My Left Foot

“I went hiking a couple of weeks ago and got my feet pretty wet in a stream crossing. A couple of days later, my left foot got really itchy. I aired it out but it started to get red. I tried athlete’s foot spray and powder but it didn’t do anything.

Have you ever seen anything like this?:



It is really itchy and that part by my little toe hurts. I was thinking it may have been a spider bite or some kind of fungus? Any clue?”

“can you spell Podiatrist?

Like soon.”

“That is really gnarly looking. It looks like you're growing a third eye on your foot, perhaps you should see an optomotrist instead?”

“Perhaps it's a new Greek God, which will spring forth fully-formed in it's own time...”

“What Chili said. Get moving!”

“Let's all be grateful this thread isn't called "Hey Guys, Check Out My New Hemorhoid"”

“Violin, are you KIDDING? if you are, you even nuttier than i suspected ;-) if not, get the hell to the doctor!! eewww.”

“What's a doctor gonna do? Prod it, poke it, say "ahummmm", give me some worthless prescription and charge me $65?

I figured at least one of you had gotten something like this. It's so itchy now, I've got a peice of ice between my toes.”

“It looks like some face-sucking alien ready to hatch from Violin's impregnated foot!”

“I'd take a needle, hold it over a flame for a few seconds and jam it in that thing!”

“Well, that first bite of lunch isn't sitting so well....”

“That thing is obviously swollen and probably infected. It's beyond anything I've ever seen, and I've seen some grodey foot problems. I'm not kidding, you should seek medical attention. If you play around with it and infection sets in seriously, it might be too late. Let's put it this way, how far you gonna backpack with one foot? Nothing to play with or take lightly. The itching is probably caused by the swelling. That's one nasty problem.”

“your right Violin,,,,don't go to the doctor, I mean $65 compared to the price of a foot,,,,,I can see where you might want to save some bucks there.....

NOT!”

“my apologies for doubting your sincerity. i vow to click on every link you post from now on...wellll, maybe i won't go that far. anyway, i've never had anything like that, and i think you should get it checked out...they could at least tell if it's from a bite, or what. ouch!”

“Maybe I should put some Bacitration and a Band-Aid on it?”

“Take a piece of cast iron and heat it up until it glows red,,,then stick it to that spot,,,I bet that thing goes away then.”

“It's the spawn of marvin....”

“Any lesions in your mouth Violin?”

“Marvin had sex with Violin's foot????”

“No my mouth is fine. It's just my foot. Man is it itchy now!”

“lyra, NOOOOOO don't do it...

Violin's links are EVILLLLL....”

“Looks like a bad infection from a blister and you need antibiotics asap! Neosporin would help for now.”

“ut-oh, chili...Dunadan's gonna be jealous! heheeeee! ;-)

i know, bitpusher...i was just being wild and krazee...”

“It's your foot Violin, for now anyway. Just remember, there are no handicapped ramps on the trail!”

“Like Lyra, I don't know if you're funnin us Viol man. Still, I'd rather feel foolish for falling for a scam than for not taking something seriously that ought to be.

The thing definitely looks infected and it looks like something has been destroying flesh. I think you should see a doctor. If you develop any kind of a fever, run to a doctor.

(My first thought was that you had taken the picture from something like a site showing the early phase of some dread ifnection, like the "flesh eating bacteria" - I think its a variety of Strep - that was in all the papers some time back. Isn't that what killed Jim Henson?)”

“There are a host of infectious diseases that can kill. I think Henson ultimately died from toxic shock syndrome. I almost died of that a few years back and only survived because the emergency room doctor recognized it and began treatment immediately. Still, they told me I could have gone either way. That is a serious infection and playing around with needles and antibiotic creams is inviting worse trouble. Get help now. My last word on this!”

“Calvin Coolidge's son died from blood poisoning after a blister he got on his foot, from playing tennis, became infected.”

“On the off-chance that your pic is real, you really should get to a Dr. today...

Otherwise I fear you are jeopardizing our kid-trip to the Water Gap this year...”

“Thanks for the vote of confidence but I'm not planning on dying - it's my foot, not my heart.

I'm eating lunch now with my foot in a soothing cold water bath. It helps a lot.”

“No. No. No. You guys are all wrong about Jim Henson. He died after he was hit by a semi in front of his house, the driver was drunk. Jeez, get it right people.”

“At least you'll go comfortably. ;)

Too bad you never made a TT trip while you were here...”

“So Viol Man, are you jealous of all the attention newgirl got over her frightening incident --- when all of us pleaded with her to get to a doc?

We love you Viol Man (even if we imagine that newgirl is a lot easier on the eyes)... take care of yourself!”

“Violin, at the very least, clean that sucker ou with hydrogen peroxide, reapplying until there's no more bubbling.”

“I took your advice, treebait, and went to the drug store across the street from me to get some peroxide. They were out so I picked up some iodine. That was definitely a mistake!”

“This reminds me of the jerky boys. "I"ll be right down there with my nub" skit. Violin, the picture above was taken with a hospital sterile-cloth backdrop. Do you work in a hospital?”

“Holy shi!

Man you better see a doctor ASAP!!!!

Man that is just nutz!!!

I have never seen anything like that in my life!

8o”

“Violin, you say you aint planning on dying, its your foot not your heart. well i got a news flash for ya!! infections can travel through your bloodstream to your heart real quick!!! i never would have thought an impacted wisdom tooth could cause all that much problem until i was in the hospitol having open heart surgery also with a swollen spleen and about an 80 percent hearing loss all due to infections getting into my system!!
id get that foot looked at ASAP!!!
Streamweaver
p.s. I dont think all that many people do plan on dying anyway lolexcept them sicko ragheads!”

“Looks like Chronic Wasting Disease to me.

Or is that just in deer?”

“How is it that Viola tricks us into looking at all kinds of crazy stuff. My advice....just ignore it!!!!! And take that lousy yo-yo thread with you!!!
And.....BTW, I go to work on a Friday and already Marvin is having sex with other feet? You are wrong, Lyra, I'm more that jealous. It's payback time for Marvy.”

“Looks like the birthing of "the Blob" to me.

You better get it checked .... asap!”

“Hey at least you still have some of your left foot. Mine was eaten off in a shark attack.



no really it was, just ask Walkindude he's seen it.”

“Dude go see a doc!

other wise you may never hike again.”

“if you don't see a doc because you are too cheap (65$), I hope you already own or can borrow a hatchet and a 6 pack to chop it off your self!”

“This inflamtion is commonly caused by being to full of crap for your own good.


http://www.webspawner.com/users/leftfoot/myleftfoot.jpg


Hmmm... You created an account at webspawners for just this picture, under the username leftfoot...

Curiouser and curiouser.”

“I don't have all my toes on my left foot. 8(”

“Even though he says his mouth is fine, I still suspect hoof 'n' mouth disease.”

“i got 5 on my left foot, 5 on my right foot.














get it? 8)”

“Strat, are you trolling as Crazy Mike?”

“.... you're almost dead. Get thee to an ER STAT!”

“I have seen brown recluse scars that are friggin evil! If this is a spider bite, you got real problems.













or maybe your foot started it's period...”