Today, I learned that the blisters that popped up this morning on my hands and feet are a result of a virus that takes two weeks to fully heal. After I told my roommates to be careful, one of them decided that NOW was a good time to tell us she had it last week. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, I found out my roommate was exposed to COVID back on New Year's. She tested positive on the 4th and was scared too tell me because she, "didn't want me to see her as irresponsible." Now I can't work for 2 weeks and need to find a place to stay because my roommate still doesn't think it's "that serious." FML
Today, the heat rash that has been devouring my side for the last week was revealed to be something much worse: shingles. FML
Today, I found out I might have Covid due to my manager's roommate getting it by being irresponsible. Two days ago, I found out I may have hep A from getting takeout at a restaurant. FML
Today, I woke up with a rash on my face after just getting over a bad cold. I was told by the doctor that it was a staph infection spread by wearing a face mask. The face mask I wore so people wouldn’t catch the cold from me. FML
Today, I learned I don't have a yeast infection. I have herpes. FML
Today, a friend who visited me a week ago with "allergy rashes" told me that it's actually scabies, and she hopes I didn't catch it from her. It takes 2-6 weeks for the symptoms to show and I can't use the medication for it anyway because I'm pregnant. FML
Today, I found out that people in the apartment to the left, in the one to the right and in the one above mine all tested positive for Covid, a week ago. FML
Today, I was woken up at 2 in the morning by my wife frantically saying something about her having scabies, and that I had to take her to the ER. It turned out to be eczema. FML
Today, I realized this virus pandemic lockdown had no effect on my love life as I spent another free night cutting 1/4 inch thick calluses off my feet, as I have done before all this happened two years ago. FML
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Epickiller 21
I hope you feel better OP. During those two weeks you should get a new roommate.
hard_candy 25
two words: disinfect everything
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booksxforxlife 2
Hand, Foot, and Mouth?
sparky333441 18
I've gotten the exact virus you're talking about, and let me tell you, it was hell. Especially when those fever blisters started to peel and my hands and feet looked like I was shedding. It's called hand-foot-and-mouth disease, I think. Good luck!
amjaynes15 4
Hand foot and mouth disease is the worst! It's a virus that gives you blisters on the palms of your hands, the soles of your feet, and on your mouth and face. It is excruciatingly painful, especially when walking, moving your hands/fingers/wrists, and making facial expressions/ swallowing/ yawning/etc. However, it is like the chicken pox, in which you can only get it once. So terribly sorry that you got this! I hope that you feel better!
UrbisRuri 1
I can personally attest to the fact that no, it's not like chicken pox in re you only get it once. I've had it twice. Once when I was two (and then gave it to my mom, who's physician couldn't figure out what it was and promptly freaked out, sending her to the hospital thinking she was dying or something, only for my pediatrician to properly diagnose her the next day), and then again when I was twelve and out from school for five days while my mouth and lips were covered in sores (I didn't eat solid food for nearly the entire time I had it), I had a really high fever that would break and then spike every 20 minutes, and I ended up falling over on the fourth day when I tried to get out of bed to walk. Yeah it was bad.
NikkiSamm 21
Hands foot and mouth disease. Be glad it's not in your mouth too. It's a bitch, I know