So do you remember a couple of months ago I went on that 9 mile hike and injured my toenails? Well, a few of my toenails, particularly both big toenails ended up being bruised and turned black & blue. In the past few weeks, I noticed that the left toenail seemed a bit hollow whenever I trimmed it.

Anyway, tonight, I accidently stubbed that toenail on a big, heavy toolbox that I use to block my bedroom door in order to keep my cat out of my room at night. When I turned the light on, I flipped! My entire toenail was sticking straight up in the air, perpendicular to my toe! It hurt for a few seconds and then it didn't hurt anymore. There was no blood. I thought maybe I could pull the entire nail out, but I couldn't. It was still attached at the cuticle.

I debated on whether to go to the emergency room to get it completely removed, but decided I could probably somehow cut it off. I found my handy little swiss army knife and used the sharp miniature scissors to carefelly cut my toenail off. It worked. No pain.

It seems there is a hard uneven membrane of some sort that looks like skin where the nail used to be. What is this? Will my toenail grow back? My toe looks so funny without a nail. I have it covered under a bandage to protect it for now. Please tell me the nail will grow back. Poor me!