Thank goodness for medical professionals!

So this summer I split my great toenail straight down the middle.  Don't know when, how, or why it happened.  Don't remember any trauma.  Had been wearing my boots around the goats or at the barn.  In August, it started showing these growths, nodules, bumps underneath where you actually clip the toenail.  By September, it started aching especially at the end of the day after wearing shoes and standing on my feet all day teaching.  Got an appt with my doctor who referred me to a dermatologist, since it appeared that these growths were warts.  Dermatologist referred me to podiatrist as these warts were so far under the toenail, he couldn't get them all.  Podiatrist couldn't take care of them during the first appt due to them being plantar warts and they were all over under the toenail which needed to be surgically removed.  Last Friday, we had the procedure done and it has been a bear ever since.  Will definitely be happy when the new toenail starts growing and hopefully no warts appear in the future.  I know in the scheme of things it is a small procedure, but boy, am I thankful that we live in the time we do as I couldn't have done this in the ancient days.  Not fun, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  My SILs nursing skills are a fantastic boon to this family!  I am such a wuss, but she does a great job if we need her (and she never complains about doing it for free)!