I spent 24 years as an operating room nurse, and in that time I developed an occupational relationship with toenail fungus that I would not wish on anyone. Hours in rubber-soled clogs on hard floors, constant moisture, shared locker rooms…
For a long time, I avoided talking openly about my toenail fungus. Like many adults who spend time in communal spaces — gyms, swimming pools, shared showers — I had developed the thickened, yellowed, brittle toenails characteristic of onychomycosis and…
My name is Sandra. I am fifty-two years old, I manage a forty-five-person team at a national clothing brand’s flagship store in Chicago, and I have spent twenty-eight years of my professional life on retail floors. I have loved the…