[MelodyL]

Hi all.

Well, it never ends with poor Alan. Had a tooth pulled a few days ago. Recovering from the pain of that. Tonight I am sitting on my porch when he phones me and says "Before we go to Dunkin, can you come up and look at my toe, it's bleeding'. I ran upstairs to find him announcing 'My toe fell off". I looked at him, looked at the toe, saw all the blood on the sock, washed my hands and then really looked at what was going on.

For however it happened, he banged his middle toe, and the nail is hanging on by a thread. I phoned his podiatrist and I'm bringing him in tomorrow. No other damage anywhere else, No other toes were affected. I cleaned him up good, did a saline wash, added some bacitracin and put a gauze pad, secured it and put a clean sock on that foot. I don't know what else to do.

He's fine, he's in no pain (because of his neuropathy).

I would gather that tomorrow the podiatrist will then take off the nail, clean any debris or anything that is there and re-wrap?

Anyone have this happen to them?

Thanks much

Melody

P.S. This happened when he was not wearing his shoes. He knows he should never walk anywhere without his shoes. He just had gone into the kitchen to get some sugar free ice cream out of the fridge. Believe me, he will never go without his shoes again.

[glenntaj]

--she and her compatriots are constantly losing toenails to the trauma of running.

It's actually not that hard to lose a toenail, or a fingernail, to trauma--sudden or low level constant trauma--especially as we get older.

It looks frightening, but most of the time these will grow back. And they will look very ugly as they grow back. In fact, the new toenail will often look distinctly different from the old one, especially if there was trauma down to the nail bed. And, having this happen to a toe makes it more likely that it will happen again.

But, you're doing the right thing with Alan; getting him to the podiatrist will ensure that the area is cleaned, doesn't become infected, etc. And then you can watch the toenail grow in again over months, as long as he doesn't smack that foot into anything else.

[MelodyL]

Originally Posted by glenntaj

--she and her compatriots are constantly losing toenails to the trauma of running.

It's actually not that hard to lose a toenail, or a fingernail, to trauma--sudden or low level constant trauma--especially as we get older.

It looks frightening, but most of the time these will grow back. And they will look very ugly as they grow back. In fact, the new toenail will often look distinctly different from the old one, especially if there was trauma down to the nail bed. And, having this happen to a toe makes it more likely that it will happen again.

But, you're doing the right thing with Alan; getting him to the podiatrist will ensure that the area is cleaned, doesn't become infected, etc. And then you can watch the toenail grow in again over months, as long as he doesn't smack that foot into anything else.

That's what I thought Glenn. Thanks so much. Will update.

Regards, Melody

[MelodyL]

Originally Posted by MelodyL

That's what I thought Glenn. Thanks so much. Will update.

Regards, Melody

Well, he's just fine. Went out to Dunkin with me last night. All my lady friends make a fuss over him. lol

Melody