Toe jamb futball...

For years as a project manager and salesman I wore lightweight construction boots as a portion of my day was walking around construction sites. When I was promoted to sales manager, nearly all my time was spent in the office. I started wearing soft sole athletic shoes. With less support than the boots, my feet would hurt at the end of the day.
A few times doing home renovation, I'd wear boots, but mostly it was the soft shoes. The bad thing is when I accidentally kicked something... ouch!
About 3 weeks ago I developed a pain in the big toe of one foot after doing some furniture moving. Yeah, whatever I kicked seemed to kick back! Sore to the touch it was inflamed and I treated it with antibiotic cream for a few days, but that was only marginally better.
Time for a podiatrist. I found one close to home and he was able to get an appointment without a long wait.
After inspecting the toe, it was determined the nail was ingrown along one side and it could be easily cut. Asked if I wanted a shot of anesthesia, my response was YES!!
With a long thin needle he mixed two different medicines. One was quick acting and the other was long lasting. Three nerves needed to be numbed and the pain from the injection was greater than the pain from the ingrown toenail.
The pain sensation was still there so he hit me with around of anesthesia and 15 minutes the entire area was numb. Another 15 minutes and the procedure was complete.
No pain last night, no pain this morning and all day... no pain.
Thinking back... I shouldn't have waited so long.