Warts and All

Literally.

For about the last 7-8 years I have had a wart on the tip of my 'tall-man' finger on my dominant hand. Or as my kids say, the finger that gives someone the finger. I tried everything to get rid of this wart. I used various over the counter treatments and whilst the wart was eaten out often leaving a big crater, it CAME BACK every time. I had it frozen off by the doctor (cryotherapy) on at least two occasions, only to have it stubbornly grow back. I tried the old 'starve it of oxygen' method with absolutely no success - do you have any idea how impossible it is to keep a finger tip covered and dry for a prolonged period of time?

I never managed to make friends with my wart. It looked ugly and was in my way. It is right in the spot where I push with my embroidery needle. Every time I embroidered it would get stuck by my needle - by the back of my needle. Yep the eye of the needle would frequently piece its lumpy, warty surface. And yes it hurt, and bled. I suspected that my embroidery was the cause of its existence in the first place.  (virus entering via the weakened spot.)

I tried various thimbles with not much success. ... On a side note I have often considered the main advantage of a thimble is to rest the finger wearing it, 'cause somehow the finger wearing the thimble is the only one NOT used.

Anyway.

Last night I went to put my computer down and the air vents on the bottom cover caught on the edge of the wart and I felt a pulling sensation. Moments later I touched that spot as it felt a bit odd. To my surprise there was NO WART.

I went back to where my computer sat and hunted all around to find it (and dispose of it after examination). Alas it was not to be found. The tip of my finger felt funny. The kind of exposed skin funny that is felt when one has just cut (or broken) ones long nails and that skin gets to touch another surface for the first time.  All new and sensitive.

There was a thread or two of stringy skin and a lot of just normal skin where once there had been a wart.  And the only evidence that anything is different about that finger tip is the lack of finger print on the bit where the wart used to be.

Now if I haven't totally grossed you out. I have a pic of my new finger tip.

This morning the 'threads' are mostly gone but you can see where they were. I am imagining they were the roots.  You can also see the rings (a bit like a tree) where it grew back bigger each time I tried to kill it off. The original wart was quite small, but it grew to a diameter of about 7-8mm over the years.

I am hoping that it doesn't grow back again.

I am also wondering why it has just dropped off now? And how come it died off without me even noticing any major change in it? And how the skin underneath managed to heal and seemingly push it off? And is there any link to my embroidery (other than it just hits that exact spot every time I push the needle through the fabric.) And does the coincidence of my now lengthy embroidery funk have anything to do with the wart's demise?  Must do some research.

... Am I the only one who find this stuff totally fascinating?