Several months on from my original post on this thread, the infection in my left big toe has gone. This was quite recent though - only been battling it 2 years or so. The one on my right foot little toe will probably never go no, but it’s been decades. It was a good 10 years before I realised what it was, and another 5 before it bothered me to treat it.
It wasn’t sore and was barely noticeable at the time, in all my sandals the toe isn’t visible so it didn’t bother me.
Why worked on the big toe, that did bother me, was alternating schol paint on treatment and a cheap one from home bargains until the infection went. I used one bottle until it was finished, morning and night then started on the other one. Went back to the first when finished.
I cut/ filed off as much of the infected nail as possible every time I had a bath. Every time I got my feet wet, I dry and use athletes foot powder, I change my shoes often and spray with anti fungal spray after every wear.
I do a hot wash for my socks every week, and added dettol to the while I had an active infection. I don’t bother now there’s nothing showing.
I had a little bit of recurrence when I missed a few days for what ever reason, but I cut the nail back and carried on. It’s very nearly grown out now and I’m down to once a day treatments. Once it’s fully grown out I’ll go down to every other day, with a view to twice a week eventually!
It has been a long haul, but with Covid, I’ve had nothing better to do 