I’m also stubborn.
Sometimes this combination is very painful.
This is one of those times, and it is REAL painful.
About 5 years or so ago, I developed a large corn on the bottom of my left foot.
If you have ever had one of these dirty sonsabitches, you know just how painful they can be.
It feels like you are stepping on a rock every time you take a step.
Working in maintenance, in very large industrial warehouse type settings, it is nothing to take many THOUSANDS of steps, every day.
Thus, many thousands of times a day, you get a major dose of pain.
After weeks and months of this, you come to the decision that something needs to be done about this.
In the past, I have used good old fashioned liquid Compound W in combination with the medicated oval foot pad cushions to slowly dissolve the cocksucker.
It’s advertised for using on Warts but it works OK for corns too.
It takes a while but after some time, it kinda turns the skin rubbery and kills it. This makes it so that you can grab it and peel it off.
Successive applications lets you get deeper in and eventually you get enough gone that it quits hurting when you step on it and you are good to go, usually for several months at least.
Recently, this fucking corn came back and after some months I was once again fed up and decided to do it again.
Unfortunately, the bottle I had from the last go round had dried up so I asked The Wifely Unit to snag me some the next time she went shopping. Well, she comes back and said she couldn’t find any of the liquid so she bought this new Freeze It type stuff.
I had my old doctor freeze a wart off one of my fingers years ago so I kinda knew how this worked, or so I thought.
So I open this little kit up and I’m reading the directions and see that you basically stick a Q-Tip in this collet and then stick that onto the bottle and it sprays the Q-tip while it’s covered up so it isn’t just spraying the shit everywhere.
Now comes the fun.
Because this corn is on the bottom of my foot, I can’t see what I’m doing and I didn’t think to ask the Wife to do it for me. So I am basically doing this by Braille.
Instead of just sticking this thing directly on the corn, I kinda swiped it around where it felt like it should go.
Big Mistake.
The next day, I stopped on the way home and got a bottle of the shit I was wanting in the first place, plus some more of the little pads. I then proceeded to wipe a bunch of that shit on the pad and stuck it where it felt like it needed to be,
A couple days go by as I repeat this process and my foot starts REALLY hurting.
So I have the Wife take a look at it and I heard her suck in her breath real quick when she looked at it.
That ain’t a good sign
So because I can’t see what the fuck is going on, I used my phone and took a picture of it.
Umm, yeah.
Whoops.
I fucked up.
Chemically burned the hide right off.
This was a couple weeks ago.
Of course I am having to go to work every day and walk all over the place, it got worse.
And worse,
There is a 1/4 inch deep, infected hole under that mess.
Apparently I dissolved that corn entirely.
Mission accomplished.
I had an appointment with my surgeon because I was having trouble with the incision from the surgery not wanting to heal up at the top because it’s right where the elastic from my underwear and my belt loop area of my jeans was rubbing on it all the time so while I was there I asked her to take a look at it.
It’s finally healed, two months later.
She took one look at it and boy did she get mad!
The thing is infected and she had to drain a bunch of pus out of it and clean it all out.
She’s ranting about gangrene and amputations and shit because it’s on my foot and I have fuck all for blood flow in my legs. The surgery didn’t help that and my condition has actually gotten worse. I can’t even walk half as far as I could before and now my calves start cramping and I’m getting shin splints in my left leg after walking just 20 feet sometimes now.
So she cleans the thing up as best as she can, loads me up with some iodine and tells me to get the crap surgeon’s use to wash up with before surgery to clean it with. Some kind of gel, called cholrhexedrine.
Twice a day, wash it off, put iodine on some gauze and bandage the shit out of it.
She also prescribed some anti biotics, told me to start eating yogurt because they kill the good bacteria in your gut and come back in a week.
Over the course of this last week, this huge sore on my foot is getting more painful by the day. It’s fuckin’ killing me. Of course then it gets infected again. So I am trying to keep this thing cleaned out
That was last week and all this week up to today.
I went to see her today, she takes a look at it, starts poking it and trying to cut dead skin off around it and I am literally coming out of the chair every time she touches it.
This thing is 100% screaming pain at this point.
That’s it she says.
You are going to the Emergency Room.
Oh just fucking great.
In the first place, even with the Crippled Guy license plates, I can never find an open Handicapped parking spot and have to park 100 yards up this damn hill to find a place to park.
