Health: Today, I went to a fast-food joint and ordered off the $1.00...

By Sick - 02/05/2009 04:56 - United States

Today, I went to a fast-food joint and ordered off the $1.00 menu to save money. Five hours later I go to the hospital with food-poisoning. After a whole day of not eating, crapping, puking, having tests, and a bunch of IV fluids, my $1.00 burger ended up costing me $2,000 in bills. Really. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/05/2010 23:51 - United States

Today, I went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/09/2023 00:02

Today, I had a stomach bug, but despite it I swallowed a mouthful of habanero sauce on a dare. I ended up projectile vomiting on a wall outside, lost my sense of balance and fell over on the sidewalk, almost blacked out from the tightness in my chest, and had to refuse an ambulance that somebody had called. All for $5. FML

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By Mc'xplosive - 09/10/2019 04:00

Today, after months of avoiding fast food, I decided to eat some McDonald's french fries. Though the fries were delicious, they were not worth the agonizing 15 minutes I spent on the toilet afterwards. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/12/2010 05:16 - United States

Today, after struggling with anorexia for months, I got food poisoning. FML

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By blehh - 14/04/2009 20:40 - United States

Today, I had horrible pains in my stomach area so I went to the doctors. They couldn't find anything wrong and sent me to the Emergency Room for X-rays. After spending the entire day in the hospital, they tell me I'm slightly constipated. I had to pay $400 to find out I had to take a shit. FML

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By tryingtoberomantic - 28/09/2019 14:00 - Australia

Today, I took my boyfriend out to dinner to an expensive restaurant. He overate, and now I have to nurse him through food poisoning. FML

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By anon - 26/07/2010 04:22 - United States

Today, I was fired from the restaurant I work at because I missed my shift. I missed it because I was in the hospital for food poisoning from the meal I ate at work last night. FML

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By Cliff - 11/10/2024 00:00 - Australia - Perth

Today, I got food poisoning from a restaurant that I had chosen for our company party. Everyone who went blamed me for their predicament. I also had to run to the toilet every ten minutes while they were all mad at me. FML

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By sushi hater - 13/03/2011 18:55 - United States

Today, I went out for some very expensive sushi. Two hours later, I found myself on the toilet, violently voiding my bowels. I essentially paid to have liquid orange shit. FML

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By middleagednurse - 04/10/2017 23:37

Today, I spent 5 hours in the emergency room for what I thought was heavy bloody diarrhea. After having various implements and doctors' fingers shoved up my ass, it turns out I was only shitting out the family-sized bag of red spicy cheese curls I had eaten for lunch. FML

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Shaiath 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 18:15

Ouch, that must really suck. D= Was it from McDonalds by chance?

seventeen_fml 0

Saturday 2 May 2009 18:17

sue the restaurant :)

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jkcmutch 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 8:19

sue them! get your 24k back AND buy yourself something nice!

ZH13 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 8:20

this has nothing to do with this FML, i just really wanted to leave a comment for #253 on the last one. i agree, he's an idiot for not knowing that mouth wash has alcohol in it, but the number you blow on a breatalizer IS the percentage of alcohol in the blood. way to go dumbass. about this FML, sue the restaraunt.

alewiina 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 8:22

Uh how could food poisoning cost you 24k in hospital bills? They charge that much to but a limb back on if its severed...

deceptivebeauty 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 8:50

Okay, to all of you asking how 36 hours ago can be today? It's a standard beginning thrown on to stories for the purpose of the site. Seriously? Are you that dense?

natalielovesben4 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 9:06

just so you know, it takes 24-48 hours for food poisoning to set in. So it wasn't from the fast-food you ate that same day. If that makes you feel any better. I am sorry about the bill though. :(

rachelbrianna25 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 9:30

I agree with 213. LOL.

chicka18 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 9:50

deceptivebeauty. you are idiotic. in ALL nursing classes, we are told that FP takes more that 12-24 hours for FP to become absorped in the intestines and stomach, which is why bile is a main part of FP and why you know you have it. idk what your mom had but it wasnt FP. sorry.

uhhuh1013 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 10:06

Healthcare is not a right in the US. Many people get their healthcare either by their job or some relative (a parent or spouse). If the OP is unemployed or works somewhere that doesn't offer health benefits, it is totally possible s/he does not have health insurance. Also $24,000 is possible. In college, I was once rushed to the emergency for drinking too much (sorority hazing gone wrong) and even though all the doctor did was take my blood to check my BAC and give me a cup of water, the bill came out to $650 plus an additional $400 for the ambulance ride. $1100 so that the doctor could hand me a cup of water and tell me to keep drinking until my BAC was below the legal limit.

lazylacey 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 11:14

that's it no more fast food for me. haha. it gets me sick anyways.

Trigger_fml 0

Sunday 3 May 2009 11:24

Man, and I thought the $45 cheeseburger after getting an overdraft charge on McD's was bad. And $24k is very believable- a hospital bed cost thousands a night, not to mention all the tests. And for those doubting food poisoning kicking in so fast, it's possible, there's two different types, fast onset caused by the toxins left behind by the microorganisms, sets in within hours, and the slow onset, caused by the microorganisms them selves takes a day or two to set in.