ha! That's nothing! I once had this hangnail that......oh, well, never mind.

Anyway...I had my bad tooth extracted today, and as this thread was begun to note, it was SO uneventful. It helps that I have the above mentioned Dr. Sweeney, who is about as good as they get. He makes SURE you are ok every step of the way, gives you meds for later, and at 8PM he calls to double check! I had forgotten years ago that he did this. I feel better already.

But since we are 'remembering' old pains, I will relate my 'interesting' experience with ingrown toenails 35 years ago. I had 'em for years, all 4 sides of both big toes. Let 'em grow till they hurt, then dig in & trim 'em back myself when the pain of cutting was no worse than trying to put on shoes...*wry grin*. I finally got some insurance and them permanently fixed by a good Podiatrist.......BUT a couple years prior to that, I was working in a grocery store. My toes were sore, probably a week from needing that 'trim'. I was cleaning up a batch of grocery carts, shoving them together in a line, then ramming the whole bunch of 8-9 into a pen.
   Well, I grabbed the handle of the last cart, braced my left foot forward, yanked on the handle to get them moving and.....arrggggghhhh....ran the last 3-4 carts (6-8 wheels)...full weight of the combined row... over the sore toe on my left foot! Rather than scream with customers watching, I headed to the employees lounge and just gritted my teeth and groaned. I took the last couple hours off & went home, where I s-l-o-w-l-y peeled the bloody sock from my toe and washed the foot...
...yes, I did make it back to work the next day, but I let others manage the carts.