So in the last few weeks, my husband's fingernails have almost all fallen off. If someone out there is going through this, I will say that the idea of his fingernails falling off was much, much worse than the reality of them falling off. The idea still makes me shudder, but after him losing 7 out of 10 nails so far, seeing them gone is really a whole lot less gross than I was anticipating. He has told me that it really didn't hurt at all when they finally came off, and, in fact, he didn't even notice the first one had! A couple of them came off in the shower without him noticing until after. He still has both ring fingers and one pinky nail left to go...but his toenails are starting now to turn purple. Yikes.
Anyway, we've noticed there are lots of things that we use our nails for that really didn't seem important before. Without nails, it's really hard to pick coins up off the floor. It's nearly impossible to open a soda can. It's difficult to do up or undo buttons. He can not scratch himself or my back for me...I miss that.
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