Possible Clues:

• Doctors mention it too late
• 'Tinotme, perhaps, as of late (3,2,4)'
• 'It isn't the instep that's so late (3,2,4)'
• Late
• The late Tinotme?
• Ointment I used toolate
• That's for the late Tinotme
• Of late it's tin O.T. me
• Sounds as if it gets tied of late