Today, I went to the doctor. I had a spider bite that had been getting progressively larger for days. I had been putting Neosporin on underneath the bandage that was on it. The doctor saw my wound and laughed. He said the spider bite was no big deal, but that I was allergic to the Neosporin. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went through the nightmare of having to go to my doctor so he could remove a living spider from my nasal cavity. FML
Today, my skin was turning black, and I believed I was reacting to a spider bite. I spent 4 hours waiting in an emergency room in the middle of the night, paid a $100 copay, and missed a night with my boyfriend just to have a doctor wipe dye from my brand new black jeans off with alcohol. FML
Today, I was with my kids. We saw a tiny little bug and they started freaking out. Trying to show them that bugs are not scary, I picked it up. It bit me and now I have to go to the doctor because my hand is the size of a balloon. FML
Today, I went to the doctor for what I thought was a persistent bug bite. Turns out it was a mole I'd never noticed. I had been scratching it then applying anti-itch cream for weeks. FML
Today, after getting home from being in the field for a week, my wife who's a nurse, convinced me I had a spider bite on my penis. After rushing to the ER and standing nude in a cold exam room while the ER staff checked me out, I learned it's just an ingrown hair. FML
Today, I got a bug bite on my boob. I scratched it so much it started bleeding so I put a bandaid on it. Turns out the band-aid had latex in it and I got an allergic reaction to it. The bug bite is still bleeding and the top half of my boob is swollen. FML
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
Today, I now have a plantar wart, chigger bites, and a brown recluse spider bite all in the same foot. FML
Today, I finally went to have blood taken for an allergy test I really need. Afterwards, I had an allergic reaction to the bandaid they used on my arm. FML
Today, on the third day after I developed what I thought was gout for the first time in my 62 years, it turns out it was just a spider bite on my toe. My wife still thinks I had been drinking on the sly. FML
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pippysthename00 0
Hahaha, I love this.
mattmag 0
Well, now you know. Stick to the old-school stingy peroxide stuff.
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wordly 0
This happened to me when I got my nose pierced and I was using (the recommended) tea tree oil soap. I thought it was terribly infected, so I went back and they told me it was fine, I was allergic to the soap.
yer_maw 1
This is wayyyy not good enough to be an FML but woo at the doctor for laughing at you =]]
xo3velyn 0
haha # 22 i agree :) thanks for wasting my time :) OP
debbiedowner2 0
It's not that big of a deal..
kneegrow143 0
Traditional neosporin has three antibiotics, neomycin, polymyxin B, and bacitracin... ...You're probably allergic to neomycin. Get Polysporin, or anything that says "double-antibiotic" instead of "triple-antibiotic", as those have polymyxin and bacitracin without the neomycin. ... You're welcome...
catatonicsleep 17
If it took you days to have a reaction then it can't be too bad. I get an allergic reaction to adhesives (plasters, electrodes etc) that starts minutes after it's stuck to me, I have to take anything like that off after at most 5 minutes because my skin is burning so bad and the rash doesn't go down for days.
ItFigures09 0
I too am allergic to neosporin. I actually made the HUMONGOUS mistake of putting it on a cut on my face. I looked like a teenager in heat!
idratherbewrestl 0
Wow, we got some cranky ppl today! Definatly, fyl!
Shlizabeth 0
Not an FML. Seriously... If you didn't add all that razzle-dazzle this would say "Today, I found out I'm allergic to Neosporin. FML." It's not like a cute pet that you have to get rid of, it's just an ointment which you don't even need.
LoLiam_fml 0
#2, I think this one is actually pretty good.