Painful and Health: Old school cool

Old school cool

By omfgitburns - 06/01/2011 14:54

Today, I had a plaster cast removed from my arm. After telling the nurse it felt like the saw was cutting my skin, she tells me there is no way that it could touch my skin and that I was being paranoid. She cracked open the cast. Burns, blisters and bleeding skin were revealed. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/05/2022 10:00

Today, I finally got the cast off my leg after being unable to walk for 6 weeks, watching daytime TV or playing my husband's Xbox all day. The second the plaster came off, I tried to stand up, tripped over the doctor's foot and broke the apparently still not fully healed leg again in the same spot. FML

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By sore - 21/01/2009 01:08 - Australia

Today, I sliced my arm open on the weekend, patched it with a fabric bandaid. Had an allergic reaction to the bandaid, arm now swollen, blistering and keeping-me-awake itchy. Pharmacist's advice? "Oooh, that looks bad. Better put a bandaid on that." FML

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By opposableouch - 27/10/2009 18:46 - United Kingdom

Today, I sliced a deep gash into my thumb while carving up bagels. After putting a plaster on, I returned to my room to relax, where I lit a candle. The flame from my new lighter shot up, and set fire to the plaster on my thumb. Now I have a cut AND several burns. FML

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By flaps - 19/08/2009 21:02 - United States

Today, I re-dislocated my arm trying to get it out of the cast it was in because I didn't want to pay the $50 dollar fee to get it taken off. FML

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By dasbooot - 30/04/2009 04:53 - United States

Today, I finally got my cast taken off my leg after a long month of crutches. I was so excited, until four dead spiders fell out. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/01/2011 07:35

Today, I was at the doctor's getting some skin scraped off the bottom of my foot for some tests. As soon as the doctor grabbed my foot, it tickled and I accidentally kicked him in the face. During this, the blade sliced my foot open. FML

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By sorethumb - 15/12/2015 23:39 - United Kingdom - Bookham

Today, while observing a surgery, I was asked to open a glass ampule of adrenaline. Not only did I break it and get it everywhere, I sliced open my thumb bad enough to need stitches. FML

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By cerulean - 10/10/2017 01:30

Today, a nurse berated me for not being able to lift my leg myself so she could put a cast on. My leg is broken in two places. FML

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By brandogg - 30/04/2016 00:11 - United States - Clovis

Today, I was laying on the couch with a cast on my broken ankle. My brother thought it would be funny to shoot my cast with a high-powered pellet gun. It went straight through the cast and now I need to go back to the hospital. FML

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Thursday 6 January 2011 18:57

THAT HAPPENED TO ME! the nurse said the same thing. I have the scar to prove it ..

mnwv 3

Thursday 6 January 2011 18:58

lol she's and idiot, no nurse should ever say something like that.

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Spongii101 12

Thursday 6 January 2011 20:57

That never happened to me. The nurse put the saw blade on her own skin to prove it would cut. I call fake. Sorry.

FrankHotpants 31

Thursday 6 January 2011 21:05

all you gotta do is make a big scene and u could have a lawsuit.

eject 0

Thursday 6 January 2011 21:13

the saw cant cut skin. that was all just from your cast.

Pagetaylor 0

Thursday 6 January 2011 21:18

This DEFINITELY happens. I was getting a cast cut off and the nurse neglected to slide a piece of plastic between my skin and the cast. When I told her I felt like it was cutting me, I was assured that the saw was just pulling hairs. When the cast came off it was all bloody inside and there was a laceration right where she cut. I still have the scar.

LemonStarship 5

Thursday 6 January 2011 21:40

That's horrible.

sealed_with_a_sm 2

Thursday 6 January 2011 21:44

sue!!!!

sweet_candy_ 17

Thursday 6 January 2011 22:10

Nurses are evil.

roarshelbi 1

Thursday 6 January 2011 22:32

That is horrible..

sikkar 0

Thursday 6 January 2011 22:35

Saw her back :D

kabu3000 4

Thursday 6 January 2011 22:39

Are you in America? Can't you sue the hospital for a few millions?

Kua_Mei 0

Friday 7 January 2011 6:45

What does being in America have to do with it? Can't you file a reasonable lawsuit in other countries?

spanelli 16

Friday 7 January 2011 9:39

I would have a lot to say about your statement, but you're German. I'm from Germany, and moved to America a few years back. Americans really don't sue nearly as much as people say. They just sue for stupid reasons most of the time.