Canadian Couple Goes On Beach Vacation And Finds Worms In Their Feet: This Is An Easy Fix
(CNN) Dozens of parasitic worms were found burrowing in the feet of a young Canadian couple after a recent trip to the Dominican Republic.
"We were scratching our toes for almost the duration of the trip," Eddie Zytner said.
Zytner, 25, and his girlfriend, Katie Stephens, 22, of Windsor, Ontario, returned home January 18 with itchy feet. Four days later, that itch turned into painful swelling and blisters, he said.
The pain became so intense that they could not tolerate shoes or socks and had to rely on crutches to walk.
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If this were me, I’d just cut my feet off. No doubt about it. I’d never be able to look at my foot again after that, so it's as good as gone. Once the worms have touched it, I no longer want it. What’s that line at the end of Shutter Island? “Better to live a monster, or die a hero?” well I don’t know how closely this relates but I’d rather live with no feet than walk around for a single day with those worm-ridden flippers.
I broke my ankle a couple of years ago and had a bunch of surgeries on it. I vividly remember the second they took off the bandages after the first surgery. What I saw wasn’t my foot. It was like a pregnant woman had stepped on a landmine: just an unrecognizable, hideous, elephant foot. I had the same gut instinct in that moment: just somebody please take that thing off my body, there’s been some mistake and that’s not mine. Needless to say they did not take my foot, but that whole situation scarred me for life. I didn’t take my socks off for weeks. I've had that experience, and I know better than to put myself through that again: if I get worms I’m self-amputating.
It’s also tough though because who in their right mind wears sand shoes in the Caribbean? Motherfucker, I take that trip to rub my toes in the sand. What’s the point otherwise? You’re lucky if I put on sunscreen! What’s a beach vacation if you don’t come back with a little reddish bronze and some sandy feet? I guess this is just a gamble you have to take. Classic Keegan: scared of everything, promising self-amputation, yet actively refusing to take basic preventative measures. Every blog has a brand: this one’s no different.