I get done with her and then have to go down 3 floors, walk out of the building, hobble 100 yards UP the hill to get to my truck, get in, back that fucker out without hitting anyone’s car, drive down and out, go clear around to the front of the hospital and the circle the entire parking lot 5 times,6 rows deep, trying to find another place to park. Then get out and walk ANOTHER 100 yards up to get into the Emergency Room.
Even with her calling them letting them know I was coming, I was in there 7 fucking hours, with no breakfast. I literally saw 8 different people, had to go back to the waiting room 3 fucking times and wait on them to come get me for the next person and before it’s all said a and done, they did this to me,
Are you fucking kidding me.
More anti biotics, I was told to quit using the gel and the iodine because it was actually not doing anything good for it and to just wash it with soap and water. I’m off work until Monday.
When they kicked me loose at 3:30 in the afternoon after me leaving the house at 9, I then had to hobble all the way back across that parking lot to get back to my truck. That fucking boot made it THREE TIMES more painful to walk than just my regular shoes and by the time I stopped and grabbed a chicken sandwich, drove to the pharmacy to get the pills and got home, I was in so much fucking pain that I almost had to pull over at one point.
The minute I got in the house I took that fucking monstrosity off because between it and all the bandages, it had cut off the circulation to my foot and my toes were completely numb and I had stabbing pain coming out of that wound.
So here I sit, all this bullshit, pain and expense, because I am too stubborn to go see a Podiatrist and have him cut the fucker out.
Trust me, I won’t be making that mistake again.
Ouch!! Praying for you Phil.
Does Mister Cederq know about this? I would ask for his opinion. Don’t have to listen, but maybe he has sound advice. Keep it clean I’d my advice. I’ll say a prayer for your foot.
Oh, shit Phil, I am calling you! We can go to wound care together…
WTF? The surgery did nothing? Damn.
I don’t know what the damn boot is supposed to accomplish. Keep you from putting weight on the ball of your toe?
You might end up with a wound vac, which is a nifty technology, but kinda limits your mobility when it’s on your foot.
Is that foot guard thing like the neck cone thing they put on dogs, to keep you from “treating” it at home?
Good grief, Phil, I feel foot pain just reading this and seeing the pics. Sending Healing prayers.
had a nasty wound like that myself a few years ago. like 10 or more.
anyway, this old guy told me to get some fresh garlic and make a paste out of it
dress the wound with it like 2 times a day. damn if that shit didn’t work too.
mine was from a bad burn. between the paste mix and getting air to it.
it didn’t even leave a scar afterwards.
not too sure how it would work on your foot though.
So far, I’ve been lucky. I’ve had a couple of those in the recent past (and may be getting another one on my left foot). The way I got rid of them was to soak the shit out of them in salty water, dry off, then took the sharpest knife I had and carefully trim off the saturated calloused skin. Eventually went away.
Yes. Just what i did, if you soften them, then cut away slowly, over time, peeling back the callus layer that builds up they come to the surface eventually. I use high tensile razor blades you can buy like 50 in a pack. I did the acid pads, freeze treatments, had the foot dock do it, etc…this way was the most effective. Only time freeze treatments worked was for dick warts. Ahhhhhaaaa Till next time.
Damn, that hurts here in Phoenix! Praying that heals up.
Man, that sucks donkey ass! I feel for ya, Phil!
Hope it heals quickly.
That stoic, stubborn, ignore it till you can’t, “push through it!!!!!!” attitude doesn’t apply to medical, ever. Because of my years of shipyards, tree service, off road shit, being “active” and fucking myself up, a LOT, my lady is a “practical” nurse practitioner. Yours needs to step up or you’re gonna lose something important, first your foot, then your life. YOU WILL PISS OFF ALL US ASS HOLES WHO LOVE YOUR SORRY ASS!!! Don’t put us through that! CederQ’s great, but we need YOU! Take his advice, he has no ulterior motives, but has a shit ton of experience.
You deserve the pain, not the suffering. Consider yourself yelled at, young man! Yeah, I’m older than you, so do what yer told!
Sorry bout that, it really upset me, apparently. I’ve had friends die stubborn, stupid, and I’m not over it. Again sorry about my outburst.
After reading your eloquently and firm rant, I better not show you the picture of the venous ulcer on my posterior left ankle that has plagued me for 7 years… I have gently affirmed to him retirement is his best bet. Men who work in hard physical labor like a lot of you on here have done takes a mighty toll on our bodies and the companies and corporations don’t care, you were hired now wreck your body and we will replace you like a worn out bearing…
Amen! You are just a resource like the paper in the copy machine. After you have served your purpose, you will be tossed in the trash can like that piece of paper. Don’t ever forget that! The corporate machine doesn’t give a shit about you or your well-being.
