Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

That is the tip of my finger. I di not know why it looks so red! You can see a scar at the base of my finger nail above the nail bed, just. And the damage that cause on the nail plate half way up. As you can see i am keeping my nails really short too minimise chances of it snagging on anything and not messing with cuticles or anything. Under the white bit i think its slit horizontally, and below in on the nail, there are a couple of layers of nail missing, so it dips down where that has flaked off.

I want to maximise chance of the broken bit getting to the top of the nail plate instead of breaking off before it gets there, its reasonably sturdy now, but i wonder if i should put a couple of layers of nail hardener or clear nail polish on, or leave well enough alone. I am not upset its ugly atm, it seems to be growing through from the nail bed fine, which is more than i had dared hope for, i just don't want to be hampered by losing that top bit too soon and having a sore paw as i go into peak gardening season. Its not a medical issue, a sort of cosmetic and practicality one!:o

Jeez, I was expecting a question on whether you can put nail hardener on top of varnish, or whether you can varnish on top of gels or what colour to use.

You expect me to know anything about injured nails????

Seriously, the skin damage will heal itself, so don't worry about that. rubbing some antiseptic cream into the skin like savlon wouldn't harm.

On the nail itself, have you broken it through to the skin underneath? If the skin is exposed then I would be nervous of covering it over. If the skin isn't exposed then I would think that putting nail varnish on top will protect it from further damage. The key thing is to avoid trapping any moisture inside or that can lead to a fungal infection, so you have to be careful that the nail is completely dry before varnishing, particularly as the nail is thin.

Nails are prone to fungal infection, if it were me I might rub some anti-fungal cream around the cuticle and on the nail before I did anything. Then let that dry and then varnish. If you are not sure if the skin is exposed through the nail, you may want to use a clear varnish so you can see if the nail, gets infected any sign of green or black and I would take the varnish off.
Any anti-fungal that is suitable for athletes foot is fine, provided there is no hydro-cortisone in it. (Usually hydrocortisone has an H at the end of the medicine, but not always).

Golden rule is never to varnish over the cuticle, particularly important when you have that cut on the skin at the base of the nail.

If the skin is exposed you risk the new nail growing over the old nail and the old nail not growing out. You should be OK because the injury is not across the whole width of the nail, but you need to watch it.

Hope that helps.

lostinrates

It helps a lot!

The skin is healed,(haopened a while ago, that bad it has grown up, it got damaged when the injury happened and it was the naild bed, yuck, huih? but will take tour anti fungal advice seriously.....do not want fungus on a finger nail, yuck. Won't paint.

chewmylegoff

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Those are the only 2 things that I do drink!

DD2 went to grab a glass thinking it was 1/4 full of orange juice this morning, not realising that half of what was in there was vodka :eek:

I make an amazing role model really

CK - I know georgia isn't Russia, but I guess you're more likely to know the answer to this than I am - a black footballer had a banana chucked at him at the end of a football match in Russia the other day. The coach of the opposition team is being quoted as sayings something like "in Russia, to receive a banana means to fail a test somewhere".

Is this just a total load of old bollox like it sounds?

vivatifosi

Have just seen that fc is about. Just wanted to leave a quick "hi" and say hope that business is going well for you.

I should say hi to jelly too, but I missed his visit a couple of pages back.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Just wanted to say that I am very happy today. Got a bargain pair of Ferragamos for work - not library work I hasten to add where I tend to wear anything under £40 but for consultancy. Oh my feet are going to love them. Divine.

I didn't even know what Ferragamos meant until you said your feet love them. My feet love my £4-5 fake plastic crocs.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

PS I forgot to say what a long, aristocratic finger it looks....

I bet you're used to aristocrats giving you the finger.

misskool

Seriously, how hard can it be to take a !!!!!!!g blood test? I don't have time to wait until 11:50am for you to draw my blood that will take 5 minutes.

But when I can find a phlebotomist to draw my blood, I can't find anywhere who will actually take the blood to the hospital.

the NHS is absolutely not designed for productivity or patient care. It's just all about paperwork and bureaucracy.

lostinrates

lostinrates wrote: »

Congratulations! Bargain lux shoes are always a source of joy and deserving of heartfelt cheers.:j:j

misskool wrote: »

Seriously, how hard can it be to take a !!!!!!!g blood test? I don't have time to wait until 11:50am for you to draw my blood that will take 5 minutes.

But when I can find a phlebotomist to draw my blood, I can't find anywhere who will actually take the blood to the hospital.

the NHS is absolutely not designed for productivity or patient care. It's just all about paperwork and bureaucracy.

I am always astounded by how time and resource inefficient some nhs systems are. I have used our nearest nurse run minor injury unit (closer than a and e and sufficient for. Alarge range of issues). The nurses are lovely and very good at patient care, but the system of triage, takes as long as giving minor care at that point would do usually, reducing the amount of overall work they had to do, as its a different set of issues than a and e sees. Also the ages it takes to answer questions each time on the form....a form most patients could fill in them selves, discussing only medical bits with the staff so they new those sorts of things that might be relevant to treatment or referral on to emergency doctor or a and e.

chewmylegoff

lostinrates wrote: »

I am always astounded by how time and resource inefficient some nhs systems are. I have used our nearest nurse run minor injury unit (closer than a and e and sufficient for. Alarge range of issues). The nurses are lovely and very good at patient care, but the system of triage, takes as long as giving minor care at that point would do usually, reducing the amount of overall work they had to do, as its a different set of issues than a and e sees. Also the ages it takes to answer questions each time on the form....a form most patients could fill in them selves, discussing only medical bits with the staff so they new those sorts of things that might be relevant to treatment or referral on to emergency doctor or a and e.

bureaucracy is a way of addressing risk - set up some prescriptive rules and processes, make sure everything is documented, everything is done within the rules.

in the private sector, it is balanced against the need to be efficient enough to make an acceptable return for shareholders.

in the public sector, it is generally not. it is so frustrating trying to battle against paperwork that takes hours to do just to cover your back 0.03% more. it recently took me six weeks to get a (no brainer) decision documented. it would be really hard to sit someone external down and explain to them why it took that long, it just wouldn't make any sense.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I didn't even know what Ferragamos meant until you said your feet love them. My feet love my £4-5 fake plastic crocs.

My feet don't like crocs - they don't like the dotty bits in the bottom at all. I also think they are shoes for people with small feet. When you've got big feet like mine - size 7 - they look like Mickey Mouse feet in proportion to the body.

I've been looking for a pic of my Ferragamos but because they are last season haven't had much luck. The closest I could find (same general shape but different detailing to the front and colour) is this pair:

http://www.tkmaxx.com/content/ebiz/tkmaxx/invt/6./e./u./77054935/77054935_large.jpg

Though if I could find a good pair from the previous seasons I'd love these ones:

http://www.designershoespro.com/featured/lace-shoes-from-salvatore-ferragamo/

I love walking around in very high heels and having the sensation of being six feet tall.