Very Rational Entity Weblog

A week ago i got sick. Had an asthma attack after the series of sandstorms. So after a few puffs of ventolin i felt okay.Then a few days after i got cough and flu. With all the H1N1 scare going through the hospital i decided to just stay at home and self medicate. As long as its just plain cough and flu i can treat it myself. Dont want to be expose to the suspected H1N1 cases in the ER.

First thing i  did was load myself with vit.c. So i had lots of oranges and the effervescent tablets 1gm\tab diluted in 250ml of water ( only if we have calamansi here i have made calamnsi juice instead it would have been better <sigh>). Then the whole time i was on hot breverages only. Then of course the ever reliable paracetamol and some antibiotics for my cough though i had to get through the “backdoor” pharmacy to get my supply of antibiotic hahah! After a few days of going through those self treatments i felt better.

So after a day or so of feeling better i went out to do some grocery.Funny thing was i saw this can of calamansi juice. I was just hoping for that a few days back and there it was. Brings back good memories of home. Only if they have calamansi here instead of lemons!

It was so damn painful sorry for my french .. damn it that i could tolerate anymore. At times i do cry myself to sleep cause the pain just wont go away.. how i wish this was all a dream..

Yeah yeah… to much for the dramatic intro.. Im actually talking bout my bothersome Ingrown Toenail.. hehe.. I am like the rest of the female species love a good pedicure only that i do it myself  why? Because i have a paranoia that my toes would get injured during the process and i hate the thought that the manikurista will use the same set of tools that was previously used to other customers. Only if they will my set of tools but if not forget it.

So as my pregnancy progressed i also had difficulty in doing my pedicure it was hard to bend down and reach for my toes. So in short i neglected my toes for some time and also after giving birth it was also again hard to bend since i undergo CS and was in pain most of the time.

Neglect would be the perfect word to sum up why i had ingrown on my right toes. But then again there are several factors also that contributes to it such as wearing shoes that crowd your toenails, cutting your toenails too short or not straight across ,injury to your toenail  and unusually curved toenails .

 At first it was tolerable i said to myself ill try to do the pedicure myself but the pain was excurciating that everytime i try i end up doing nothing but scream in pain.And then i observed that it was swollen and when i accidentally bumped it pus came out.So was scared that it could get worst. Then i asked my mom she told me my choices are either i go to a manikurista or to a doctor… So i choose the latter i would not risk going through the pain and get infected if ever. I ask my mom to talk with any surgery resident who can do my nails.And after consulting one i had been scheduled for minor surgery Aug.4′09 @ 9am. First i had to take antibiotics for a week prior to the procedure for the inflammation to subside. The doctor who would perform the procedure was one of my greatest crush so just imagine the shame i had to go through hahahah. i then talked with with my doctor and he explained to me what was to be done he said he will be doing wedge excision of the medial right ingrown.My mom was even teasing me that i cannot complain nor shout in pain during the procedure.

Came Aug.4 with all my guts i went to the hospital i made sure i was ready emotionally hahah.. The nurses @ the Day Surgery greeted me and was already telling scary stuffs bout the procedure i just laugh it off with them but deep inside i am so scared already.8:30 i change to my OR gown..8:45 they bleeped Dr.Shomimi.. 8:55 Dr.Shomimi came , scrub  and i was wheeled to the OR room.

Exactly 9am he started he was teasing me if i am scared to which i replied,” Of course not” and smiled @ him. After being scrubbed and my right foot was draped with sterile sheet Dr.shomimi administered the anesthesia 2% lidocaine 8cc total. Did i scream if you wanna know? Surely! to the top of my lungs it was soooooo painful! My husband even told me that he heard me scream from outside the day Surgery unit. But after the anesthesia was administered my toes were numbed and i didn’t feel a thing. What he did was he cut a portion of my nail and stitch .

The nurses said the pain would come when the anesthesia wears off, but to my surprise the pain was tolerable and i felt more relief than pain. maybe because I’ve tolerated the ingrown pain for quite sometime now that even post op pain didn’t bother me anymore.

After i did the initial dressing  and seeing my toes fort the first time after removing the dressing im just happy and thankful that its all over now. After it completely heals i could wear thong sandals again! Yey!

Moral of the story: Have a regular pedicure!