Money and Health: Slasher

Slasher

By Anonymous - 01/02/2010 05:00 - United States

Today, I sliced my finger open because my roommate's girlfriend put a broken ceramic plate in the recycling. I was putting some paper in the bin and all of a sudden, an inch and a half of my flesh is naked to the world. I don't have medical insurance, so I fixed it with Superglue. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/04/2023 22:00 - Unites States

Today, I accidentally super-glued my hand to my face while trying to fix a broken pair of glasses. I yanked it off in a panic, taking a patch of my face along with it. FML

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By ouch. - 10/12/2018 09:30 - United States - Stamford

Today, I was washing the dishes when I gave myself a nasty gash on my leg from the open dishwasher door. After five minutes of cleaning up the blood and wrapping it up, I came back to finish the job only to drop a plate and send broken shards into my foot. FML

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By caitywebbkid - 11/12/2016 15:56 - Australia - Perth

Today, I was cutting some paper when I accidentally cut a sizeable chunk out of my finger. I went to my car to get my bumbag (I'm a lifeguard) so I could patch it up. I then promptly got a large piece of glass in my foot. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/10/2009 08:03 - United States

Today, I cut my finger open with a spoon. After waiting for 4 hours in the emergency room, the doctor told me I was missing too much flesh to qualify for stitches. He then called 2 other doctors in to examine it. Apparently they had a contest for patient with most ridiculous injury. I won. FML

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By Ouch - 26/10/2019 22:00

Today, while washing dishes for my friend, I managed to break an unbreakable glass and slice my hand open on it. 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 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 Penny - 17/10/2021 02:00

Today, I reached for my lip balm while laying in bed in the dark. I accidentally knocked my bedside lamp, and it fell on my hand and shattered. A huge glass fragment impaled my hand. I just got out of surgery. FML

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Slice of life

By Eleanor - 19/02/2017 23:00 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I tripped and fell on my open dishwasher, right onto a carving knife. I'm mostly ok, except that my nipple has been sliced neatly in half. Seriously, the two halves keep flapping open like a little mouth. It would be funnier if it wasn't so painful. FML

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By sharkgirl4 - 25/08/2014 16:17 - United States - Rialto

Today, I was trying to fix a broken desk fan. I'd taken the guard off and was trying to unscrew the blades, when my roommate decided it'd be funny to plug it in. The blades sliced into my thumb. I need stitches, and he still thinks it's hilarious. FML

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ohheykiwi 2

Monday 1 February 2010 12:14

You're gonna die. It's gonna get infected. And you will die.

arsenalfcboy 6

Monday 1 February 2010 12:36

FYL for living in a country with no National health care

Comments

darkmis1 17

Monday 1 February 2010 13:35

You do know that it's gonna get really infected, rite? You could seriously lose that finger if you don't do something.

tuscany 0

Monday 1 February 2010 13:43

i think duct tape is better duct tape fixes everything

smitty809 0

Monday 1 February 2010 14:29

If you can't duct it, **** it.

Jenova944 4

Monday 1 February 2010 13:47

superglue is a viable temporary option as people have said before, another possibly option is duct tape, in the british army we carry some in our webbing, tis great for emergency use though like all the non-doctor methods... the main issue is infections so proper cleaning of the wound is needed before hand and required on a regular basis until it is healed

go_rangers 0

Monday 1 February 2010 15:02

The only thing I can think of is that duct tape will remove any scar tissue when you pull it off, causing the wound to open again. Also, if the wound is still bleeding, it will just bubble underneath the duct tape and cause additional pressure. When I got a cut that I should have gotten stitches to close, it didn't stop bleeding for several hours.

Jenova944 4

Monday 1 February 2010 15:54

you dont close the wound with duct tape, you use strips to simply hold it closed and there are ways of removing it without pulling off the scar tissue

lady_nki2010 0

Monday 1 February 2010 13:53

this sounds unbelievable. ppl use superglue for a lot of things but never have I heard for their wounds:; YDI

FeedtheBrood 0

Monday 1 February 2010 14:00

it's fine to use superglue on small things like cuts or w/e. Just clean it first to help prevent infection.

LilaBear 1

Monday 1 February 2010 14:13

And that's why the US health system is screwed. In Australia you could either go to a doctor who bulk bills (in which case you pay nothing and medicare covers it all) or (as bulk billing doctors are not terribly common) medicare will still pay for some of it, and something as minor as a couple of stitches would not be terribly expensive.