Ew...Gross!

No, this post is not about one of the many bodily fluids that a parent encounters when taking care of a baby.  It's about me.  Before we went to the beach about a month ago, I went to get a pedicure since I had a gift card.  Everything seemed to go okay and I enjoyed some nice-looking toenails while on vacation. 

About a week ago, the corner of my big toe started to really hurt, especially when it bumped into something.  I thought it was something like an in-grown toenail and decided to just see if it got better on its own.  Two days ago I looked down at my toe and saw that it had a hard, white spot on the skin.  I thought it was something like a blister so I decided to pop it (yes, I know that is probably bad to do).  I will spare you the details, but what came out of my toe was disqusting! 

My theory is that my toe got a small cut while getting a pedicure and I either picked up some bacteria in the foot bath or at the gym class I did later that day in my bare feet (pilates).  I guess it's possible that the cause was something entirely different, but it's enough reason for me to never get a pedicure again.  I've read too many horror stories in magazines and now I experienced it personally.  I think it's healing okay so I'm thankful that it's not turning out like the scary pictures I found on Google images!