Yet another specialist on my care team!

I probably should have made this appointment when I didn’t notice the ingrown toenail until I ripped it out and it started bleeding everywhere this past summer. No pain, or sensation whatsoever at any point during all of this.

A couple of days ago now, I learned as I was grooming my toenails that I have no feeling in my toes anymore, to the point where I sliced the nailbeds of 4/5 nails open with the nail file.

So, now I see my new podiatrist on February 2nd to talk about future pedicures. Her first available was my surgery day, that wasn’t happening 😅😅

If I do lose my Medicaid in 2027 thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill’s work requirements, this is going to get very tricky. I’m already trying to figure out how to budget $275/month for my needed medications, and I’m preparing to give up my migraine rescue medication and quarterly steroid injections for my sciatic nerve damage. But now, I have to figure out how to not butcher my foot whenever my toenails need a trim? I wonder if I can have them removed in the next 12 months…