Patient: And he says well, hopefully you'll never need to see a bone doctor.
I guess broken bones. Oh, yeah, I didn't look.
TB: (laughs) That big piece right there, you okay?
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TB: So tell me again what happened. You went...this has just been bothering you for a long time, right?
P: It actually started in the summertime, it was just for a little while and I felt it coming on
and you know I'm getting pedicures I was getting my nails done just at a co-op, you know what I mean.
When I was getting the manicure done,
there was a little callous there and that and she was instructing me to put these medicated pads and hopefully it would cure the problem.
And while I was doing it, it was subsiding but then like I said, something came up and it totally negated it.
TB: So biggest thing is, this is just dead skin caused by pressure.
P: That's fine.
TB: We remove the dead skin...
P: Okay.
TB: And you remove the pressure from those shoes and you'll be okay.
P: I won't wear the shoes for at least about a week
and it'll just be at nighttime. I won't wear them during the day.
TB: Yes and try to as little as possible.
P: I was wearing them all day long from morning until night. I totally understand
I'll just go with these and should I go out, I'll put them on.
TB: Okay, so what we're gonna, you just relax.
We're just gonna remove the top layer of this dead skin first.
P: That's fine.
TB: If anything's too sore, let me know.
P: Uh ha, I'll let you know.
TB: So what, they told you to go to the doc, the hospital?
P: Yeah, I was assuming they were gonna do something there this morning.
And uh, yeah I waited and then the doctor came in and he just looked at it and he says,
"Well no, we can't do nothing for that" and then he said somebody's bone specialist and that
and then he says, "Well, hopefully you'll never need to see a bone doctor."
I guess broken bones. Oh, yeah, I didn't look.
TB: That big piece right there, you okay?
P: I just I'm a little
squeamish kind of guy, you know?
TB: You're doing well. How long do you have to wait in the hospital for?
P: It was about to close to two hours, I guess.
TB: Okay,
P: Yeah, cuz I used to go hunting with my brother and I wasn't big on shooting the game. You know what I mean, so
And he knows that about me, you know what I mean?
Some people are squeamish about things, you know.
TB: No,no. That's fine. So we got the hard part off and now we're just gonna be removing that core of dead skin.
P: Okay.
TB: But you must be looking good in those boots though, huh? (laughs)
P: Looking good in the boots? Looking good!
TB: Beauty is pain, that's what they say.
P: Beauty is pain...that's a good one.
TB: Beauty is pain.
P: I like that one; beauty is pain! (laughs)
TB: So what we're doing is just removing as much as we can so if anything's too sensitive,
P: Yeah, no.
TB: You let me know.
P: Yeah, no actually when I was grabbing it I was trying to pull it and it was painful, but what you're doing
I'm not feeling nothing actually.
TB: That's good. It's just dead skin.
P: Yeah, I guess that's why you're the specialist. (laughs) Yeah.
TB: So what those acid pads do,
P: They ain't no good?
TB: They just soften the skin.
P: Oh, is that what they do?
TB: But they don't remove it. You need to have someone actually scrape this down. You okay?
P: Yeah, yeah, that's okay. I can deal with this.
TB: I know it's a little sensitive.
P: Yeah, yeah, I know I can deal with a little of it. Yeah
You know I've been wearing those boots since high school too, ay doc.
You know what I'm saying? Since high school.
TB: Just call me Jonathan, just call me Jonathan.
P: Okay, Jonathan. You know considering, you know, I've been wearing them since
I was like 16 years old.
TB: That's only a few years ago, right?
You're looking gook!
P: Yeah, thanks for that.
Yeah, it was those damn shoes. When I got them, they were way too tight. I'm not kidding.
Because I bought a pair of cowboy boots at do you go downtown at Young's Street?
TB: Yep.
P: And it used to be Master John's back in the 60's, right? Cuz I'm 63, right?
But it's called Shoe Master now, right? And I know the owner there, right? And it was right beside the
the House of Lords, you know?
TB: Yes, I know the House of Lords.
P: The House of Lords shut down I heard.
TB: Okay.
P: That was a landmark, ay?
TB: Yeah.
P: For people who wanted to get their hair done. You gotta go to the Big TO
and you go to the House of Lords and you know, pay the big, big, big money there, right?
But when I went to go see Mack at Shoe Master, he didn't have the Beatle Boots
but I ended up buying a pair of cowboy boots and
there was a lot of room in them, you know what I mean? Like though my foot wasn't all scrunched up
You know what I'm saying?
TB: Yeah.
P: And a, yeah those ones were comfortable, but these Beatle boots when he made them and I paid like 550 bucks for them too.
TB: Whoo!
P: Yeah, I'm not kidding. It was just scrunching my toes the whole time. I should have worn them back then.
And considering for all the years I've been wearing those boots, I've only got one toe that's messed up, ay?
TB: That's not too bad, huh?
P: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
TB: Are you able to handle this okay?
P: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, no that's really good!
That's really, really good.
TB: So like I told you, this is gonna fill up with normal skin.
P: Okay.
TB: But if you don't remove the pressure, this thing will come right back.
P: It comes right back, ay?
TB: Just the reaction to pressure.
P: Seriously? Wow!
TB: Yep.
P: Okay.
TB: Sometimes the body is too smart.
P: Oh, yeah really, ay.
TB: It's trying to protect itself.
P: Oh, it's got these safeguards built in.
TB: That's right.
P: I was watching something on TV the other day about honey. Did you hear about this honey?
TB: Like what?
P: Like taking honey for you?
TB: Yes.
P: Because of all the antibiotics they're over prescribing and it's breaking down our immune system.
They said with the honey in the system, you don't have to take as much (antibiotic). Did you hear about this?
TB: No. Wow! Really?
