? I was going to go anon for this but I thought people might laugh as it probably sounds really pathetic.
It's my feet. They've never been the world's nicest feet but they've always been pretty presentable, I could wear sandals/flip flops etc without them looking hideous.
But it's all changed. Not only are they now a size bigger than they were (I was a 7, I woke up one day when I was about 7 months pregnant and couldn't get on any shoes and now they're an 8, and haven't shrunk back nearly 6 months after giving birth) which was bad enough but now they just look terrible too. I have started to go swimming a couple of times a week at the public pool as we had to cancel our gym membership and I can only think that maybe cos of the amount of kids that go there I've picked up some kind of bug.
My toenails are all thick and yellow looking, the skin on the underside of the toes is all shiney and hard, between the toes is all cut and itchy, and weeping and sore. My H said it might be athletes' foot and so I bought Lamasil spray but it hasn't really helped. I had an infection on the big toe and it was really painful and all pus-sy and antibiotics have cleared it up but it still looks awfully red. I have small lumps on one of my toes which I fear might be verrucas ? it's all just horrible. I feel really quite upset about it ?
Anyway. Can anyone recommend things that could help? As I said I tried the Lamasil spray but didn't find it really helped. I can't afford to go and see a chiropodist (aside from the fact I have 2 small children so it's not really practical anyway as I'd need to trail them with me). Are there any creams etc that anyone can recommend? And assuming it's been caused or made worse by the swimming, can you still get those wee plasticky socks some people used to wear swimming?
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