Next up is Gangrene

I can't seem to not be injured these days. My knee rehab went well, and now I'm cycling just fine again, but then there was that fall with the road rash, which has finally fully scabbed over after 2 weeks. Yesterday was the first day I didn't have to tape gauze dressing over it just so I could wear, you know, pants.

Naturally, then, it's time for something new. Climbing on Wednesday, my right big toe was hurting, the toenail was getting ingrown, so I trimmed it, but by the end of the night my foot really hurt. It's been throbbing and painful ever since. I finally went in with my Leatherman to take care of the problem (the Leatherman was step 1; if it failed, Step 2 was ready to go in the shed.)

The Leatherman reconnaissance revealed that it's gotten infected. I'll spare you the details, but there's some pus. It's kind of gross. No wonder my toe's felt like it was going to explode for the past couple days. I'm hoping some careful trimming, sterilization, and Neosporin + Band-Aid will take care of the problem because I'll feel really silly if I end up having to take oral antibiotics to solve a toe-related injury from tight climbing shoes.