Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 19, 2009
Jose Guillen, Toe Surgeon

Jose Guillen removed his own ingrown toe nail:

"The doctor saw me (Wednesday)," Guillen said, "and he said we'll see how it feels in the morning. If it wasn't any better, he wanted me to have surgery. I thought, 'Whoaaa.'

"So I went on my own (Wednesday) to the pharmacy, got some tweezers, came home and pulled it out myself. Let me tell you, I cried. I had one tough hour. But I got it out."

Guillen said the nail had hooked and twisted deep into the skin.

"I reached in there (with the tweezers)," he said, "and poked around until I got the end of it. Then I counted one, two, three and just pulled .... Oh, my God. It came out, but tears were running down my cheeks."

There's no crying in baseball!

I wonder if he'll apply to medical school when his career is over?


Posted by David Pinto at 10:57 PM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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I suspect Dr. Jose Guillen's bedside manner would be somewhat lacking.

Posted by: John Seal at February 20, 2009 02:00 PM
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