"The Toe"

I've gotten my first toe nail blister and really, the first black & blue toenail (hitting a rock with my toe while hiking last year doesn't count!). The offended toe is my "piggy" toe on my right foot. It has a funky callous that sometimes bothers me so I wasn't worried when it started bothering me towards the end of day 2. Hah, that wasn't a fun surprise to find when I started peeling off my socks and bandaids after Day 2! The blister wraps around from under my toe to all around the top of my nail bed, pushing the whole nail forward. It definitely threw off my gait on Day 3 for the ten miles that I walked on it and I ended up with pretty sore hamstring and calf muscles on my left leg (probably from overcompensating). It also looks like I've got a bruise under my big toe on the right foot, probably from all the pressure of trying to not put any weight on the baby toe as I walked.

My doc diagnosed it as an "infected ulcer" so he instructed me to keep the toe from touching it's neighboring toe (so the infection wouldn't spread). Which has meant that I have kept a gauze pad stuffed between the two toes, thus requiring me to wear flip flops to work. Not something my boss was thrilled about in our business casual attire office. It has taken about a week but the baby toe is finally sporting a nice purple shade.

I really want to start walking again but for now, am working out with non-shoe activities. It'd been a while since I'd done my Yoga Booty Ballet DVD--it was fun but I miss my walking shoes! If you are brave, check out the pics below!

My toe on Saturday night--Day 2 of the 3 Day


The Toe a week later