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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Same thing different taste

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hmmm...Maybe, you should have gone to the freakin doctor if you sliced your arm that badly idiot! Your pharmacist's job is to give you medicine, not diagnose you.

pharmboy32 0

A pharmacist (at least one who paid attention in school) should know that you need to probably talk to your doctor. They can at least recommed hydrocortisone to help the itch. they should also be able to tell you a type of band-aid to use. if its bad enough though, you should prolly just go to the doctor, stitches or glue would do wonders, and no allergic reaction haha

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boredgirl_02 14

yeah im allergic to bandaid glue so i avoid getting cuts, and when I get one that i need to cover I use gauze and medical tape. I know there are some bandaids that i could use but I end up needing one when im no where near hypoallergenic bandaids, but all the medical kits have the gauze and tape.

califormula 0

Even YOU didn't know you were allergic to bandaids, douche. Cut the guy some slack. Thats what 99.9% of what a person would say in that situation anyways, dick.

if this was your first reaction to a bandaide id more likely suspect infection from the cut... see a doc before jumping to such conclusions... and further try hypoallergenic sterile gauze and gauze wrap if it is infact an allergic contact reaction

daughterofabitch 4

in some places that's what you do first then go to the doctor

ArielTheMermaid 17

I'd feel bad if you had used complete sentences.

In places other than the US the pharmacists dual as doctors. It's cheaper than going to see a real doctor and they can write and dispense the prescription.

know your alkergies and dont keep allergens around

Am I the only one who thinks this is a very badly written FML? Why did it pass through?