Update on the Toe
So after a week and a half of running around the medical field trying to figure out what in the world was wrong with my toe, I finally found the answer. My toe has a very severe burn. It is either a very bad 2nd degree burn or a 3rd degree burn. The way in which we finally found out what happened was somewhat complicated, so here is the rundown of events.
After going to the E.R. 2 times, I got to go to my general practioner (GP) which is who actually performed the procedure in the first place. Just like the E.R. doctors, my GP placed me on more anti-biotics thinking it was a bad infection as well. After he did this, he said he wanted to see me the next monday. Monday came and my toe had not improved whatsoever. He decided that he would refer me to an infectious disease specialist to take a closer look at what exactly was wrong. The next day I got an appointment at the local specialist and went in expecting this doctor to hopefully have some clue as what exactly was wrong with my poor poor toe.
Unfortunately she had no clue exactly what was wrong as well, so she called a friend of hers that is an pediatrist to come and look at my foot. He happened to be in the area so he stopped in to her office and walked in to my room. He immediately knew that it was a burn. I guess when ingrown toenails are removed they use small amounts of acid to kill the cells that make the toenail so the portion of the toenail that was removed doesn’t grow back. Unfortunately this acid Phenol leaked all over my toe. This effectively sat on my toe for three days, eating the skin and possibly a tendon very slowly.
This Phenol substance is what is used for womans facial peels. The acid is made to eat the skin off of woman’s faces so they will go from This to This. Fortunately I am now on medication and am putting all kinds of creams and special wraps on my toe treating it just like a burn. There is still a small chance that I will lose part of my toe (I’m talking very small) but at least it is on the path to getting better now.
October 14th, 2005 at 8:32 pm
I’d be sueing for sure — man that’d be like a free wedding!
October 14th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
Yeah, I will probably at least get the money that we spent on doctor visits and the money that I lossed from being out of work for so freaking long. We talked to a family friend who is a Dr., and he said the only down side is that it will run on forever because the bad Dr.’s insurance won’t want to pay for it.
I guess I lose because stupid people sue when nothing really happened.
November 5th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
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