Friday, April 07, 2006

A New Beginning

My toe nail fungus is still here; not as grotesque or thick as it was before, but still here. My fungus is white and occupies the whole nail - well what is left of it. My nail started bugging me a few weeks ago - so I began trimming it back. My nail is almost entirely gone, I have not pulled it out entirely though. The nail bed is intact, but the fungus is in there too.

I decided I would white vinegar on the fungus to see what it would do. I sat in a chair and held my foot in a water vinegar mixture while watching General Conference one weekend. General Conference is a semi-annual broadcast from my Church. This occurs in 4 -4 hour sessions over the weekend. So while I was watching our church leaders, prophets and apostles of the Lord deliver messages, I was also working on my fungus.

My toe had been itching lately - the two day vinegar fixed that right up. The itch was gone. I also noticed that it softened the nails up quite a bit, I imagine is should probably be able to get in there and work on the fungus pretty easily. Since I don't have hardly any nail, I imagine I have a better chance than average.

Well, I understand that with this remedy you are supposed to soak it daily. I didn't get around to it all this week though and the itch started coming back if it ever really left the nail. The itch did leave the toe with the vinegar treatment, but I don't recall if it left the nail. So last night I dabbed the nail bed with some bleach.

Well I guess I should soak it now, while I am working on this blog. Hold on a sec... OK. Now my toe is back in the vinegar water mixture. We will see if I can keep this up all month.