know feet. He has helped us out three times in emergencys, with both of Lucys broken feet and a sprain that cory got last week. I wouldnt take my feet or any of my family members feet to anyone else. lol.
I guess ive be wearing slippers to work next week but thats okay i dont work in the front office anymore so thats okay. I dont go back to work till wednesday as i have a colonoscopy on monday, ugh. With the same guy thats done my last two. Tuesday i just took off work as weve having carpet put in the basement.
Anyway thats my toe story. So for anyone that is silently suffering as i was. Be brave and go do it, Its well worth it. And i know just the doctor for you!!