Well, Digiron2, I too, hate to hear about your misfortune. Those toes and fingers can really hurt. Hope you get relief soon!
I had a 55 gallon barrel rim hit my big toe. I had tipped it toward me, lost it, it rocked away from me, and then came back down on my toe. I worked the rest of the day in quite a bit of pain. When I got home and removed my shoe, it caused it to be much worse. I guess the shoe was holding pressure on it or something causing it to not let the blood fill in under the nail. When I saw what was causing the severe pain, I took my pocket knife's big blade which had sharp point, and gently started rotating the knife with very little pressure. It took quite a while, but when the blade broke through the nail, blood shot about three feet into the air, literally. But with the loss of the blood came much needed relief. Later the nail came off, then much later it did grow back.
I also had an uncle slam a pickup tailgate on my thumb once. I was really surprised that I didn't lose the thumb! It broke the nail, made it cut into my thumb, and cut the thumb's pad badly, but of course there was no blood under the nail to cause pressure-pain. It took several weeks, but it did heal without leaving even a scar!