Miscellaneous: Today, I rescheduled my doctor's appointment for a tetanus shot...

By terpity12 - 07/08/2009 19:39 - United States

Today, I rescheduled my doctor's appointment for a tetanus shot to go camping with my friends. While running on a path at the camp site, I stepped on a rusty nail that went right through my shoe and into my foot. Maybe I should have kept my appointment. FML

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By ice_dancer_jake - 20/06/2019 02:28

Today, after spending the day at work avoiding all hard manual tasks that may harm me, I had a table dropped on my foot. I broke my toe, split my nail and had to get a tetanus shot. I was avoiding injury as I was supposed to be performing in a figure skating exhibition this evening. 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 jackelking - 25/05/2009 08:33 - United States

Today, I was at my friends' farm and we decided that we wanted to go to their old treehouse. When we got down there, it turned out my friend Cat had forgotten her shoes. Being a gentleman, I lent her my sandals. I then climbed the treehouse, fell out, and got a nail through my foot. FML

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Take a hike

By Anonymous - 01/05/2016 17:19 - United States

Today, I went on a camping trip. I already had a bad back, and then the guy in charge took us on a hike. My shoes were too small, and now I'm hobbling around with a bad back and foot. Every time I limp, it hurts my back, but if I walk normally, it hurts my foot. FML

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By Anon - 24/03/2012 02:42 - United States

Today, while hiking and wearing sandals, I stubbed my toe. This wouldn't have been so bad had it not been into a cactus with 3 inch thorns. FML

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Nine inch nails

By Anonymous - 07/06/2022 02:00

Today, mere hours after getting my knee out of plaster and walking normally again, I stepped on a giant nail, which went through my shoe and came out of the top of my foot. Surgery on the splintered bone, bandages, and no putting weight on it for at least 2 weeks. Here I go again. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/10/2018 17:30

Today, years after I stepped on a nail and had the wound stitched, I got an X-ray. I've had serious trouble walking, and it turns out I had 2.5 inches of nail living in the sole of my foot, stabbing up into my ankle joint. I now need major surgery. FML

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Enjoy the weekend!

By Anonymous - 12/02/2022 06:00 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, I was accidently stabbed in the shin with a pen, right before a long weekend. It will need stitches. FML

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By Broderick - 26/03/2011 06:32 - United States

Today, I was hiking, and four miles away from my car and civilization, I tripped over a rock into a cactus. I used duct tape, which ripped all the hair off my arms and legs but ignored the spikes. FML

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Handle with care

By Bad day to be my toes - 08/12/2024 09:00 - United States - Steele

Today, I noticed one of my toenails was getting super long, so I cut it. In doing so, I accidentally ripped it off and it started bleeding. As I went to get something to stop it from bleeding, I got a huge splinter in my little toe, causing a painful infection. I think I should just go back to bed. FML

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SUSAltd 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 1:27

*it hurt just reading it

SUSAltd 0

Saturday 8 August 2009 1:24

It just reading it... ouch. FYL, hope it gets better.

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GmanG 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 0:08

Hahaha at #64 FYL :( Not lucky dude...

goblin_911 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 2:24

IRONY!!!!!!!!!!!

omghappy 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 5:56

SPOOOOOOOKY!!! this morning my dad was telling about how the big fear when he was a kid was stepping on a rusty nail! Hope you don't get lockjaw!!!

hellomynamekeyes 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 7:22

Oh, the irony.

Qender 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 10:04

You don't get tetanus from rusty nails. You only get tetanus if you get fecal matter from an animal that has tetanus in an open cut. That's right, you actually need to get infected poop in a wound. The rusty nail thing is a stupid myth, and so is dirt, that won't give it to you either. Yeah, dirt and rusty nails might have sick animal poop on them, but so might any other surface you get in a cut. It's just not that likely.

wannabemed 0

Sunday 9 August 2009 16:51

Actually, according to the center for disease control, the bacteria that cause tetanus are everywhere. Although there are naturally some tetanus bacilli in animal and human intestines, and therefore their feces, the animal does not have to be sick to have the bacteria in its waste. The main issue with stepping on rusty nails, or any nails for that matter, is that deep wounds are a risk factor in contracting tetanus, especially those "contaminated with dirt, feces, or saliva."

WinterBlue42 22

Monday 2 June 2014 20:55

And tetanus thrives in the low-oxygen environment provided by rusty metal. So, it does not come FROM the rust, but the metal provides a perfect environment, as well as a means to enter the human body. (Via puncture wounds.)

RhymePrime 7

Sunday 9 August 2009 18:11

Where the hell were you running? A junkyard?

VietBoy 0

Monday 10 August 2009 10:40

Oh wow FYL. Hope that you will recover. This reminds me of the time where my family and I was returning from a trip to Vegas and we were on our way back to California. The WHOLE van had to use the restroom so we stopped at an abandoned toolshed to relieve ourselves. Right when my dad told me to watch out for the nails around me I stepped right on one and it went through my converse shoes. It pierced the skin but just barely but just to be safe, we spent the next 15 minutes waiting while my dad was trying to suck some blood out of my foot. FM Dad's Life.