My Toe

[rhsunderground]

So here’s what happened:

Last Wednesday (11/15) morning I got out of bed to turn of Phil’s (one of my roommates) alarm (which thus makes the entire story his fault). At the foot of our beds is a chair that holds our fan; when getting out of bed, my big toe met that wooden chair. The result? My big toenail about 60 degrees above the horizon of my big toe. So, as any logical person would do, I went out to the other room to wallow in self-pity, and then woke up my roommate to take me to the hospital (and, of course, take some pictures of it.) At the hospital they gave me 7 or 8 shots to numb me up and then took a soldering gun, poked a couple holes in the toenail, and then proceeded to take a hook and wire and poke through the holes, through the toe, and sew it on tight. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

You may do see the pictures (AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION) here (http://doane.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2004784&l=53035&id=148000110).

[Watts]

Cool!

I wonder why they didn't just rip it off completely?

[Jick]

Son of a... *runs to bathroom to vomit*

:p

[rhsunderground]

Cool!

I wonder why they didn't just rip it off completely?
they offered it to me as an option, but i like my toenail, so i wanted to keep it.

[Reli4nt]

I know someone who had his hand closed in a car door. The thumbnail popped up all the way to the root. He quickly pushed it back in and wrapped it up. The doctor said if he hadn't done that he probably would have lost the nail for good.

If they removed the toenail here it probably would never have regrown.

That just makes me start wondering about roots of toenails and why we have nails in the first place.

[Ultimater]

Son of a... *runs to bathroom to vomit*

:p
Lmfao. Don't be a hog, gimme some room!

[Jick]

Don't be a hog, gimme some room!You can use the sink!

[drhowarddrfine]

This reminds me of the time I was at work and someone came up behind me and picked me up under my ribs. I felt a slight 'pop' and felt some pain whenever I took a deep breath. I called the best doctor I've ever known (except he went and died on me) who told me I had a cracked rib.

He said we can do one of two things:
1) I can come into his office where he'll wrap me up in an Ace bandage and in a week or so I'll feel better, or
2) I can do nothing and in a week or so I'll feel better.

No hot pokers for me.

[Watts]

but i like my toenail, so i wanted to keep it.

They could have put it in a jar of alcohol or something. Then you could carry it around and show it to people, or maybe sell it on ebay if you got tired of it.

[MstrBob]

Eek man. I've done that, but I never got it sowed back on. Back in my days as a youth, it was summer, I was running outside in sandals man, hit the concrete curb... big toenail gone. Ripped off completely *cringe*

I know someone who had his hand closed in a car door. The thumbnail popped up all the way to the root. He quickly pushed it back in and wrapped it up. The doctor said if he hadn't done that he probably would have lost the nail for good.

If they removed the toenail here it probably would never have regrown.

That just makes me start wondering about roots of toenails and why we have nails in the first place.

Well, my toenail came off. All the way, but it grew back. Don't get me wrong, it took MONTHS, the better part of a year actually, to be back to normal, and in the interim I kept the toe wrapped and cleaned (because DAMN, anything that touched it for a while stung like hell).

Our nails, fyi, are left over from evolution. If I remember from my old AP Bio class correctly, nails evolved from hair and were very useful to us as claws. But as humans evolved and we utilized our hands more with our greater dexterity, tools and brain replaced the need for homegrown weapons (so to speak) and so our nails today are pretty much useless. Like the tail bone, they are a link to our ancestors. </lesson>

[rhsunderground]

(except he went and died on me)
some doctor.


:p

[Sunny G]

I know how that goes. For me, when I had a nasty ingrown toenail the doctor had to remove it. I, of course, was watching and was having a nice conversation with the doctor. Blood and guts doesn't bother me. Except.... The doc brought out a big needle, and numbed the toe. The needle was about six inches long, and repeatedly he was hitting bone. That was worse than pliers he used.

Son of a... *runs to bathroom to vomit*
Don't be a hog, gimme some room!
Weenies. Don't you guys watch live surgeries on TV?

[Reli4nt]

It is arguably healthier to have an aversion to gore. From an evolutionary perspective the people who despise gore are both less comfortable with getting hurt and less comfortable hurting others. Living safe and avoiding combat are both good ways to up the chance you live long enough to pass you genes.

Of course on the flip side chicks always dig the tough guy even if it gets him killed.

[toicontien]

That's why I want to get a motorcycle. Then I'll be tough because of the chance of me going on a high-speed chase through L.A. and ending up on Spike TV in "Craziest Police Chases 12." I'll be an unstoppable force of sex appeal and chrome :D

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

crap! that must have hurt!

[rhsunderground]

my toe is still wrapped in medical tape.