Pain! Who knows the meaning of this word? Now I suppose every mother out there who has given birth a few times is raising their hand. Fair enough. But, have you ever had your foot stuck in a tractor lawnmower? Ah ha, I got you on that one. It happened back when I was a tender three years old. 68 stitches, a massive cast, and many years later, I’m doing just fine. I’m left with one smaller big toe because the growth was stunted, and of course a massive scar. Nevertheless I’m very thankful. These days the only foot afflictions I have to deal with are ingrown toe nails. YIKES, have you ever had one of these babies? The pain is atrocious!
Okay, I’m about to tell you a funny story. It does in fact involve ingrown toe nails. Hey, what good story doesn’t? Anyway, there we were; my best buddy and I vacationing in Taipei, Taiwan. Yeah, yeah, I realize that no one goes to this particular island for vacations, but my friend’s family lived their. So where was I? Oh yeah, we were having a blast, hitting up all the local arcades, malls and eateries. Just basically soaking up the foreign surroundings. Little did I know, within a couple days, we’d be in utter agony. So let’s fast forward. I now have an ear infection, which I acquired from the local swimming pool, and he has an ingrown toenail. Now we’re moving down the sidewalk like a couple of invalids. I think some locals thought we were filming "The Usual Suspects part 2." You know, that movie and the guy has the limp? So there we were, looking terrible and feeling worse. My eyes were watering from the piercing pain in my ear and my buddy’s foot was leaving a permanent wince on his face. We were pathetic. Then, all of the sudden, I decided to give him some advice on ingrown toe nails. I had dealt with a few in my day. I told him to take a tweezers, pry it up under his toenail, and then clip off the jagged corner with a nail clippers. It worked for me. Maybe 10 seconds of excruciating pain, tops.
Granted, most people will not want to deal with their ingrown toe nails the way I do. My buddy didn’t! He kept his the entire month we were there. I couldn’t believe it. An alternative to my method is seeing a physician. He/she can remove the ingrown toe nails for you, and it may be a bit less painful.
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