In Growing Toe nail Saga

[Tom Tom]

What is the longest anyone had to wait to get one fixed by the NHS in a hospital because they have to kill the nail bed.

I am up to 3/4 months and am having to get my local gp to sort it out temporarily to stop the pain.

Who'd have thunk a toe could cause so many problems.

 

[Trinity]

Have you investigated the possibility of going private? If you have health cover at work such as bupa tht would cover it. You could end up waiting a while unless it gets infected.
Alternately hit it with a hammer this will cause a blood clot under the nail and push upwards (very painful) but if you go to casualty they usually remove them then.

 

[Mud Monkey]

Toe troubles

Don't worry the NHS will get it sorted by 2008 or some timeround there.
Will let you know dates and stuff about hooking up, and if your fit then cool beans!

 

[Tom Tom]

Originally posted by Trinity
Have you investigated the possibility of going private? If you have health cover at work such as bupa tht would cover it. You could end up waiting a while unless it gets infected.
Alternately hit it with a hammer this will cause a blood clot under the nail and push upwards (very painful) but if you go to casualty they usually remove them then.

Private would have cost me £200 to do it (at the time i thought no its too much now a year later...)

No health cover from work.

Its been infected 3 times and each time I take anti-biotics to clear up the infection.

Maybe one day if i get enough resposne i will post up a picture of it

 

[Collier]

When I had one they whipped it off the same day!

Paul.

 

[Tom Tom]

Originally posted by Paul_collier
When I had one they whipped it off the same day!

Paul.

Its not just ingrowing any more

I had it removed once and it grew back nastier. Like i say its a visual thing. The inside of my foot is growing out over my nail and it is very painful. (as people who have had these will tell you)

 

[Collier]

Originally posted by Tom Tom
Its not just ingrowing any more

I had it removed once and it grew back nastier. Like i say its a visual thing. The inside of my foot is growing out over my nail and it is very painful. (as people who have had these will tell you)

loverly, mine grew back but is dead half way up. I have to keep chopping it back with some nail clippers, was thinking about getting the nail bed destroyed but its not that painfull.

Paul.

p.s. get the pics up!

p.p.s I tried to think of a way to make the paintball related....... I failed lol

 

[Tom Tom]

Originally posted by Paul_collier
p.p.s I tried to think of a way to make the paintball related....... I failed lol

I can't play paintball because of it...... (there you go paintball related)

Do the pics need to be hosted on the web to do that?

 

[Collier]

Originally posted by Tom Tom
I can't play paintball because of it...... (there you go paintball related)

Do the pics need to be hosted on the web to do that?

Yeah

Paul.

 

[Matski]

Eating food while reading this stuff is not cool, dont try it at home kids