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 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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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?
carlfirebolt 27
what happened after that?
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Comments (75)
makayla1326 16
Did u get any other white warm pus like substance on you?
dirty_dan_ 15
O_O **** and pus aren't alike...
Soloman212 28
If your boyfriend's is pus-like you should really get that checked out, 12.
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.
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.
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.
doodlecloud 27
To be fair, blisters can become infected.
dramaelf 37
It's not pus, it's serous fluid.
JackieWackie 13
Ohhhh sweetie ? are you alright though?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sillsallad 15
Putting antibiotics on a silly little wound like that is what causes resistant bacteria
SaniK 17
I didn't need to read that
rachfig93 0
Sorry OP, hopefully your heart burst too when you saw your date!
captainsmegma 12
Hope he didn't have a foot fetish.
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.
dramaelf 37
That can cause infection, even if you sterilize first. Trust me, an infection hurts worse than the initial blister.
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.