Health: Today, I was rushed to the ER due to a very swollen foot and...

By iLikeMyLegs - 09/05/2013 23:18 - Canada - Oshawa

Today, I was rushed to the ER due to a very swollen foot and high fever. The doctors said I just have a tissue infection but my parents believe I have a flesh eating disease. I can hear them discussing my future with an amputated leg. FML

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Same thing different taste

Funny, thanks

By picklebug - 26/07/2013 16:25 - United States - Minneapolis

Today, I was taken to the hospital after I fell down the stairs. The physician who saw me bit his lip and said he would have to amputate my foot, and I fainted in terror. One of the nurses later told me to "learn to take a damn joke." FML

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Time is precious

By OnTheReceivingEnd - 14/02/2024 14:00 - United States - Gilbert

Today, and over the past three months, I and four of my immediate family have been in hospital. Debilitating foot infection. Brain tumor. Urinary tract infection. Stroke. I just found out a few minutes ago my aunt just went in. I'm starting to think I'm going to be losing relatives any second. FML

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Thanks mom

By Anonymous - 08/06/2018 15:00

Today, it's my third day in the hospital. On Monday, my mother grounded me for not going to school because I was “milking” a sore foot. On Wednesday, we finally went to the ER and it turns out I have a very bad infection in my foot. She refuses to come to the hospital. 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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Broken healthcare

By ittybittyannie - 08/01/2022 02:59 - Australia - Spring Hill

Today, I have a severe infection. The last doctor I saw was in the ER and he gave me antibiotics ineffective against what I have, and sent me home. The doctor before that gave me a dose of antibiotics you’d give a toddler, so they didn’t work either. It has spread to my kidneys and I should’ve been admitted to hospital. FML

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By FootyFoot - 06/03/2012 11:50 - Australia

Today, I texted my mom if she could pick me up from the hospital. She replied "No fatty, walk home." I have a broken foot. FML

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Man up

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Santa Barbara

Today, I woke up with horrible pain in my gut. It got worse and worse, and I started vomiting from the pain. My mom said it was the flu and that I needed to "man up." It turned out to be appendicitis, and I'm now typing this from my hospital bed. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/06/2019 12:41

Today, just a day prior to my vacation starting, I learned that my five-day "seasonal fever" is actually due to a blood infection from a bacteria. FML

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By Theslacker... - 09/11/2017 16:00 - United States - Coplay

Today, a number of people came to visit me in the hospital, including my grandparents. They called me "weak" and "a cowardly millennial" for going to the ER instead of sucking it up, and blamed me for rising healthcare costs. I had a compound fracture. 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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missfrenchie 11

Friday 10 May 2013 9:00

Well i hope they'll give you something to walk on, maybe a peg leg? Aaarrgh

Pwib 14

Friday 10 May 2013 9:01

WebMD - parent edition.

Comments

oj101 33

Friday 10 May 2013 9:17

Flesh eating disease is terrifying. As a hypochondriac, I completely understand. I drove myself crazy for a week when I had an obscure symptom that matched up with the flesh eating bacteria symptoms.

Enslaved 36

Friday 10 May 2013 11:04

My boyfriend kept getting MRSA and would get treated only to have yet another outbreak! It was scary because it's contagious! Finally we found out the source of the problem. It was from his electric beard trimmer that he uses to remove all of his body hairs. In the trash it went! :P

Meme1988 18

Friday 10 May 2013 9:31

Hope to get well soon, only the soc opinion matter, so ignore what ever dramatic stuff they say

Meme1988 18

Friday 10 May 2013 14:27

Doc**

josh8215 21

Friday 10 May 2013 9:38

Do their plans include offering you a financial leg up to pay for the bills?

conholio33 28

Friday 10 May 2013 9:43

So sorry to hear that OP

padlockd 9

Friday 10 May 2013 9:49

If you see them with a knife, RUN.

interesting33 36

Friday 10 May 2013 11:42

I think the point is that OP can't....

PhDInLife 8

Friday 10 May 2013 10:39

Have to love MD's--"mom degrees". Unfortunately, your dad apparently has one too. Good luck OP! Although the docs won't really do any surgery unless necessary, they will probably let your parents verbally freak out for awhile.

Enslaved 36

Friday 10 May 2013 10:59

Better speak up before you "don't have a leg to stand on". :P

doodlecloud 26

Friday 10 May 2013 12:14

Don't worry, the doctors won't listen to your parents, they know what they're doing. Your parents on the other hand are going to get extra worried, but then extra relieved when they realise you'll be fine....maybe they'll be so happy to have you back all in one piece that they'll be extra appreciative of you for a while and buy you some presents or something...