One of the great benefits of living overseas in a place like Colombia is inexpensive in-home manicures and pedicures. For awhile, I had our lady come regularly to give us all manis and pedis. These appointments kept everybody's hands and feet looking nice.
And then I got off-schedule because Mac had a Friday afternoon birthday party when I had our appointments scheduled so I had to cancel.
And then I didn't reschedule because we were in the Halloween/Marine Ball rush and I was at the salon every weekend and could get my fingernails done.
But I neglected my toes.
So last week I wore heels and my ingrown toenail started hurting from the downward pressure in skinny toed-shoes, so I decided to take care of business. Taking care of business meant basically ripping out the cuticle on one side of my big toe. The toe hurt like crazy all week and then on the weekend, I noticed it was getting redder and the red was expanding. I soaked in Epsom Salt all weekend and coated it in Neosporin, all with little to no effect. So today I took myself to the health unit and I am now taking antibiotics for the infection that has taken up residence in my toe. I will never give up my day job to become a manicurist.
I go back to the doctor in two days and we shall hope it's much improved. If it's not, I've been promised we're moving to Plan B, which is to remove part of the toenail.
Stay tuned for the rest of the story...
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