So I went to the doctor about my "infected" toe and he said I was over-medicating it.
OVER-MEDICATING IT.
As in, the studious application of triple-antibiotic and vitamin E were not only not helping, they were INHIBITING MY ABILITY TO HEAL!! (can you see me waving my arms here?) I can't believe it.
I haven't touched the thing in 4 days and today I was RUNNING on it. in SHOES. and SHOPPING. Just the thought of walking across the Walmart parking lot has been a source of stress these two weeks. And here I've just STOPPED all the KIND things I was doing for my toe and it HEALED FOR ME!
HOW does this happen to me? I'm usually the one like, "ah, it'll heal. Will that medicine really help anyway?" And here I invest the time and $ to make it healthy - and IT GETS WORSE and STAYS WORSE for TWO WEEKS.
So... WHAT exactly am I supposed to learn here? :)
OVER-MEDICATING IT.
As in, the studious application of triple-antibiotic and vitamin E were not only not helping, they were INHIBITING MY ABILITY TO HEAL!! (can you see me waving my arms here?) I can't believe it.
I haven't touched the thing in 4 days and today I was RUNNING on it. in SHOES. and SHOPPING. Just the thought of walking across the Walmart parking lot has been a source of stress these two weeks. And here I've just STOPPED all the KIND things I was doing for my toe and it HEALED FOR ME!
HOW does this happen to me? I'm usually the one like, "ah, it'll heal. Will that medicine really help anyway?" And here I invest the time and $ to make it healthy - and IT GETS WORSE and STAYS WORSE for TWO WEEKS.
So... WHAT exactly am I supposed to learn here? :)