Yeah, well, I may have over reacted a little. It freaked me out, because I know how infections like that can go. Unlike you and Phil, I lucked out on the DNA lottery, I’m adopted, no blood circulation issues to see first hand, or in my family. So I’m behind the awareness curve on that. Blood circulation issues are a most unfortunate issue for those with it. REALLY affects healing.
When I say I lucked out on DNA, it’s true, I’ve pretty much eaten like a teenager my whole life, my good/bad cholesterol is right where it’s supposed to be. Since I quit tree service in 2015 (at 64) to move to Tennessee, I’ve gained 20 pounds, all in the gut, so, going away, I look the same. When I turn around I look like every other pot bellied geezer. I’m the utility guy here, still tossing 50 lb bags of dog and chicken food over the shoulder, at least once a week.
I’ll probably crash like a critter when the time comes, good this week and phuqued next week and forever more. We’ll see.
I feel much better with you helping Phil, not every woman can be my wife, I’d be dead without her intuition and health, first aid knowledge. Early on, she established the “Never leave anyone alone” in the hospital protocol. I’ve had a few months long accident rehab periods. Yeah, I’m a lucky phuquing guy.
Well that went off the rails, oh well, I AM retarded. So, there’s that.
You know I am a man, right? A 66 year old broke dick fart…
You’re definitely the manliest of men, I was referring to his wife.
It’s all good Mike. I know you have good intentions and I appreciate that. Same goes to all the rest of ya.
Chlorhexidine is the active ingredient in the mouthwash we use. I’m just glad I’m not staying Chez Phil: I’d hate to think that his and my bottles got mixed up!
I have done similar. Glad you are on the mend.
I keep a supply of the Dr. Scholl’s Clear Away Wart Removers for Plantar warts. Little bitty disc goes over spot and covered by cushioned pad. Pain is better after about 3 days. Takes about 2 weeks, I swap disc & pad every other day to save on my supply. I buy them via Amazon, store brand didn’t work for me.
DMSO. Works. Cheap. Easy to get.
Yikes. Self-inflicted wounds hurt worse. Do not ax me how I know this, but you can probably guess.
I had the same type of foot problem. It started with a small rock the size of a grain of sand in a pair of boots that I wore for several years. It was called a stone briuse.
I would dig and gouge out that sore in my foot all the time. After about 15 years I read about a cure. Use Apple cider vinegar, some clean gauze, and some tape. Soak the gauze in the apple cider vinegar, place soaked gauze pad over the sore spot and use the tape to completly cover the sore. Change the pad every day. It took about 6 months to cure this but it was not painful. The problem never came back and that was 15 or 16 years ago.
Good luck on getting you foot back to normal.
Life is hard. And if stubborn it can get harder…
Yikes! Maybe do as you’re told…..this time. Praying for ya!
Phil, If you’re up for it get some tea tree oil and put it on it. It’s the only thing that works for me.
That stuff smells to high Heaven, but it’s a workhorse for quite a few things…both biologically and other.
Tea Tree Oil and Lavender oil in a coconut oil base.
Jeebus Christ on a pogo stick!
That is not good. My best bud locally, a Nurse Practitioner of all things, has just gone through this same damage. He has been in and out of ER and now specialists in Chicago to get a handle on it, including the boot and “stay off standing” as much as possible.
You follow whatever they give you and tell you to do without fail, that wound has to heal correctly and quick. You DO NOT want the abscess to reach bone at any point.
I pray this gets better quick. Again, do WTF they tell you and quit being ornery on this, not kidding.
I know you are bullheaded stubborn, but WTF.
Seriously, good thoughts to you, any surgery is no fun, this is worse.
What I want to know is: Why are you still trying to work, with all the problems that you’ve had in the past several years? You have nothing to prove. Retire and let someone else pick up the slack. I say this as someone who also has worn out my body with 50+ years of hard physical work. Things and finances have a way of working themselves out.
Prayers and best wishes to you Phil. I’m worried about you not taking this as seriously as you should be and you don’t need anyone telling you how to take care of yourself but PLEASE do what they say and ask Cederq if he has advice if you haven’t already. I had a planters wart on the center of the bottom of my heel when I was young and it would bother me to the point that one afternoon … young males do stupid shit … I got a razor and my magnifying glass and trimmed the hard calloused top off as much as I could stand. I then sat in the sun and pinpointed the sun at the center of the wart and I let it start cooking. Bad plan. By the time I felt the heat, it was down deep and it didn’t stop burning for a few minutes. I scraped the charred skin off and it left a small crater. No more wart, never came back.
