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I'm about to lose a toenail. ( The injury was minor. )
Of course I want to finish removing it right this instant. I want to take it off and play with it. I want to see what it all looks like underneath. I can hardly contain myself. But I'm waiting -- not because I "shouldn't mess with it", but because the camera battery isn't charged. Last time I failed to take pictures of a way cool thing my body was doing (healing wisdom tooth holes) I kicked myself for weeks.
EDIT: The camera battery finished charging, I took the nail off, and underneath was a whole new nail. It's quite thin and looks a bit fragile, and it's bumpy and nearly folded, but it's entirely ready -- as long and as wide as it needs to be.
The sensation of taking off a toenail (when it's ready to go, at least) is weeeeeeeird. Not painful, but wrong. Reminiscent of removing baby teeth, the ones that needed a good tug because they still had a spike left in one corner.
Of course I want to finish removing it right this instant. I want to take it off and play with it. I want to see what it all looks like underneath. I can hardly contain myself. But I'm waiting -- not because I "shouldn't mess with it", but because the camera battery isn't charged. Last time I failed to take pictures of a way cool thing my body was doing (healing wisdom tooth holes) I kicked myself for weeks.
EDIT: The camera battery finished charging, I took the nail off, and underneath was a whole new nail. It's quite thin and looks a bit fragile, and it's bumpy and nearly folded, but it's entirely ready -- as long and as wide as it needs to be.
The sensation of taking off a toenail (when it's ready to go, at least) is weeeeeeeird. Not painful, but wrong. Reminiscent of removing baby teeth, the ones that needed a good tug because they still had a spike left in one corner.