By Szaszaspasz - 24/08/2015 22:35 - Canada - Victoria

Today, my date came to pick me up for a date. As I was getting into his car, a large blister on my foot burst. My foot is now swimming in a pool of hot, liquid pus. FML
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Szaszaspasz tells us more.

Szaszaspasz 26

Hi! It's the OP. The blister formed earlier in the day because of a new pair of running shoes I was breaking in. The blister didn't seem too bad, but it got filled up as the day progressed. As I got into the car, it burst. I never let on because my shoes were not open-toes. The date was great, we went to Pizza Hut, but I got tomato sauce on my outfit. I'm a klutz FML This was in 1990. I was too nervous to run back up to my barracks and do something about the blister. I was 19 at the time.

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Top comments

gosh_mate 30

If it was just as you were getting into the car, couldn't you have explained the situation and ran into the house for a bandage or something?

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carlfirebolt 27

what happened after that?

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Comments

makayla1326 16

Did u get any other white warm pus like substance on you?

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Soloman212 28

If your boyfriend's is pus-like you should really get that checked out, 12.

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hard_candy 25

gnarley! at least now you just slap a band aid on it. I hate blisters and how hurt when they're swollen.

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Zarniclopsindorf 24

Blisters are not filled with puss. Puss is fluid build up from an infection; blisters shouldn't be infected. If it was I guess this really would be an FML.

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helsingmusique18 11

I assumed OP meant the fluid in a blister. I've had a few pop and it leaves the area of your foot wet, but in my case the liquid was always clear.

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doodlecloud 26

To be fair, blisters can become infected.

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JackieWackie 13

Ohhhh sweetie ? are you alright though?

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saad2605 16

Well now you have a story to later in life. But hopefully you went inside to get a bandage if you were just at the car.

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Kailayla 29

Next time, take a needle, make it sterile with alcohol or by heating it and poke it. Before going on a date. Trust me, it feels so good to have the pressure off.

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MandieL 27

Breaking a blister can cause infection and make the healing time longer. It's better to just bandage it up and let it heal and or pop on its own. I do agree though, that it feels good to pop it.

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clemsi 20

Draining the fluid using the method 26 described does makes it heal faster, though there are a couple more steps after that. Once the fluid is gone put some antibiotic cream on it, make sure the skin of the blister stays on so that the raw skin under it isnt exposed, and then wrap it with a bandage.

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Sillsallad 15

Putting antibiotics on a silly little wound like that is what causes resistant bacteria

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SaniK 17

I didn't need to read that

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rachfig93 0

Sorry OP, hopefully your heart burst too when you saw your date!

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Vlen_fml 20

what i don't get is if you knew you had a blister, why didn't you just lance it and clean it out? i used to get them when i'd do really long walks and would just drain em and be done with it.

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dramaelf 37

That can cause infection, even if you sterilize first. Trust me, an infection hurts worse than the initial blister.

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Vlen_fml 20

i've been lancing them for over 7 years and never got an infection, worst case scenario the incision healed and it filled again, and was again lanced.

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