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Final Approach
don't read over breakfast. this has nothing to do with my medical but I thought I'd put it out there in case anyone has experience with it.
maybe some of you remember last summer I thought I had broken my toe? fell down the stairs and landed funny?
my big toe-nail got black and blue. didn't lose it though, not then anyway.
the past 6-7 months it's had a decided ridge in it. slowly working its way to the end. I was maybe less than a month away from clipping it out. the stuff behind it looked fine, as of 6-8 weeks ago or so. I have since noticed a second, smaller ridge trying to grow up behind it.
so far, so good. then upon closer inspection a few weeks ago, the nail itself was trying to come loose starting at the second ridge - just on that side though. I figured at least it was protection, no reason to try to do anything to it and it would grow out. wasn't bugging me. (then again it's open toed sandal season soon - ugh!)
yesterday went hiking, maybe 1.5 hours. when I got back my big toe was kinda bugging me - nail bed. last night TWICE in bed shuffling my feet around I evidently snagged it and made it even looser. iyiyiyiyiyi
upon inspection this morning the whole dang thing is loose but for a strip on the opposite side. I know darn well I am going to snag it a good one at some point. I started wiggling it and it kinda hurt and I'm chicken. so I at least clipped part of it, halfway, so there isn't as much leverage.
now what the hell do I do? will it come off eventually by itself WITHOUT A RIPPING NOISE or should I go see a doc and get the rest of it?
why would it take so long for this to happen?
there is "nail" underneath but it's rough and not super thick like my regular toe nails. is this going to preclude hiking (once the nail is all the way off I mean?) given how far back it is, this is at least 6 months away from being a normal nail again - grown all the way out I mean. what else can I do? will the rough/thin nail part grow thicker again?
maybe some of you remember last summer I thought I had broken my toe? fell down the stairs and landed funny?
my big toe-nail got black and blue. didn't lose it though, not then anyway.
the past 6-7 months it's had a decided ridge in it. slowly working its way to the end. I was maybe less than a month away from clipping it out. the stuff behind it looked fine, as of 6-8 weeks ago or so. I have since noticed a second, smaller ridge trying to grow up behind it.
so far, so good. then upon closer inspection a few weeks ago, the nail itself was trying to come loose starting at the second ridge - just on that side though. I figured at least it was protection, no reason to try to do anything to it and it would grow out. wasn't bugging me. (then again it's open toed sandal season soon - ugh!)
yesterday went hiking, maybe 1.5 hours. when I got back my big toe was kinda bugging me - nail bed. last night TWICE in bed shuffling my feet around I evidently snagged it and made it even looser. iyiyiyiyiyi
upon inspection this morning the whole dang thing is loose but for a strip on the opposite side. I know darn well I am going to snag it a good one at some point. I started wiggling it and it kinda hurt and I'm chicken. so I at least clipped part of it, halfway, so there isn't as much leverage.
now what the hell do I do? will it come off eventually by itself WITHOUT A RIPPING NOISE or should I go see a doc and get the rest of it?
why would it take so long for this to happen?
there is "nail" underneath but it's rough and not super thick like my regular toe nails. is this going to preclude hiking (once the nail is all the way off I mean?) given how far back it is, this is at least 6 months away from being a normal nail again - grown all the way out I mean. what else can I do? will the rough/thin nail part grow thicker again?