It's 5pm, which means I have been spending 3.30pm till now in bed.



Something kept me up during the wee hours of this morning.




My right big toe was giving me excruciating pain, to the extent that I was tossing and turning from 12 midnight till 5 plus in the morning. And squealing and groaning like a pig from the pain as well. I'm not sure if I was imagining it or not, but it felt like my nail was being pushed out from the nailbed. It's kinda comical when you imagine it, but it was terrible, really. I couldn't even bring myself to find some humour in the situation (like I try to do sometimes) because it was just so unbearable.



When I finally got out of bed at around 8am, I found that my toe was really tender, and sore. And...it was kinda numb. Only the center of the soft flesh on the underside of the toe was sensitive to touch. I couldn't even walk properly. Since the centers of gravity of our feet, I'm presuming, are the balls of our feet and our big toes. If you do some research on ancient foot-binding, you will know why they bind only the last four toes and leave the big one free.



So,
I couldn't join sis and cousin on their outing, and instead went to the clinic with mother.



Found that the doctor looked so much like the headmistress of the school in Mona Lisa Smile,



And she said I've grown taller.
Which baffled me so much that I think I was staring at her for a few seconds. I've never seen this doctor before, and neither has she me, so this was kind of weird.



That aside, she proceeded to examine my toe, after which she started pinching it like a bloody sausage, and it took so much of restraint not to scream, because I can get quite loud sometimes.




Got my meds, left the clinic, reached home, bathed, took meds, applied the gel on my toe, and wedged a wad of cotton wool between my toes. Sort of like a pedicure, except that I had no nail varnish and it was hurting like hell.



Anyway, spent my time resting in bed, and then got up to type this entry.



Lesson learnt:
For people who have flat feet, or a particularly high arch like mine, please make sure that you get the toeboxes of your shoes expanded when you buy them. Period.



G