"Cagu"

My battle with the "Cagu" (in-grown toenail) has finally come to an end last evening...Capt Jack Pipit emerged the victor...woohoo. I've been battling this problem since 1 year ago...bontot gatal lor...go and cut my toenail too deep and the "cagu" spreads its ugly head or revenge. It grew and poke on the tender flesh on the left side of the left big toe. I didn't bother about the pain at first but s*** it got infected and 'si beh thia". I tried treating it but gave up when the infection was so bad that part of the flesh bludge out...ouch ouch ouch. OK go see Dr. The Dr was a young lady and she went "oh dear"...she touch my toe for a good 1 sec and quick wash her hands with disinfectant and hurriedly give me a prescription. Harlo Dr its just a small wound lah, not some sort of ebola plague...touch it and die kinda thing. This is the reason why I don't trust company panel doctors. Ate the antibiotics and got better...swelling subside and wound healed. Yay...I won or so I thought.

As time passes, your toenail grows and it would poke the tender flesh. Each time it happens I would cut the "cagu" only to find it repeating itself. Maybe the "cagu" has a mind of its own, each time I cut it, it would exert revenge the next time by growing deeper and the toenail gets harder. Revenge of the "cagu" I say. It would be a painful and enduring time, each time I try to yank the "cagu" out. If it bleeds I would pour "Betadine" on the wound preventing it from being infected. I didn't do it any justice either, played futsal and having buffalo strikers stamping on my feet...this fellas just seem to know where it hurts...just have to stamp on the big toe of my left feet...ouch!

Last week had another fight with the "cagu" again, this time failed to cut it. It was too deep and too hard...oh oooo...hunted for "scholl" toenail softening lotion. Applied it on the toenail, it got soft but not soft enough for me to pry it out...time is running out...ouch ouch..."cagu" is jabbing the tender flesh ouch ouch. Woke up from bed yesterday morning and decided enough is enough..."I had enough of you, you are coming out for good". I've decide to see a Dr (not from company panel) to have my entire toenail removed, I was prepared to hobble around the office for a week in slippers and bandage for a week. Hey a small price to pay to get rid of the "cagu".

So I got off early to go see a Dr of my own choosing...Dr Wong (from Tmn Paramount behind the shell station). The white haired Dr just smile when he saw the evil "cagu" and said lets remove part of your toenail and that should solve your problem. Part? Did you say part...woohoo... I though you need to remove the entire toenail, but if you say part..."lets get it over and done with". "Cheng cheng"...oooooo "cagu" your time is up.

Dr Wong prepared an injection to flood my toe with anesthetic...scary man...big huge jab but within seconds my toe was numb...the good Dr laughed, "you can chop that toe off and won't feel a thing" he said. Ha ha ha farny farny Dr. Next he took out a scarpel and started to make a groove on my toenail..."I'm just going to cut off 1/3 of your toenail" says Dr Wong..."Painful" he continued. "No" I said putting a brave look but really no pain wor. Next an instrument that looks like a plier was use to break the nail and he yanked it out...eeewww...no pain but was not a pretty sight. He next applied antiseptic liquid on the wound...you can see blood ooozing out. "Any pain" he asked..."only on the right part of my toe Dr...where you thumb is pressing" says me. "Oh...I just anesthesize the left part of your toe, you see... there of 2 nerves on your toe left & right" the good Dr explained. Ok Ok...now I know...but do you have to squeeze the right part of the toe so hard ah? Next he took a scissor to jab the flesh where you toenail begins to check if there are nail remnants...eeew...good thing I didn't feel it.

"There all done"..."your toenail will grow straight from now on just don't cut too deep ya!"...TQ Dr...I won, I finally won...my battle with the evil "cagu" has finally ended...woooohooo. Dr says i can wear shoes the next day, but I'm not risking it...in slippers today maybe shoes tomorrow. 2 things I learned, firstly... cut your toenail horizontally , leave the side alone else "cagu" will come and bite you and secondly... your toe have got 2 nerves ... left and right (is this important?!). Good riddance "cagu".

Death to the "cagu", Capt says Au Revoir.