two days before my friend's wedding i went to the doctor to get a toe diagnosis, wanting to make sure my nail wasn't infected with something more serious than fungus. i'd also been duped by the cute Lamasil TV ads--the ones with "digger the dermaphadyte" who digs under toenails and gets flustered when a giant lamasil pill rolls into the nail bed. all i know is i wanted the gross yellow infected nail fungus off my toe.
the doctor visually confirmed that my toe probably had the fungus. i asked what i can do about it. the doctor mentioned the lamasil pill and a medicinal "shellack" called penlac, which i'd have to apply for a YEAR. i opted for the pill, expecting a prescription. instead the doctor told me that my health insurance would need a confirming fungus culture to have lamasil prescribed, and then also a liver blood test would need to be performed. the culture would take 30-60 days and i'd have to wait. i got frustrated--all this over a toe fungus infection?
i opted for the culture, and helped the MD snip off some of the gross flaky yellow toenail. then i took the liver blood test, and the med tech screwed up and left me with a large black bruise on my left arm, which i had to conceal with bandaids at the wedding.
before left i asked the doctor if there was anything else i could do while waiting the 30-60 days for the results. i didn't want the infection to spread, and supposedly it spreads easily. the doctor had no suggestions--like more a 'who cares?' attitude. i didn't like it.
so i went home and went online to see what others do in such a situation...and what do they do? the self administer home remedies of course. everything from OTC fungus liquids, vinegar soaks, tea tree oil, to stronger things such as bleach and Vicks Vapor Rub [i'm not kidding].
on june 3rd i declared war on my toe's disgusting fungus.
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