It’s Just a Toe

On January 21, I had a permanent matrixectomy on my left big toe. And for eight weeks and two days, I completely avoided posting any public pictures of that toe-- it was gross. But Friday morning, March 20, I woke up and saw when I looked at my feet that there was no 1/2 inch square scab in the bottom left hand corner as had been there the night before, when I went to sleep. So, bored on Friday afternoon, I took the above photo with my phone, and captioned it this on Facebook:"It took 1 […]

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So, the foot soak, plus pumice and foot grating of two calluses, a load of hard dead skin and an overnight application of salycitic acid to those areas overnight, has left my left foot feeling strange this morning, it's really soft and comfortable, but it feels strange -and that's only the first treatment done. (Another two to go) As for run next week, that depends on the next two treatments, and the plantar exercises that will apparently help the toes and metatarsals #FootProblems #running