Runners toe turned into horrible infection followed by extraction

I'm struggling to find information on after care for toenail removal. So as a last resort I'm posting here.

I'm an avid runner who have always struggled with runners toe on the second toe of both feet. Usually I am able to do away with the problem myself, namely pop blister under nail and nail eventually falls off with moderate to little discomfort. After my most recent half marathon I was in a great deal of pain. I popped both blisters and attempted to pull one of the nails off as it was already detached from nail bed. Decided to leave it alone however noticed a few days later warmness, swallowing and pain. I left for a week until it become unbearable. Surprise surprise I had a nasty infection that had been trated earlier would not have gotten as bad as it did. After 1 week on antibiotics the pain and swelling could only be described as worse. The doctor showed little interest in the problem, however this is typical of GP in the Netherlands. I ended up having to go into ER on the weekend due to shooting constant pain. She cut it around the outside to drain it and said to conintue with antibiotics. 2 days later still not better and pain is back, so went back to GP, nothing. Finally after 2 weeks of this I convinced him to just take the nail off thinking that would solve the problem of the throbbing pain. That it did, however I was provided no aftercare instructions of toe and after 1week I'm convinced something is not right. I

I still have quite a bit of pain. Nail bed area is extremely tender and gross looking. I felt that the toe should have been cleaned after removal but he said it was fine and sent me on my way. I soak is 2x per day in something comparable to Epsom salt and keep antibiotical ointment on it.

I have returned to running 4 days after removal witch is less than pleasant but manageable. I have trained so hard for a marathon which takes place next weekend. I realize this sounds silly, but anyone who has spent the time to really train for their first full marathon would understand how I cant just blow it off.

Any advice I can get is appreciated. Perhaps I'm just impatient but my doctor is not approachable unfortunately on this matter. What is the average heal time? What can I do to help the process? Etc..

Thanks for the help...