Mr. Knuckles:
Foot problems will kill you! My pretty wife had corns developing in the same place on both soles. Quick diagnosis was “it’s the shoes.” Went to Dr. and he agreed that change of shoes would do it. 4 pairs of Hokas (she likes the way they look) later and the corns are receding. Regular inspection of the footsies by your Spousal Unit is mandatory now. Septicemia is no joke and will kill you quick and ugly.
Also, RETIRE ALREADY and move to a cheaper part of the country. Knuckle Draggin probably know of some decent places by him.
Spin
Ding, ding, ding.
No matter how much you love your comfortably broken in workshoes, change them at least once/day (like at lunch). Same with your knockaround shoes. Work boots/shoes need more than overnite to dry out the sweat, too.
Women get bunions, callouses, ingrown toenails and hammer toes from the shoe styles they choose. And you’re too old to wear those stripper heels anyway. Praying for you.
~ mississloppigarro
FUGGINOOOUUUCCH!!!! Yeah, I used those freeze-off things on warts before. You gotta be REAL careful how you aim that swab and DON’T overdo it!
I think almost EVERY man has done this before. For one, you’ve got stuff to do and bills to pay. For another, you don’t want to be a “GOMER” (Get Outa My Emergency Room), showing up at the doctor’s office or ER with something trivial. For yet another, there’s the “new normal” at the ER (enhanced Welfare/illegal alien clinic), where you get triaged as “low priority,” sit in the waiting room for hours with LITERALLY a hundred people named “Gomez,” and then have the ER doc tell you “Go home and put ice on it.” That happened to me a few months back. I waited over TEN HOURS to see the doc for swelling following treatment for a blood clot in my leg.
…I pray for your recovery…
I CAN’T believe you didn’t at least ask Cederq!!
With your crap circulation, you could die from a small foot thing! Please take care of yourself!
Rant over.
Re: ER. Go between 0400 and 0600. Especially on weekends. No wait. And if you can, find a small rural hospital. Less BS.
Honestly, I’m surprised you didn’t have at it with Epsom salts and a hoof knife.
Is this a true story?
Absolutely.
My foot is throbbing as I type.
I feel sorry for you, no foot no horse as the saying goes. Thank God your not a horse, you know.
They have these Medicine infused ankle and foot sleeves that target and relieve pain. Might want to look into it, Amazon, and not expensive.
Good Luck
Bob
Jeezus H Keerist!
You are lucky, lucky, lucky to have avoided septicemia.
Hard-headed & fix it myself are badges of honor, but only to a point, dude.
Somethings only the docs should mess with, provided you can find a good one (I’ve out-lived my best two docs, and am doing walk in clinic business, if I must).
Foot wounds take forever to heal, even with good circulation. I’d take this as a sign from above to slow down. There’s only one of you, you know?
What I used to say to all the slackers I worked with; ain’t nothing’ a neck tourniquet can’t fix! Them pain pills tend to turn a fella into a soup sandwich as well …….. can’t win for losing, huh?
100% all the above – get better quick – I like the idea of getting out of the socialist area. Your skills are transportable, you can probably get more house (meaning workshop) space, if family balks, they can visit, or ask how much they’ll miss you when more of these issues run you into the ground.
After that 1st order of business get on Medicare and a 5 star health provider – think Idaho.
Above all, get f’ing well, know that if you don’t you’d leave a real void, and piss us all off.
God bless your ornery ass.
I guess I am tuna Spam…
More like chopped liver… 😁
Joke
Buck knife dipped in whiskey. Then carve it out , drink the whiskey.
I KNOW you don’t want to hear it but get the book Magnesium Miracle. Your artery blockages are calcium. Too little magnesium and calcium is stored in the body. Ever heard of calcification or hardening of the arteries. Magnesium glycinate or chloride will get you back on the path to clean arteries. Will take some time. Totally natural. Protects the heart too! No pharma poison. Read the book.
This won’t help your adventures with salicylic acid but you’ll be able to walk again.
I have one of those “stepping on a pebble”soft corns.
Doctor shaved it, and told me to keep my foot moisturized. I have “Bag Balm”, which I believe is used for cow udders, to keep them from chapping, and I wear socks to bed.
I also bought a pumice stone, and filing it down is daily maintenance. Doc also said wear shoes around the house. So I wear sandals..
Good luck. Get better.