TB: What's up guys? How are my toes doing out there?
It's Jonathan a.k.a. the Toe Bro
and I just wanted to give you guys a quick update video because I just cannot believe the response,
the questions, the likes, the love, the support on my channel especially within the last couple
weeks with all the videos I've been posting. So I'm really
motivated to give you guys as much as I can.
So I thought I only had ten toes, but I am going to be having
20,000 toes and I cannot believe how quick all of this has happened!
I just want to say thank you to all you guys for who have subscribed,
who take the time to write a comment. I try my best to answer every one, but it's hard when there's so many questions,
so many comments.
But I am watching, I am reading, and I try my best to answer the ones that I can do quite easily. What I
definitely will do is a Q&A with all of you guys, maybe even some live-streaming one day where we can just sit down,
have a chat and I can answer all the questions I can for you. So for now,
we'll continue with this update video and we'll go from there.
So here's a quick update about the hundred year old man that I saw who had a very long, curved nail growing right into his toe.
He could barely walk. The toe was very painful. It was bleeding, there was dry skin,
sock material, sock lint. There was an open wound, there was a horrible infection, and a very, very foul smell.
And the worst part it was so painful for the patient. So that really was hard for me too to see.
So it was so painful for the patient that I had to numb the toe with an anesthetic in order to remove
the nail from the skin. So if you guys haven't seen the original video, please check it out.
I'll put the link in the description below, but I'm gonna play a shortened video of what I did.
I actually zoomed in even closer than the original video. in some scenes. So take a look and then after this quick little
shortened video, I'll show you how the toe looked when the patient returned two weeks later.
TB: So that toenail was very painful before, right?
Okay, so let's see. We're just gonna trim this nail nice and slow.
Any pain?
Other person in room: It's okay?
TB: Pain?
O: No.
TB: No pain.
Oh!
Poor you!
So this is complete flesh. You see this? It was growing right in.
O: I told him. He just didn't want to come.
TB: Can you see that, sir?
O: Yeah, it's bad. See, you have to listen. You have to go to the doctor when you need to go.
TB: Can you see how open that is, sir?
O: Yeah.
TB: Yeah, the nail was growing right in.
So we're going to trim this nail all of the way back.
Poor you!
And there's a lot of pus here as well in this pocket. Okay.
So I'm just gonna trim the nail really short.
Okay. Man! You're a tough guy to be walking around like this! (laughs)
Okay, so you can see that.
O: Yeah, it's pretty bad, yeah.
See, you have to go earlier, right?
I don't want to see that!
TB: No, I know it's not the prettiest to see.
Okay. You okay?
Yeah, so we're gonna put on the cream, put on the gauze, and wrap this baby up.
O: Okay.
So I'm gonna put on a little bit more just to really try to soak up the blood.
So if this bleeds through,
all you have to do
is just change the dressing.
O: Okay.
TB: Okay? And I'm gonna give you all the stuff
to change that dressing.
O: Okay.
TB: So I'm putting on a little bit thicker than normal.
That didn't hurt, sir:
O: Did that hurt? Was there pain?
P: No.
TB: No, it didn't hurt when we cut that, right?
Okay.
That is one big toe! Look at that! (laughter)
TB: (voiceover) So as you can see the toe has fully healed; it looks amazing.
It has gone down in size. The color of the toe has improved.
It's more of a normal fleshy pink color.
There is no open wound, there is no more foul smell, and most importantly
there is no more pain.
The patient, the grandson, and the whole family are just so extremely happy that
with the progress of the wound and how the
patient's feeling and so am I.
It's always nice to see the finished product. So what I'm gonna try to do is put up these
updated videos, once I have the follow-ups all finished, once
I have new content or new videos or images.
Based on the people that I've have made videos on before so you guys can see so you guys can see what the work looks like once
everything's healed and so you get a better idea of how the process is.
So I notice a lot of comments saying,
"How come I didn't flush the toe or rinse the toe down before dressing it?"
So after I cut back the nail and I did see there's a little bit of pus and after I trimmed that hypergranulation tissue,
everything was really superficial; there was no wound. I was probing deep into the body.
Nothing that was really hidden in a pocket
or an abscess. So to me
just trimming everything back, putting on antibiotic cream, dressing the toe, and then giving the patient oral
antibiotics was gonna do the job. I did mention to the patient's grandson afterwards that he should soak
his grandfather's
foot in some warm water with Epsom salt, when he does the first dressing changed the next day,
and that would help flush everything out. To me, this wasn't a very deep wound; it was
very, very superficial.
So I didn't feel the need to rinse it, but yes, that is true
so if I did see a deeper wound or if I saw there was a lot of dirt or something that was kind of stuck
inside it, I definitely would have flushed it out. So a great eye
for those people who mentioned that.
Another comment I keep seeing on this video is with my poor camera and what actually happened, I filmed two procedures
earlier that day and
unfortunately I
ran out of battery. So I'm definitely gonna have an extra battery ready to go all the time, just in case this happens
or charge my camera in between patients but lately I have been doing a lot of filming.
Later, after this patient the hundred-year man, I actually filmed
the video for the next
patient or the next video that I published right now
The Toe Bro vs.The Lone Ranger that long one nail. So I've been doing a lot of filming
but I'm definitely gonna be prepared so that won't happen again.
I'm just looking through the comments right now
because I did write something about
trying to help me pick an idea for 20,000 subscriber video and we're getting there; should be happening tonight.
And I see a comment here from Katie
Hanson Jones,
"Another great video, Toe Bro. Maybe for your 20,000 subscribers video
you could introduce us to your dad. As you said, he too is a foot doctor and inspired you to become one as well and
that with a video along with it." So you know what, that's actually an awesome
idea. Right now it has 47 likes. We'll see
what the other video has, if there are any comments that have more likes than that.
But that I'm taking all of your ideas
and I'm trying to put something really special together because I really, really
appreciate all the support that you guys are giving me. It really gives me more motivation
to put out more content and I hope that you guys can see that. I really, really love my job.
It's not only my profession, it's my passion.
I love helping people. I love what I do and I have fun doing it.
So I'm happy to share this with all of you guys. So I hope you like that update video,
hope you guys got a little bit of a fix. I'll be working on my next video tomorrow night.
I just try to give you guys as many videos as I can every week, so please share, like,
comment, subscribe, if you haven't.
Spread the word, okay? You guys take care and good night to all my toes out there!