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Originally Posted by Inspiretoday
I have been battling with an ingrown toenail for a while now. It seems to feel better after a few weeks of soaking and treating with Dr. Scholls Ingrown toenail Pain reliever but then it resurfaces.
I have never had these issues prior to 3 months ago. I think it is probably because my feet swell at an increased rate and I was wearing closed toe shoes all the time. ( I now wear my sandals so my feet can breathe)
During 2 of my ketamine treatments no one in the hospital would touch it and referred me to a podiatrist. Finally after the toe was infected and flaring my CRPS I went to the podiatrist. The podiatrist wouldn't even touch my foot because of the CRPS. We sat in the examining room and watched my foot turn colors about 5 times within 3 minutes. She said it would be best for me to go under general anesthesia w/ additional ketamine to help prevent a flare up.
Sent home with direction to soak and pull the skin back from the nail and take antibiotics. Tomorrow I head back to the pain docs to see if they will back the idea of surgery.
This sucks. Simple procedures that would take a few minutes I now have to be hospitalized and undergo surgery. 2 months ago I had surgery for dental issues because of the spread of CRPS and it was hell. I still am not able to chew tough foods and my pain never went back down to the baseline even after 2 ketamine treatments.
I'm really afraid this ingrown toenail could set off a series of very painful events and even affect my ability to get a shoe on and walk.... Anyone had experience with this? I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you!
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Sorry your dealing with this,you can use the dr scholls,that helps to soften the nail and dull the pain,I get them so often now I perform my own type of surgery.i have a nice pair of ingrown toenail snippets that can do the job on its own some times,when that doesn't work I use my utility knife,now you must be somewhat skilled to perform this.what I do is I go to the top of the nail on the ingrown side,you place the razor down in between the nail and the outside of your toe,once you get below the nail ,you bend the nail up by pressing down and to the rights side of the foot,this will pop up the ingrown nail and if your good like me you can slice it off with the blade,this takes practice ,or just have another pair of scizzors bye to cut the exposed nail,it takes patientce to perfor and you could bleed alittle if it's deep,if you go to a dr ,they butcher your nail and it looks painful from what I saw ,best of luck and be careful,must use a new razor blade nothing dull