Ouch (possible NSFW pictures of my rear to follow)

[Esceptico]

defblade said:

Bruising comes out where the blood runs to - I had something similar a few years back - although it was my ankle/foot/toes that went amazing colours, the reason was a swelling on my knee which must have popped a vein up there:





BTW, looks like you suffer ingrowing big toenail/s... my grandmother gave me a tip many years ago: clip a V in the middle of the nail, more-or-less down to the quick, and then the nail pushes in towards the middle rather than out into the skin. It took a few weeks/months to heal up, but I was a teenager then and now I'm 50 with no problems since

I had a water skiing accident some years back. Left ski went left whilst the right one went to the right. Involuntary splits. I must have ripped a fair few blood vessels as there was impressive drainage. My meat and two veg turned into an aubergine and two plums! You will be glad to know I won’t be uploading photographic evidence.

Bad luck Dibble. Hope you may a quick recovery from this.

Your run of bad luck seems to be continuing. Perhaps you could post your lottery numbers and who you bet on at the Grand National…so we can pick something else!

[defblade]

Blackpuddin said:

defblade said:

ingrowing big toenail/s... my grandmother gave me a tip many years ago: clip a V in the middle of the nail, more-or-less down to the quick

The cure sounds worse than the problem! Get well soon Dibble.

Just the middle of the top of the nail - the bit you'd clip down anyway - not right in the middle of the whole thing!

[FiF]

defblade said:

Blackpuddin said:

defblade said:

ingrowing big toenail/s... my grandmother gave me a tip many years ago: clip a V in the middle of the nail, more-or-less down to the quick

The cure sounds worse than the problem! Get well soon Dibble.

Just the middle of the top of the nail - the bit you'd clip down anyway - not right in the middle of the whole thing!

Well I too was confused by the phrase "more-or-less down to the quick."

So it's less, a lot less then.

[carinaman]

I thought that probably wasn't right while I was doing it. I stopped after the third toe.

[defblade]

Like this (from the same series of photos, I haven't taken a new one specially, honest):


(Nail polish and toe hair model's own)

[Blackpuddin]

carinaman said:

I thought that probably wasn't right while I was doing it. I stopped after the third toe.

[Dibble]

Sort of an update…

The good news is that I had a text from the Limb Reconstruction Unit a couple of days ago. I’ve got an appointment with the orthopaedic team at the end of this month.

The less good news is that my particular surgeon has been off long term sick (I don’t know what with/why, obviously), so I’ll be seeing one of her colleagues. I know they are all good at what they do, but I’d much rather see my consultant. That aside, I hope she’s ok.

On a lighter note, I was at the scene of an arson this week and managed to fall over. Twice. Once with just a colleague, once with colleague and a load of water fairies.



I ended up having to drive back to the nick on an evidence sack, as I also had mud all over my arse from fall number one. Nothing to do with my injury, but my single pair of work shoes doesn’t have much in the way of tread and combined with wet clay soil, it was a recipe for disaster!

Edited by Dibble on Saturday 16th April 20:12

[Turn7]

Doh! Sounds good news going forward for you tho Dibbs...

[Dibble]

Turn7 said:

Doh! Sounds good news going forward for you tho Dibbs...

It’s an appointment I’ve been waiting two years for, delayed because of CoVid. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that much. Yes, it’s a faff, but I’m still employed and otherwise ok. Many people have had a much worse time than me over the last couple of years.

[Bobberoo]

Nice to see an update of any sort!!

[spikeyhead]

It's heading in the right direction, must be nice to have some movement towards getting it sorted after so long. Good luck with the rest of the journey.

[jimmyjimjim]

On the plus side, you do have excellent choice in socks.

[black-k1]

Good to hear you now have an appointment. My fingers are crossed that the progress continues.

[carinaman]

Your socks are almost as cool as those the neighbour's kid had on last week.

If they were a gift someone you know has taste.

[Dibble]

jimmyjimjim said:

On the plus side, you do have excellent choice in socks.

Happy Socks from Sweden. Not cheap but they do last ages.

https://www.happysocks.com/uk/collection/socks-for...

[jimmyjimjim]

Thanks!

Took me a little bit to work out how to switch it to the US, as it wouldn't allow me to ship otherwise.

Also, glad you pulled the other photos, I'd assumed you'd somehow picked up another infection (or I'm getting confused with the previous pics, I wasn't very awake last night).

Edited by jimmyjimjim on Sunday 17th April 20:22

Edited by jimmyjimjim on Sunday 17th April 20:25

[sprinterjk]

Dibble said:

Happy Socks from Sweden. Not cheap but they do last ages.

https://www.happysocks.com/uk/collection/socks-for...

TK Maxx are your friend here, and agree they last ages

[Dibble]

jimmyjimjim said:

Thanks!

Took me a little bit to work out how to switch it to the US, as it wouldn't allow me to ship otherwise.

Also, glad you pulled the other photos, I'd assumed you'd somehow picked up another infection (or I'm getting confused with the previous pics, I wasn't very awake last night).

There weren’t any pictures other than my muddy trousers!

I’ll be sure to post a warning before posting any more gory pictures when I (hopefully) get the new external rail fitted.

[Dibble]

sprinterjk said:

Dibble said:

Happy Socks from Sweden. Not cheap but they do last ages.

https://www.happysocks.com/uk/collection/socks-for...

TK Maxx are your friend here, and agree they last ages

Good to know (I usually buy some in the sale as well, or when they do a multipack deal).

[jimmyjimjim]

Dibble said:

There weren’t any pictures other than my muddy trousers!

I’ll be sure to post a warning before posting any more gory pictures when I (hopefully) get the new external rail fitted.

I think I went back a page, saw the delightful mess, and assumed it was another infection, my mistake.