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Well, I thought the lingering toe pain was a combination of my imagination and having wrapped it too tightly yesterday, but it turned out there was still a shard of nail pressing against the abscess area, so the doc had to numb the toe with a shot. **squeamish alert** First he sprayed on a substance that froze the bottom of the toe, then I got a shot which worked in much the same way as Novocaine, then I waited about 10 minutes for the toe to get numb, then he froze the area to be cut into just for good measure, then the actual incision to remove the offending nail shard was about five seconds. **end icky stuff** The toe remained numb for much of the afternoon, which killed any plans I might have had. Feeling has now returned to it, and it seems like it's finally getting normal again, but of course the bit that he cut into is still tender to the touch. Which I hope is as it should be. I haven't tried putting on footwear again aside from my open-toed slippers, so that's tomorrow's test. But I feel like it's been a banner day, finally being rid of this pain that's dogged my dogs for at least three weeks, so why not celebrate with a banner? Here's one from a website ribbon generator (via Gerard).