P: Clearly honey is good for you. I've been taking two tablespoons a day of pure honey. One in the morning and one at night as well.
TB: Well I know that sometimes we use it in wound care.
P: In what?
TB: Wound care. Wounds, you know like sores?
P: Oh yeah?
TB: They're like big open cuts...
P: Right, right.
TB: But sometimes instead of using you know medicine,
they've been using medical grade honey.
P: Oh yeah? Medical grade honey?
P: That's wild!
TB: Is it a little sensitive here?
Is that little sore?
P: No.
TB: Okay. You're doing well.
P: You know, it feels okay.
TB: Little by little.
P: Alright. I'll let you know when I hit the ceiling. (laughter)
TB: Give me a good kick!
P: No, no, no! You obviously know what you're doing, right?
I mean you're filming this one so I gotta feel good about that.
Do you know what I'm saying?
TB: Yeah, I know what you're saying.
P: Yeah, how long did you dad do this for?
TB: Thirty years.
P: Oh really?
TB: Yeah, and then he's retired now.
P: Oh, good for him. Yeah, good for him.
You got a nice little beat here too, right?
TB: Yeah, I know. You get to see the street.
Things keep moving.
P: Oh, that's the red brick building over there that one at 5 and 10.
TB: No, this is Queensway. So 5 and 10 is that way.
P: Yeah, that's supposed to be a crack building anyway. Did you know that?
TB: (laughs) No, I didn't know that.
P: Oh yeah, apparently, yeah. Somebody was saying that anyway.
I've been out of Mississauga for 8 years, but I just came back and my brother just lives up here at Mavis and Paisley.
TB: Yep.
P: Yeah this place, Mississauga's really...
TB: It's changed a lot.
P: Oh boy! Did it ever!
My dad when he came out here in 1969 there was no Square One up there.
TB: It was all fields, right?
P: Yeah, yeah. back in the days. Do you mind me asking how old you are, Jonathan?
TB: Oh, I just turned 30.
P: Oh, you're a youngin, ay?
I was gonna say you look kinda young when I saw you, ay?
TB: Just 30.
P: But you were sitting there when you're a little kid watching your dad, ay?
TB: Yes, my whole life.
P: Cool! That is so cool.
See, I'm staying with my brother, and he's got two boys, ay, but I was you know telling my brother
I used to idolize him as a kid growing up because he's 10 years older than me , Jonathan.
TB: Oh, wow!
P: And he was a mechanic and I wanted to learn to do stuff and I was like
working on engines when I was 11 years old.
TB: Wow!
P: And then he took an
electrician course, so I do electrical as well he taught me how to do plumbing, all that stuff.
And then I says to him about his kids cuz one of them went to
university, and he took uh some kind of a business degree...
TB: Yeah.
P: Where he
should be doing stock trading and all that but my brother's told me he's
afraid to take that risk.
TB: Yep.
P: But he said he's really really good at this course
he took, right? And I said does he know anything about engines, Tony? He says I tried, I open up the hood.
They don't even know how to put the windshield washer fluid. (laughter)
TB: That's us now! Remember back in the day, everyone worked on their cars. People we used to work on their cars
but now we don't. No.
P: That's with my brother, the kids nowadays. They're all they're not tuned into stuff like that, ay?
TB: No.
P: You know I was eager to learn more growing up, ay? It's a different era we live
in ay, Jonathan?
TB: It is.
P: These kids with all these iPhones and all this stuff, everybody's self-absorbed in this stuff, ay?
TB: I agree.
TB: So what's happened...
P: Yeah?
TB: I've taken as much as I can...
P: Okay. I felt nothing.
TB: That's good.
P: I'm not kidding.
TB: Underneath, there's a lot of raw
tissue.
P: Okay.
TB: The tissue would look like it was about to break down and create a wound.
P: Oh, really?
TB: Which is open.
Because there's so much pressure.
P: Yeah, I'm not kidding you. Stupid me!
TB: No, no it happens. This middle of the corn is still very tender and
I know if I try to dig it out,
it's going to bleed.
P: Okay.
TB: So the best thing we do is we leave it as is. It's gonna feel much better.
P: All right.
TB: We come back.
P: That' fine.
TB: In around two months.
P: No problem.
TB: And we do the same thing because if you change your shoes there won't be this big build-up and the skin underneath can
harden, become firmer, and then I can remove it, okay?
P: Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
TB: Okay, so let me put you down.
P: OMG! Jesus!
TB: How's that?
P: Oh! It looked like I had six toes!
My brother was going, "Don't worry. I'm gonna go get the ax and a chopping block. Just come in the kitchen!"
He's a funny brother. I really love him. He's a good brother ,ay. I'm not kidding, ay.
You know what, he went in one direction and I went the other direction. You know what I'm talking about what's wrong with
people and all that stuff.
TB: But you know what, look at you. You're still with your brother now.
P: And I've been doing a lot of church and I found my way back home.
TB: I'm happy for you!
P: Family is everything ay, Jonathan?
TB: I want you to put on your sock and shoe and let's see how that toe feels. Was this shoe bothering you?
P: No, not these ones.
TB: Before you came in, was it bothering you?
P: Yeah, oh yeah
TB: With the form?
P: Yeah, even that yeah. I couldn't put on my running shoes I won't even try to put all my Beatle Boots not until next week.
TB: Okay, so let's put on the shoes. How does that feel?
P: It feels good! I can live with that. You have no idea what that feels like. You probably do have an idea!
TB: What's gonna happen I can take even more, out once we let this area calm down.
P: That's fine.
TB: How's that feel?
P: That's Heaven! I'm in Heaven!
TB: That feels good?
P: I'm in Heaven, buddy! I'm not kidding you. That feel great. Thank you!
TB: You're welcome!
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