My little side street has some neighbor dogs that are pretty mean. I can't ever tell if their bark is worse than their bite, but I have had three times where they have gotten out of their fenced cage and scared me so badly I have screamed bloody murder. Well, one late night, I was riding home on my bicycle and the dogs all started chasing after me. I screamed bloody murder once again, and swirved over to the side by the cement curb. Well, my foot got caught in the way between my pedal and the cement curb...and let's just say my foot lost. I was in so much pain, I was shaken up pretty badly. My middle three toes on my right foot were pretty scraped up and really nasty looking. I came inside and put rubbing alcohol and iodine on them and left them over night. It was quite painful. The next morning, they were so swollen I could hardly get out of bed. I couldn't put my toes down, my foot had swelled so much. I took off of work and went to see the doctor....the doctor was NOT very gentle and pushed and pulled my toes like they weren't in serious pain. I screamed at him and told him in Thai that it hurt really badly, but he paid no heed and just kept right on at it. He gave me some medicine to cut back the swelling and some antibiodics because the streets here are not very clean. He also gave me some pain medication, but it wasn't that effective, so I went back to good 'ol ibiprofen. I was so disappointed because I was looking forward to the trip to the mountians this weekend with all of my friends, but I made the decision not to go, because it would probably not be great for an open wound...hiking, dirt, and open water....probably not the best combination. Needless to say, my foot is getting much better each and every day. But it was very painful in the beginning. Here are some pictures.....Please, if your name happens to be Christy Schwenky.....proceed with caution....it is VERY gross!!!! :)
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