Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent
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@Pavel Holy shit dude are you okay?
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@Pavel Holy shit, here’s to a speedy recovery.
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@Pavel Augh! That’s terrible; heal up soon!
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Are you ok, friend?!?
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American car is no match for Soviet bones. Admittedly, Soviet soft tissues not doing so hot. No permanent maimings but I do have some issues in the spinal region.
For context: I was riding my bicycle to the store, a motorist took umbridge at this and decided that I needed to be launched several feet away from the roadway. It wasn’t at appreciable speed, but it was significant enough that I’m sticking around the hospital for the next day or so.
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@Pavel said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:
American car is no match for Soviet bones. Admittedly, Soviet soft tissues not doing so hot. No permanent maimings but I do have some issues in the spinal region.
For context: I was riding my bicycle to the store, a motorist took umbridge at this and decided that I needed to be launched several feet away from the roadway. It wasn’t at appreciable speed, but it was significant enough that I’m sticking around the hospital for the next day or so.
Can confirm this happens. Driver couldn’t be bothered to look both directions when turning. Fortunately it was a VERY minor bump in my case, and I wasn’t ejected into oncoming traffic.
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@Pavel Hope you heal up fast and smooth, and that the spinal thing gets proper sorted out so it shuts up forever when it shuts up.
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My RL vent is my toes.
TL;DR - I need nail care advice for making these bitches grow properly instead of constantly detaching despite trimming them in a straight line.
(It’s a little bit detailed in here.)
I swear my toe nails catch on every thread in my socks and start to tear, becoming curved in the process when I try to fix things (the tear is usually pretty far down to the point where I can’t trim it in a straight line).
My big toe nails are worse. They tend to lean towards ingrown and make specific points in my toes sore. On top of that, the other day I had literally half my big toe nail detach like it was snakeskin shedding, with perfectly fine nail underneath, and I swear what I removed had to be at least 0.5mm at the thickest part. Didn’t hurt to remove other than the above-mentioned part where it gouges into my skin. I call it my kevlar toenail because this sucker has some tensile strength. And yes, I have a picture of this if you’re that curious, but that was mostly to get informal medical advice from retired RN parentals.
The major point is I don’t know how to keep all of this from happening. ;.;
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@dvoraen Consider keratin, collagen and/or creatine supplements. Vitamin C and D are also factors in cell growth. My nails got a lot better once I regimented multivitamins. Smoking also impacts nail growth. It may also be fungal or bacterial. All bodies are different and YMMV but a dermatologist consult could be helpful. You may be following all of these already, but maybe it can help someone else if I post it.
Good luck!
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@dvoraen If you’ve got good health coverage, see a podiatrist about it. If you don’t. Well, if you were local to me I’d let to swab your foot and play with the microscope to see if you’ve a fungal infection, which is a possible cause with OtC treatments available. Might wash them with cholorhexidine and put athelete’s footcream on 'em, and try to avoid wearing shoes and socks as much as possible.
