Re: show of hands


I lost two nails from a gardening-related fungus. Wear the gloves!

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: From: Pat Mitchell <pat-mitchell@juno.com>
: To: perennials@mallorn.com
: Subject: show of hands
: Date: Monday, October 05, 1998 3:54 PM
: 
: I DO have long nails - and they grow very fast (I think it's the compost)
: - but I don't polish them.  I don't wear gloves, and often have dirt
: under each nail.  It doesn't bother ME, but it drives my DH nuts. 
: Washing dishes is the best for getting them clean, but it agrravates my
: excema, so I have to wear gloves in the water.
: 
: I recently spoke to a doctor friend about nail fungus (not my own, just
: chatting with a friend) and he theorized that the most likely transmittal
: was earth to fingernails/toenails . . . .gardening.  I think I'll start
: wearing gloves in the garden after I heard that.
: 
: Pat
: USDA Zone 5 Milwaukee suburb - Wisconsin
: Pat-Mitchell@juno.com
: today's palindrome:  a man, a plan, a canal, panama
: 
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