It Was A Very Distressing Day
@SIMPLYD (90717)
Philippines
July 6, 2017 4:00am CST
Yesterday, I consulted a dermatologist with my big toenails that seem to have fungus. Indeed, four of them have fungi, she said. Two were the littlest toenails, right toenail and the second to the littlest on the left.
She recommended that I should have my affected toenails be removed through an operation by a doctor I know. That way, it can be medicated well and the nails will grow nice again. They are painless anyway, she said.
I was distressed on the first place, because of the said operation.
Secondly, because she has prescribed me expensive medications and supplements to make the nails and hair strong as well as the skin. I only bought the antifungal cream and creamy soap from her beautiful and well-equipped clinic.
I went back to the office and asked my two close officemates if I will have my four toenails removed. It will just be of local anesthesia.
They told me that since I don’t feel any itch nor pain and that they don’t have pus, why should I. Besides they said their littlest nails were also dead already yet they aren’t bothered. In addition, my big toenail looks well.
I felt relieved to hear that.
I hope the cream and the soap will kill those fungi.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
do you use your shoes even while your feet are still wet? that is one condition that a fungus grows, especially the shoe is an enclosed space good for thriving of fungi.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD i see. well, good for you, my lady, because you can use open toed shoes or sandals in your work, unlike us who should use pair of closed white shoes and knee-high white stockings as well.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
@ridingbet But we will again be using closed shoes because we will have our new uniforms.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD really? then, i can imagine you, my lady, in your skirt and blouse, or pants uniform with close shoes, that you might look like a supervisor already, but you are in a higher position than supervisor, am i right?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
6 Jul 17
Should clear up and try to wear open sandals and wash feet in chamomile infusiion not hot of course just tepid after it has been steeped about ten minutes and let your feet dry natural if you can I would use kitchen paper for the time being to dry off the main part of it and discard it.
A lot of shoes that don´t let the foot breathe are the culprits.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
6 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD
Still I would wear sandals that protect your toes but at the same time let them heal better.
Well that is what I would do as the shoes I have right now are only for winter so its thank goodness the sandals I have although they are a bit too open let my feet breathe and the sun get to them.
I have to be careful as well as there is not much grass to walk on here.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
7 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD
No, I caught mine under the door the kitchen door because it has a sharp metal edge and I was lucky there the toe nail has grown back good.
However I look after my feet as the shoes they make and sell here are quite awful if you don´t realize what you are buying.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 Yes, I agree, we have to let our feet breath while wearing shoes. Did your nails had fungus too?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
Ask for a second opinion, doctors in our country would sometimes recommend procedures that cost a lot and are too invasive whereas threre are other alternatives, I won't have my nails removed either if it were me
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
Yes, that's what I noticed with this dermatologists. She prescribed a lot of other supplements and she has them all in her clinic.
Well, I don;t wonder because she has to have lots of clients because her clinic is a class one. She has some cubicles for different procedures.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
@ilocosboy I will just keep treating it until it's finally nice again.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD if the nail fall down, new one will come
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
7 Jul 17
I hope so too...The creams etc should help.
Also you can always ask your daughter and take a second opinion
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As to my daughter, I haven't told her about it actually. She's so busy at her duty in the hospital being just in her first year of residency. But I will tell her about it so she can give her opinion.@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
@responsiveme And this dermatoligist did just like that, so the stocks of medicines she has will be sold. Her office is so classy, though I know they have lots of clients because they have those gadgets in 3 cubicles for derma peel and the like.
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
7 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD yes because these are the times you need a doc in the family
Many docs just say about treatments which may not be needed
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@toniganzon (77119)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
I have never had that experience and hope I won't. What caused it?
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@toniganzon (77119)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD Ouch, hope that you get healed soon.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
10 Jul 17
@toniganzon I am positive my toenails will heal.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
that's pretty drastic advice. 4 toenails at once? if you went through the operation, how many days do you have to stay home?
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
Yes, I was shocked. Then the treatment will be for many months and that will benefit her clinic indeed, since I will be buying from there. Her clinic is so classy.
I just tried her because we have a new health card and she's accredited. But my former dermatologist wasn't like that who recommends and let me buy a lot.
It's just of local anesthesia and since they are 4 it will take maybe an hour. Then, I can go home.
I just have to wear open sandals and the toes operated on will be on bandage. 
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
8 Jul 17
@SIMPLYD but you won't be able to go to work for a while since you won't be able to wear shoes properly
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
9 Jul 17
@hereandthere Yes, I can. I can always ask for permission that I will use open sandals since they can see the conditions of my toes.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
6 Jul 17
I hope this goes away whatever you decide to do.
If you decide to have the nails taken off I know my nephew did have that done and now he is fine.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
7 Jul 17
I'm so sorry to hear this! I think that is drastic to remove the toenails, and would try the meditations first. They may work. I heard there are pills to take, but they can cause liver damage. I also read somewhere, that Vicks is good for nail fungus.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
9 Jul 17
Actually yes, there are a lot of natural remedies for it on the internet.
However, since it's the first time that our Health card has an accredited dermatologist, I tried her.
Well, if after the cream and Selenium sulfide was it hasn't gotten better, I will try the natural remedy. But so far, I noticed an improvement in the affected area. The nails are now not so hard to cut.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 Jul 17
I too am afflicted but it has affected the sole. I have written a post on it It might help you
I had a problem with the sole of my left foot and thinking it was a corn I got some corn removers. But I was disturbed to see a white patch elsewhere on the...
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
9 Jul 17
I hope the cream and the soap works for you, it does seem extreme to remove all of them.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
25 Aug 17
My affected big toenail has is already a bit thin compared to before. My two smallest toenails formerly hard surrounding has also softened. I am hopeful that it can be fully healed. The doctor prescribed the cream to me for 6 months.
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
That is true. Her clinic was so classy and I know she's paying a high rent, she has to make lots of money. 
I am having my second opinion, one of these days.
But meanwhile I am using the cream she prescribed as well as the soap.
I am having my second opinion, one of these days.
But meanwhile I am using the cream she prescribed as well as the soap.