Gammy Big Toe!

That's what I have on my right foot! Mr TalkTalk - read no further, it'll only give you nightmares!


I was born with ingrowing toenails apparantly, so my big toes have never been the most aesthetic digits.

However, when I was about 13 me and a friend were pulling a drawer of my chest of drawers open; I couldn't manage it on my own as it was too stiff. We both left go of the handles at the same time and it dropped on my big toe - OUCH!!!

The toe nail fell off over the next few weeks and it was very very painful. So when it started to grow back it was suggested that i have the toenail removed.

So I went into hospital and had an operation to remove the toenail, and strangely some skin at the side of my toe.

The nail grew back - only now it's three sided. It grows until it gets uncomfortable. Mr TalkTalk, if you've been Para's big brave boy and read up until here, now is definitely the time to look away.



So, I have to yank out both sides (not really visible on the pic as they grow inwards) - this is painful for about a day. Otherwise the sides of it just grow into the skin and hurt me. Then I can cut across the top like a 'normal' toe!

I sometimes get a bit conscious of it because I think people probably think it's a fungal nail infection - it's not!! It's just a gammy big toe!!

Para xxx