Has anyone else had glass stuck in their foot for several weeks and not noticed it? Warning, this story is kinda gross...
Until this evening, for about the last three weeks I've had this black spot at the base of my big toe where it attaches to the foot, right where the skin is the thickest. I'd just assumed that it was a weird blood blister or something. It was sore for a few days in the beginning, but then it got better so I didn't really let it bother me. However, tonight I decided to take a bath, which I almost never do. After 10 minutes or so, as I was stretching out my feet, I noticed that the black spot was gone. In it's place was a gaping hole. Not an open wound, just an "empty" part of the thick skin. Ok, so it could have been that the blood blister/scab finally made it to the surface and soaked itself loose. But the hole wasn't round. It had edges. And down by my feet I found a dark chunk of something (I know that sounds gross, but it's really not!!)--the same size as my new toe hole--floating in the water. Upon closer examination, I decided that it had to be the black thing from my foot. It wasn't very thick, but I could break it in half and it splitterd like glass. How the heck did I not notice that in my skin for so long?
Sorry if I sicked any of you out with this but I just had to share...
Until this evening, for about the last three weeks I've had this black spot at the base of my big toe where it attaches to the foot, right where the skin is the thickest. I'd just assumed that it was a weird blood blister or something. It was sore for a few days in the beginning, but then it got better so I didn't really let it bother me. However, tonight I decided to take a bath, which I almost never do. After 10 minutes or so, as I was stretching out my feet, I noticed that the black spot was gone. In it's place was a gaping hole. Not an open wound, just an "empty" part of the thick skin. Ok, so it could have been that the blood blister/scab finally made it to the surface and soaked itself loose. But the hole wasn't round. It had edges. And down by my feet I found a dark chunk of something (I know that sounds gross, but it's really not!!)--the same size as my new toe hole--floating in the water. Upon closer examination, I decided that it had to be the black thing from my foot. It wasn't very thick, but I could break it in half and it splitterd like glass. How the heck did I not notice that in my skin for so long?
Sorry if I sicked any of you out with this but I just had to share...