Oh Lord.......

So,,,....as many of you know, (and if you don't, well then that's on you)
ye olde chef has had his share of toe issues.
Well, I have had a habit of getting really bad ingrown toenails.
just on the big toe.
Tonight, mrs chef looks at the big toe on my right foot and says...."You better get drunk......this one is gonna hurt."

Her instructions were to chug a few beers while soaking my foot, alcohol, a razor blade, a towel, and a finger nail filer.

Updates as consciousness allows.

 

And away we go!

 

Won't you buy me
A Mercedes-Benz?

My big toe's infected,
This shit's got to end.

Won't go to the doctor,
On booze I'll depend.

So Lorde, won't you buy me,
A Mercedes-Benz?

 

You beautiful son of a bitch.
I bow in your general direction.

 

I'm cracking a beer open in great anticipation of how this goes.
Will Chef keep all his toes?
My curiosity grows.

 

It's horrifying that this has happened often enough that the two of you have the procedure down pat.
Also mystifying that you have enough toes left that the procedure is still applicable.

 

well....it took about 20 minutes.
she dug, she dug, and shit on a stick she dug.
really really swollen, so she couldn't get it all the way out.
she did relieve a bunch of pressure (in the toe) so it's not nearly as painful for now, but it bled like a stuck hog.
for now, we give it a day or two for the swelling to subside.
on the left side of the big toe, she did feel something, and proclaimed "you dumb shit, you're gonna have one over here too!!!!"

 

Goodness.

In high school I had the surgery on both big toes to correct recurring ingrown toenails (probably due to too-small soccer cleats). Haven't had a single issue in the 30 years since.

 

you said the money word
surgery
don't like docs
will never like docs
only surgery ye olde chef has ever had is a vasectomy and the only reason that is,.......well it's my balls.
balls are different.

 

Had an ingrown toenail get infected in college and after consulting with the advice nurse, my roommate was hauling me to the doctor late-ish to deal with it. The doc gave me a local in my toe (basically no worse than a shot you get from the dentist), took a pair of scissors, cut the nail down to the base and pulled the ingrown piece out. It was over in 20 minutes. Not sure how bad yours are getting but mine wasn't really surgery. Then again seeing a doctor would prevent us with stories of you possibly losing digits so there is that