Hanging on By a Flap o'skin

“Umm...my big toe nail which I bruised in February on a ski trip is finally falling off. The problem? 1. it's hanging on by a very small amount of something...skin? 2. I've got a big trip in three weekends and am wondering if this situation will cause any grief on the trail.

Words of wisdom? Mockery?”

“:(”

“good-by "twinkle Toes"
HELLO hmm..."Floppy Toes"???

Come on...someone find a new name for her!”

“Where have you been, twinks???????!?!

You never read my toenail tales of woe? Just be a brave, share-the-same-birthday-date Scorpio and rip that puppy off. Just have a little alcohol handy.

The last time I had a toenail come off -- the "index toe" on my right foot -- I was going under the nail with a toenail clipper file to finish loosening it.

Here's support:

http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/thread/10086,-1.php”

“Cut it off now so your toe can have three weeks to heal before your trip.

Maybe you could make some $$$ off of it - I hear Wendy's chili has some pretty unique ingredients . . . . .”

“hey, also search for "toenail" on here. I was just reading an awful story about a big toenail!”

“Eww, gross lizs!

I tried to pull it off just now but got too disgusted. Maybe tommarrow night after a lng hot shower it'll be ready?

Hey Gemini - my toe still twinkles...but it's more like a black diamond than a frost nipped twinky-toe.”

“just close your eyes, take a deep breath and YANK IT OFF!

it'll only hurt for a second, swear.”

“I would tear it off so a scab has plenty of time to form, cut it down to the quick and tape it, leave it and tape it. Sorry darlin but you may be in for a little pain.
Three weeks is plenty of time to vino up and tear the little bugger.”

“If I yank it it will bleed and hurt :( I know, I'm being a sissy. How about I soak it tommarrow evening so it's all nice and soft and get drunk while soaking it then rip (yikes!) it off?”

“booze will help.

but yeah, it's gonna hurt a little.

Good Luck.”

“:(

guess I'll just envision a cloud of dogwood blossoms carrying the pain away as I yank the little bugger off. LOL!

Lizs - how are your wee toes these days?”

“sharp scissors or nail clippers. amputate (the nail)”

“How about I soak it tommarrow evening so it's all nice and soft and get drunk while soaking it then rip (yikes!) it off?

That's a good idea. I tried a couple of lovely Spanish reds tonight if you wanna try 'em.”

“Dr in the house telling to amputate! Egads! How you doing these days?


Cuurahee - I working on my bottle of French red: Fontenille, 2000, Luberon - France

however, always looking to try new things...list em'”

“I'll surround it with impenatrable liquid crystal surrounded by diamonds and rubies...it will be an heirloom for my house and all my decendants.

(not as nice as Galadriels hairs, that Gimli asked for, but I'm not a dwarf nor is Twinks and Elf Queen)”

“Vina Rey - "70 Barricas" 2002, $8.00. Very tannic. Dry & spicy. Well worth the $.

Mas Donis Montsant 2002, $15.00. Lush & full bodied, very fruit forward Raisens & dates)”

“Vina Rey - "70 Barricas" 2002, $8.00. Very tannic. Dry & spicy. Well worth the $.

Mas Donis Montsant 2002, $15.00. Lush & full bodied, very fruit forward Raisens & dates)

Both were very good examples of dry or fruity. The price was right too.”

“Not a fan of reds, but go for a bottle of Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve. For everyday wine I like Kendall Jackson Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay. Of course you can't go wrong with any Spatlase or Auslase...”

“why do they call you "Twinkle Toes"?”

“I had my big toenail come off after I dropped a TV on it. It never gave me any problems hiking. I'd expect that you'll be fine as long as the nail bed remains intact. Darn thing took over six months to grow back.”

“My "wee" toenails are still weird. lol...

I just noticed the third toe in had a little tinge of pain after hiking this weekend. Hmmm... give it a month, month and a half tops... and I'll be pulling off another nail.

Twinks, just think of it as being the tough gal you are. I will telepathically send strength your way.”

“Incision (cut) is cleaner, more precise, and heals better than an avulsion (ripping it off). What would you do if you arm was pinned down by a boulder. ;-)”

“i have a little black dot on my big (huge) toe nail. very slowly it starts to creep to the end of the nail.

i lost a toenail once...I can't even remember what happened,but I do remember that I didnt' feel any pain...so let's hope you won't either.”

“you got an alien on your toe? Gem...that's just weird. lol!”

“Rip it off and sell it on eBay.

-percious
www.percious.com”

“Soak it in kerosene and set that mother#&%!$er on fire!”

“LMAO.
I really, really like the ebay idea. could work!!”

“Gotta love the mid-thread Google ads for this thread:

"Treat Toenail Fungus"

and

"Ugly Yellow Nail Fungus?"”

“My stupid sicko comments don't even get a rise out of you folks anymore...your all damaged goods...where are some Newbies for me to turn to and gross out?”

“I smashed my thumb in my truck door today! I hope it doesn't fall off, the nail that is.”

“We're all inured to you.”

“

Jess Robins concentrates as hooks through her upper chest are used to hang her during a Suspension Convention, held in Providence, Rhode Island, April 2, 2005. From tentative first-timers to well-practiced masters, more than a hundred aficionados celebrated their passion for body suspension at the three-day gathering, held in an old textile mill. Photo by Chip East/Reuters

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20050405/od_nm/leisure_suspension_dc”

“Ok Manuka how did you find this?”

“WTF! That's messed up:

"celebrated their passion for body suspension "

Blah!

I lost a fingernail once. I let it come off when it was ready tho. It didn't hurt, but the nail bed underneath felt funky and sensitive. I kept a bandaid on it.”

“That's right up there with self-trepannation on the sick scale.”

“you're a bunch of sick motha' f...bleeeeeeeppp.

;)”

“Cut 'er off...the toenail remnant that is.

You can hike fine without a toenail.

Reinhold Messner does 8,000 mtr peaks without his toes altogether!

:)

Whew...that pic...lends new definition to "hang time".”

“That's just gross! Blech!!!”

“I'm joining the club. In Jan I kicked a rock while wearing Tevas for a creek crossing. It lifted the big toe nail off the nail bed. The thing is still on and has been getting loose ever since. Last night while sleeping I moved one foot against the other. The nail dug into the heel of hte other foot and pulled the nail back. It's still attached on each bottom corner of the nail and that's it. Talk about sitting straight up in bed!!!”

“Goodbye nail. I ripped it off this morning. The new one had half grown in.”

“awww, dayhiker,you are a toughie after all. Is your nailbed underneath sporting the face of the Virgin Mary? :-)

Hey, with that suspension sheeyat,,, You do know what the sundance consisted of for Native Americans?? Being suspended by something in your skin is certainly not unheard of or new.”

“A new meaning to the term 'well hung'”

“No, it's a picture of the Pope. I'm considering cutting off my entire toe and selling it on ebay. Whatcha think?”

“Anyone notice the ads in the middle of the page?

Hehehehehe!”

“The great thing about losing toenails when you have kids, is telling them to close their eyes and hold out their hand.

Then you put the detached toenail in their hand and tell them to open their eyes.

The look on their face when you tell them what it is, is priceless.”

“It's finally done. I did it. I gently wiggled and twisted the toe nail...in the dark while I watched Lord of the Rings....until it every so gentle looesened itself from my body.

THE NAIL IS GONE

LET THE BIDDING BEGIN!”

“ick!”

“ick!”