Appointment today for the ingrown toenails

I know it sounds crazy but I just hate going to the doctor that bad. I put every thing off as long as I can and I just can't stand it anymore so I needed to give in and go especially before I lose my insurance.

@shaggin Honestly that's not a good approach to your health. I'm sure it's going to be much nastier now than if you'd sorted it out sooner. BUT that said, I hope it's not too horrible for you.

@boiboing It really wasn't to bad. It wasn't like me not going caused any damage. It feels better now hims grinding off the built up toenail from the corn. When it gets really painful again I can go back and have it done again or have surgery to straighten the toe so I would keep walking on the nail and causing the corns.

Well I have two problems neither of which is ingrown toenails. I have nail fungus on my two large toes. I also have corns on my little toes. He gave me stuff to put on my toes for the fungus. He dug out the corns and ground the area down. I can keep going and having it done when it grows back and is painful or I can have surgery done. I will have to wait and see what happens over the next few months.

@shaggin Godd luck and i hope those concerns will be over soon .

They gave it to me as I am low income. If I hadn't accept the free medical I would have been fined. I am happy to have the medical although I do not go to the doctor unless I absolutely have to. This pain I could not stand anymore I had to go. The toenail really wasn't ingrown it is actually that the town curls under so I walk on the nail and so it builds up a callus and forms a corn. He told me that I can have surgery to straighten the toe if him sanding it all down doesn't fix it which it probably won't.

@shaggin It is wonderful that you have free medical care. Noone loves to go to the doctor, but many times we have to.

Well I found out that I actually have two problems going on. The pain with my little toes is that my toe curls under so I walk on the nail. It builds up a callus and forms a corn. He cut it and filed it all down with a sander but he said as long as the toe turns under like that this will probably always be a problem. He said to see how things go and if the pain comes back and the toenail keeps building up and being sore like that then there is a surgery they can do to straighten the toe.

@shaggin i hate surgery.

I found out that it wasn't ingrown toenails it is corns. My pinky toe turns under so I walk on the nail which builds up a callus and forms a corn. He dug it out and sanded it down. He said it will keep happening though and that I can keep coming back and having that done or I can have a surgery where they straighten the toe.

It actually wasn't an ingrown toe nail it is that my smallest toe curls under so I walk on the nail and it builds up a callus and forms a corn. He scraped it out and ground it down. He said that it probably will help for awhile but will continue to do this unless I have surgery to straighten the toe out. I do have toe nail fungus though too on my big toe so he gave me a Antifungal nail polish stuff and told me to keep using vicks as I have been for a few years. My toe nails look awful now. It was a bit painful what he did but just while he was doing it. It will be a lot less painful now with the corns gone.

@shaggin Corns can be painful too, hope it gets better till you can find a permanent solution.Be strong