Reply #64: I had the beginnings of trench foot after serving in Iraq

[nytemare]

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That isn't my foot, just sort of what it looked like. The doctor in the Army hospital in Turkey looked at them bewildered for about two minutes, pulled the toes apart, then exclaimed, "I've never seen anything like it in my life. I think you have the beginnings of trench foot".

This was unusual, because it only rained maybe twice the whole time I was in Iraq, and they call it trench foot because it was prevalent during WW1 when the troops were running through muddy trenches. I must have just had some sweaty footses.

Needless to say, they blamed me for it. It was 115 degrees in the day, we were wearing black boots, and wool socks, which made me itch like the dickens anyway. It was a pretty painful experience, but it wasn't as bad as my friend, who was told a camel spider bit her. She had a hole in her foot about an inch deep.