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at the 10th of march i will be 'helped' at the hospital with my toenail. Its been growing wrong and i'll undergo some operation , but after that i can go home. I HATE this. Argh. Though atm it looks bad and it hurts. But i hate hospitals! aargh.

They'll probably take 30 to 50% of my toenail away so it can 'grow correctly' now. It better should be!

Crap!

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intresting subject.. i thought it was about crap..

good luck.. never knew that could happend..

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well it IS crap ;) I've heard terrible stories about the pain.. Argh, id ont wanna know. But i do know, NOT doing this also is pain... argh. Sometimes i cant even walk normally. THough its not that bad now.

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I've been through pretty much the same recently, and I can assure you that the pain involved is minimal. The first painful thing will be the anaesthetic you get injected right into your toe; normally two injections are sufficient. This feels a bit odd as the anaesthetic excercises some pressure directly on your nerves - it's not a stingy pain or something, it just feels a bit weird.

During the operation, you won't feel anything at all (obviously). A few hours after the operation, when the effect of the anaesthisation slowly wears off, you will probably feel a kind of throbbing; not really painful, but annoying. I suggest you take some Paracetamol or similar stuff - just take care not to take any medication that makes your blood thinner (Aspirin, for example - the pill, not the coder :D ).

The only real painful moment is one or two days after the operation, when they change your bandage for the first time. If you are as 'lucky' as I was, they will have pushed a small strip of iodine-drenched bandage into the wound during the operation; this serves to provide disinfection and to prevent the wound from closing too fast, before ichor and blood can get out. This strip will get drenched pretty much, and as the blood slowly clots, it will get stuck inside the wound... The moment they pull this strip out of the wound, my friend, will be the moment when you shpuld have some vivid memory of pleasant things at hand, because this IS painful. But it lasts for two seconds, and then it's over. And once you have this behind you, there is no more serious pain - nothing worse than a slight headache you won't even notice unless you focus on it. ;)

However, if they want to remove so much and if you've been putting this off vor very long, you might have a nice little inflammation, and they might have to choose a different method.

Whatever they do: Never mind, unless the doctor suddenly comes up with a hatchet. :P

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well i did not get informed that much. Ie, they told me i will be helped and thats it. I thought "ok, so i can go the next day to work". But it looks like that aint gonna happen.

Ur story does not really make me feel comfortable ;)

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btw, i've been told that sometimes the operation does not seem to solve the problem... and you have to undergo a second!?

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grow claws, you won't be annoyed :P

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... until you find the need to scratch yourself...

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This is theoretically possible, but normally you ought to be fine. Besides, once you know where to pay attention, you can see if everything's alright... and if not, you can go to a doctore BEFFORE the same shit happens again. I bet there are possibilities to prevent a repetition.

Bleh, half as bad as it sounds. Two little pinpricks, and 10 minutes later you're done, bandaged etc. You might want to organize someone who can pick you up and get you home, because walking is a bad idea right after the operation... not because it hurts, but because it might bleed.
Then a day or two with occasional pill-taking interludes, and maybe a first night where you don't sleep so good.
First bandage change, two seconds serious ouch and that's about it. The rest is annoying, but nothing more.

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my oldest brother had that... trust me the worst part is how it looks... having like half a toenail... he said the pain wasn't that bad unless someone stepped on it... but that would hurt anyways

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The surgery for ingrown toenails can fail sometimes. Anyway, I am sure that they've told you that you are clipping your toenails wrong.

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Btw, sfx1999, where is your avatar from, i've seen it before, but i cant remember where it is from, can you remind me?
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It's a Tonberry! I don't know if this paritcular one is from Final Fantasy VII or Final Fantasy VIII.

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sounds pretty ugly...

but it probably isn't even as bad as a dentist... just broke my front tooth in Alpe D'huez :/

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Heh on Friday I obtained "soft tissue damage" on my right foot and I couldn't walk. They gave me crutches. The funny thing is, the next day, I didn't need the crutches.

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Heyyo,

Mine's healing slowly... very slowly. It ain't painful, heck, I even drove home. :)

Well, make sure you pay attention to it and treat it, I seem to forget it some days, then it goes bad again, then the healing starts over. :P

Well, the only time it really hurts is if you stubb it.. FOR THE LOVE OF JEBUS, don't stub that toe...

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Did you have an operation as well MarD? Since there are several different forms. Ie, some only clip a bit where you could not reach, but it could grow back. Some clip half of your toenail... and some even remove the entire toenail.

I've been told that you may not walk after clipping a half or the whole toenail... And i think they are gonna take half of it.

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Heyyo,

You can walk onnit, it's suggested no so it can heal faster is all, that and lowered chance of pain.

always have some bandages or something onnit, don't let cotton or wool from your socks get in there, can make it infected.

They took out a chunk of mine, from a hangnail I ripped that got infected. So guys, don't cut your nails too short, and don't ever rip, cut.. rip = bad idea. :P

my doctor said to soak your toe in warm water with a bit of soap every day, it seems to help the healing process. Helps clear out the puss n' allows the nail to have an easier time growing back. :)

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3 days left before operation. Argh

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dum-dum, dum-dum, dum-dum, DUM-DUM... *raaaaaaah* *slash* *splatter* *eeeek* :P

Not getting nervous, are you? :D

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I'll try to be present at your funeral too.

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You're evil. :P

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not likely.. but if there will be one.. how do we know?

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He could code a posting bot that would be triggered by him not posting for five days... 9_9

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Here it is. I have activated it.

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ROFL, and *I* am evil??? :D

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rofl, thanks for all the major support here guys :P

yeah, i am nervous. I admit that. Anything wrong with that? :P

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Heyyo,

remember Stefan, it's just a toe.. if they mess up n' it needs to come off you still got 9 other toes. :P

Comforting though eh? lol, but yeah, odds of them needing to chop off the whole toe is none. It's not that bad man to have a messed up toe... the only part that sucks if it won't heal goddamit.. damn you toe... I oughta just dip you in hydrogen perroxide for hours...

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chop off?.. when havent the odds been wrong?.. you never know what the doctor will do. heard about someone who was going to get some organ operated out.. they took the wrong one..

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Well, I know, for experience, that there is a test to know if the doctor is good. Ask him about Hyppocrates (spelling?). If he doesn't know who he is, GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE!

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I think you meant the 'hippocratic oatch', Hyppocrates was probably a Greek philosopher.

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Hippocrates is supposed to be the founder of medecine (granted, he was Greek).

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Yeah, I ment Hippocrates... Yup, he's greek... The greeks rox! Have you noticed that they discovered almost EVERYTHING in geometry?

And if we had no geometry, we would have no bots! No hl! :'( The world would sux!

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It would have been discovered later even if the Greeks didn't catch onto it.

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¬¬...
You got my point.

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in less then 24 hours its all over . Eek.

I am nervous. Damn. Does not matter how many times i tell myself its 'just' on sting... Its just the thought i guess. Argh.

Yeah, and i also keep thinking. "I got 10 toes... i can always lose one".. the problem is. If i lose this one, i will be having some hard time keepking balance ;)

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Heyyo,

ROFL! oh c'mon Stefan.. it's not that bad.. no need to be all scared n' stuff cause we just wanna poke fun at ya for being scared. :P

... don't make me have to start calling you Stephanie. :D

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...
and another entry to the memorable quotes!

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just saw i was quoted.. again..
someone is actually paying attention to what im saying.
weird i thought this was the internet.

good luck stefan.. tell us the docs name before you go..

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I think they should set up a webcam @ the operation room so we can see stefan's finger get chopped off, I mean, being healed :D

Just messing w/ ya ;)
Good Luck.