Health: No joking please

No joking please

By Anonymous - 18/01/2011 02:08 - United States

Today, I went to the ER after a fall. Before the nurse did an X-Ray, she gave me a pregnancy test. It came back negative. I joked, "No martians have crawled into my uterus, then?" She didn't get it, and I had my head scanned for brain trauma. Never crack a joke in a hospital. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/08/2018 23:37

Today, I had a CT scan done after hitting my head, for fear of a concussion. Good news: no concussion. Bad news: the tumor they "accidentally" found. FML

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By whovian221b - 25/08/2015 22:46 - United States

Today, after coming home from the hospital after I fractured my foot, I fell in the bathroom and dislocated my wrist. The ER doctor couldn't stop laughing. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United States - Plymouth

Today, I overheard someone at the mall telling his friend, "So I'm going in for a brain scan." Trying to be funny, I piped up, "Better hope they find something!" Turns out that had been the end of his sentence, and the scan is to see if his cancer has spread. FML

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By mama - 30/06/2019 07:09

Today, I went to the doctor's office after getting a positive pregnancy test. She did another one to confirm the result, which came back negative. My husband is wandering around with a great big smile on his face, because he isn't going to "have a rugrat." FML

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By picklebug - 26/07/2013 16:25 - United States - Minneapolis

Today, I was taken to the hospital after I fell down the stairs. The physician who saw me bit his lip and said he would have to amputate my foot, and I fainted in terror. One of the nurses later told me to "learn to take a damn joke." FML

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2015 02:02 - United States

Today, I went to the hospital for a scan. The tech went wide-eyed and stared at his screen in horror before realizing I could see him. He wouldn't tell me what he saw, apparently only my doctor is allowed to do that. So now I have to wait for god knows how long to get my results back. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/09/2012 04:51 - United States

Today, my five-year-old told me she had accidentally swallowed a thumbtack. In panic mode we raced to the ER. With no insurance. Only after the tests, examinations and X-rays did she tell me was "just joking." FML

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By mark807 - 28/04/2012 06:52 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I fell and hit my head on hard concrete. When I went to the emergency room for a CT Scan, the nurse hit me in the head with an IV pole. FML

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MarryMeFry 10

Tuesday 18 January 2011 8:54

Martian babies don't show up on the pregnancy tests.

iranoutofnames 6

Tuesday 18 January 2011 8:54

you have an awesome sense of humor. I love you

Comments

josegalvez08 0

Tuesday 18 January 2011 18:41

Ignore this comment, it was a reply to a previous post but for some reason my iphone screwed up.

mpoppe1018 2

Tuesday 18 January 2011 19:56

u deserve it for making such a shitty joke

Nukey 2

Tuesday 18 January 2011 21:19

This has been one of the most awesome FMLs I've read so far, and it's partly because for once it doesn't sound fake. XD You can't MAKE that shit up. PS, one time they gave me a psychological evaluation because I accidentally made a joke about bludgeoning infants... .__.

Sinkhole 26

Tuesday 18 January 2011 21:41

Actually, she died last month. Knowing that, would you have laughed if she had said that 'joke'?

btc415 0

Tuesday 18 January 2011 22:04

wow ur so dumb OP in hospitals they usually give women X-rays after trauma just to make sure there weren't any internal injuries to things perhaps a baby in your womb. that's standard procedure.

cheekyandgeeky 3

Tuesday 18 January 2011 22:08

Ha.

Sinkhole 26

Tuesday 18 January 2011 22:16

You shouldn't have edited your comment, cheekyandgeeky, it was funny how you brought up John Edward, the psychic. Soda was clearly talking about John Edwards.

AzKoldAzICE 3

Tuesday 18 January 2011 23:26

I enjoyed that Ty OP

IneffableLullaby 13

Tuesday 18 January 2011 23:52

You deserve it for thinking nurses care to hear stupid jokes.

clojo1112 0

Wednesday 19 January 2011 1:30

when I broke my ankle at 13 they gave me a pregnancy test because they wanted to make sure they don't have to do drastic measures or something. again, at age 13!!