Feb 12 2009
Itchy Feet and Lotrisone
There is nothing more gross than a female with disgusting, itchy feet. This I know. So, I’m going to attack the stubject dead on, first hand.
My big toe: On my left foot, in 1995, my big toe was ran over with a hoyer lift, housing a 425 pound male patient during a clinical. It hurt like hell, and I thought I broke it. But, all I did was, what I thought, bruise it. So,I went through my life, with this disgusting thickened toenail. I tried everythng for thick nails. I even tried Clorox dips, and lost the thing (yay), but it grew back in utter disgust.
It now requires a special nail file, that I bought over at Beauty Brands, called the Grinder. The Grinder works well. I don’t see it on the website, but it works. I have been using it, and I have finally got much needed relief.
The last time I saw my dad, when he was attempting to function in a healthy manner, (I channeled him and he doesn’t think that line was a bit funny), was the second weekend in June of 2008. I had a scorching sunburn from Rockfest the previous weekend. 12 hour rock concert, to which I wore a sundress from Gap, with a Gap tanktop under it.
I was at the Lake of the Ozarks, and I was sweating from the sunburn, so I decided, after he struggled to cook fish for the neighbors, to take a shower. The tap water at the Lake of the Ozarks doesnt’ taste good, is soft on your hair.
So, I took a shower, and washed up. Didn’t think anything about it. I enjoyed my time with my dad, doubting his claims to his good health, and I went home, and packed for New York City. A few days later, my left foot began to itch terribly. Just my left toes, and even my fingernails were’nt a relief, not that they would be, I bite them. I switched from scratching them with my finger nails, to using a lava stone from Beauty brands, meant to remove calluses. It did provide temporary relief, but not enough. My toes continued to itch, and turn red. It was maddening. I broke down and went to Wal-Mart, and went down the jock-itch aisle, and purchased a little tube of Lotrisone, now over the counter. I called my dad, and he said, “I don’t have athlete’s foot, my feet are perfect.” But my feet, continued to itch.
I threw the tube of Lotrisone, now even tinier into my carry on, and went to New York. I ran out of Lotrisone while there, cause if I didn’t use it, my foot would drive me bananas. I went to Buy Rite, and bought more Lotrisone, and continued treating it. If you’ve ever had a foot that itches so bad, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I called my dad every night, almost, and every night, he denied having a yeast infection on his feet. Everytime my feet sweat, my left foot began to itch.
So, I used up another tube of Lotrisone, and got another tube when I got home from New York. Then, my dad got sick, and declined, still never admitted to having athlete’s foot, or a yeast infection on his feet…which is the same as athlete’s foot. My dad is now gone,and my left foot is still itching, blistering, and red, and I’m on another tube of Lotrisone. His girlfriend still denys that he had athlete’s foot. But, the only shower I had taken before it started itching, was the shower at my dad’s cabin, and then, ofcourse, my own shower. No one uses my shower.
I googled athlete’s foot and got completley grossed out of the images. How someone could ever let their feet look like that is beyond me…except…I’m embarrassed to go to the doctor about it, cause females having athlete’s foot, is disgusting, and he might take an electric grinder to my toenail. I suppose when my toe feels like it’s gonna fall off, I will go, cause this is very gross. So, my left foot itches and itches, and all that relieves it is Lotrisone. And there’s a complete denial about my dad having athlete’s foot. I would try monistat, but that is for vaginal yeast infections, not jock itch, which is what athlete’s foot actually is, a yeast infection of the feet. I thought this was kind of funny, cause I do beleive it is athlete’s foot, but everyone denys him ever having it. And he denied it too. And I’ve been a nurse for 16 years, and if I can’t diagnose athlete’s foot, then there’s a problem. Boy, I should buy stocks in Lotrisone!
