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Been to two hospitals today the first one put a sticky plaster on and said if it swells see your gp.   
The second one x-rayed my foot , it turns out the nail scraped the bone the doctor said he would have liked to keep me in and give me intravenous antibiotics. But he ended up sending me home with two boxes of tablets.
The silly thing is I have a pair of nail proof work boots but they need new laces, no one to blame but my self

aarrgghhhh ouch ouch ouch!
poor you,good job you went to the second hospital hey,hope it recovers soon!

Thanks Elvis, My wife is a nurse and she was so shocked when I came out of the first A&E that she drove me directly to the next nearest hospital :o
Glad she did. The doctor in the second one was realy concerned. its strange how peoples attitudes differ.

Oowwwweee!  That looks horrid and a lesson to us all.  Glad you got the right treatment in the end and hope it heals quickly.

That looks really nasty, ouch!  You are very lucky that your wife took you to the second hospital.
Hope your foot gets better soon.

Ouuchy!  Reminds me of the time I was breaking wood over my knee and missed a nail - ended up with the wood stuck to my leg and little sympahy from the OH!!

As a teenager in '76 I jumped off a 3' wall into some long grass and did exactly the same on a piece of collapsed fencing...
I can still remember the 2 mile hobble to the Drs...  :o

Hope it heals well and no deep infections set in..

Nasty i hope ya foot get better soon.

I never go down the plot without me safety flip flops on ya never can be to carefull can ya. ;)  ;D

I did wear trainers until they wore out and am now having to wear some stout shoes. Good job eh!. Hope your foot gets better soon

Ewwww! Get well soon. I wear wellies and they are even thinner than trainers. Yikes..

Just thinking about it makes me cringe.

Feeling a bit sick now!Hope it heels quickly.

Don't wear trainers!

I have a book called 'your allotment' by Clare Foster and in the photos (obviously posed but nonetheless) she is wearing flip flops and in one photo she is vigorously turning the soil over with a garden fork, hardly a good example for a newby.

Oweee!  Safety boots for me now.

Ouch! I only wear my wellies, I can still remember the night I trod on an upturned 3pin plug on my way to the bathroom.
Get better soon

  Oh i hope you soon recover from that experiance Alan, good for your wife how sensible she is  well done to lady A137.
All the best. ;D ;D

you can get steel toe capped wellies cant you,no idea how comfy they are mind,keep meaning to investigate,maybe now i will!

Thanks for the get well wishes everyone :)
I have seen steel toe cap wellies but not sure if you can get them with nail proof soles though.

Yes, you can get wellies, boots and trainers with steel toe caps and either steel or kevlar puncture-proof midsoles, like here and here.

Goodness me - all these safety shoes/boots etc!  I wear bare feet in summer and wellies in winter.  Got the occasional nasty in my feet, and stings between the toes and the one time I stabbed my toe badly I was actually on the patio at home.  :o :o :o :o :o

But bad luck with the nail - can be nasty - let's hope it heals well.