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By Catherine - 23/05/2011 19:33 - United States

Today, I had to go to the emergency room with vision problems. The nurse was helping my mom fill out the paperwork. When asked for her employer, my mom started trying to sell the nurse Aflac, and got into a serious 10 minute conversation about it, all while I'm going blind in my left eye. FML

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By GladIAmMovingAbroad - 20/10/2024 02:00 - United States

Today, I went to urgent care for cloudy vision and eye pain to rule out an infection. They freaked out and pressured me into going to the ER, implying I could lose my vision. Several hours and thousands of dollars later, I just have dry eyes. I hate our healthcare system. FML

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By RB84 - 22/04/2017 02:00

Today I got a call from my daughter's school, because she claimed that she couldn't see out of her right eye. I panicked and went to pick her up. On the way to the emergency room, she turns to me and says, "I'm fine. I didn't want to take a test." FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2023 08:02 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I rushed to urgent care after suddenly developing a dark spot in the vision of one of my eyes. Long story short, I paid $110 for the doctor to remove an eyelash. FML

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By Anonymous - 22/10/2012 00:29 - United States - Bellingham

Today, while my mother's blind friend was waiting in our kitchen for my mom to come home, I thought it would be funny to talk to her in the nude. Turns out she's only blind in one eye. FML

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By johnny121 - 01/01/2010 19:14 - France

Today, I had to go to the hospital. While I was there, my mom started hitting on a doctor. Later I saw them making out in the room next to me. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/04/2023 04:00

Today, I attended my wife's cousins wedding. While trying to help struggling teens with fireworks, I got shot in the eye by a commercial-grade firework. I spent the rest of the night in the ER, then headed to see the eye doctor. I have about 75% of loss of vision. Hopefully it's not permanent. FML

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By emsbuffalo - 04/01/2012 06:15 - United States

Today, my mom came home from surgery. Upon arriving home, she flashed a paper in my face and said, "Want to see pictures of my colon?" My eyes are still burning. FML

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By RedEye - 11/07/2017 17:30 - United States - Saint Louis

Today, my contact ripped in half in my eye. One half fell out, but the other half got stuck too far under my eyelid. An hour and $100 later, Urgent Care finally got it. FML

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Outta my way

By Anonymous - 09/02/2011 07:32 - United States

Today, it was my first day at work as a cashier. I was so nervous that my whole body got numb and my eye sight completely blurred. I ran to the bathroom blind while bumping into everything in the store, making sure that everyone knew I had a problem. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/04/2009 19:41 - United States

Today, I was volunteering at the hospital. This lady was calling the Nurses' Station, and I had to go see what she wanted. When I asked her what she needed, she mumbled something. As I leaned in closer to hear what she was saying, she threw up all over my face. Apparently, she was nauseous. FML

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ihatecake 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 0:56

people these days all about money

imacreeper 3

Tuesday 24 May 2011 1:04

we just want to make the world dance. forget about the price tag.

Comments

Riemurasia 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:06

If your eye is in such a bad condition, I personally consider it a terrible idea of you to be sitting behind a computerized screen right now...

paint_me_pretty 5

Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:19

I have a friend going throughout the same thing ( going blind in her left eye). I hope all goes well for you.

movingtarget_fml 4

Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:21

same thing happened to me I hate it when that happens

cabbitt 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:46

Pfft whiner. I'm blind in my left eye and I do just fine.

lexielynn0680 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:59

i like your picture:D

lexielynn0680 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 2:53

build a bridge and get over it.

Got_any_grapes1 4

Tuesday 24 May 2011 5:14

Get a brain and use it. If only I had a baseball bat right now. I understand h

Got_any_grapes1 4

Tuesday 24 May 2011 5:18

Sorry for the errors. What I meant to say is: Get a brain and use it. If only I had a baseball bat right now. I hate people who think their badass. Sigh. Op, feel better.

lexielynn0680 0

Tuesday 24 May 2011 5:58

and what would you do with a baseball bat??

Egnar 19

Tuesday 24 May 2011 3:07

Oh quick being dramatic - You had vision problems, you weren't bleeding out, having a seizure or coming in with a stroke. . You were having trouble seeing. Your mom was trying to put food on YOUR table while you sat there, as you would have sat down for awhile anyway. I'm sure the nurse is capable of taking your paperwork and putting it in the pile of other paperwork while you waited. Years ago I got hit in the eye with a hockey puck [street hockey, no helmets. . Yes a puck, not the ball] and had to go to the emergency room to get a gash about 1/10th a cm under my eye [turns out had it been any higher at all I would have needed pretty hefty surgery to repair damage]. I sat in that emergency room for 2 hours waiting to be seen. In that time I didn't: 1) Die 2) suffer any damage I wouldn't have suffered anyway 3) get any worse Had the nurse thought your case needed immediate attention she wouldn't have chitchatted with your mom.

geeksaresexy 18

Wednesday 25 May 2011 10:20

I had a stroke and the first symptom of it was loss of sight in one eye and my vision in that eye was permanently damaged.. of course I couldn't tell anyone that at the time because everything else went very rapidly after. So yeah, invisible damage is often more serious than visible! Like a heart attack is less obvious than a knife in your arm but clearly could be more serious.