Today, I attended an elderly patient's funeral. He died of a heart attack after his daughter, as his carer, stopped all of his meds in favour of a half-cup of garlic a day. Apparently she'd "read an article" about the healing power of garlic, which trumped my 6-year degree. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my dad decided to take his medicine before eating. He passed out with his face in a plate of chocolate cake. He wasn't responsive so I called the paramedics. When he got to the hospital, the doctor asked him if he knew why he was there. He replied, "Because my stupid daughter overreacted." FML
Today, my cousin died of a very treatable illness. She was pressured into herbal and holistic "faith healing" instead of seeking "poisonous western filth". Her husband, church and family all seem to think she made the right choice. I’ve been shunned for disagreeing. FML
Today, I was cleaning one of my elderly patient's teeth. After finishing and reminding her to floss, I realised she had died. Supposedly she was dead for a good 20 minutes. FML
Today, a colleague was talking about how she'd made some tomato sauce from scratch for her dad, but then he died before she could give it to him. I said she should have put it in the casket with him so the cremation would've been a real barbeque. My filter is broken. FML
Today, my doctor died. Last week, after a check up I'd had because I was worried about a cough, he told me not to worry because I was as healthy as he was. FML
Today, my mother-in-law decided my husband has COVID-19, read some debunked articles about how ibuprofen makes the symptoms worse, and scolded me for giving him ibuprofen for his muscle pain. I'm an actual medical doctor. FML
Today, I was on a first date and everything was going great, until I realized I had garlic breath from the garlic bread I ate earlier. I tried covering it with a mouthful of wine, but it just made it worse. I ended up trying to avoid any closeness, and now I guess I'll just die alone. FML
Today, I was told by a doctor that I have a fatal disease, and that I should start making preparations for when I pass away. Then, another doctor showed up, panicking, and said that was meant for someone else with the same first name as me. The mini-heart attack I had at that moment almost killed me anyway. FML
Today, my grandma, who was placed in a hospice a few months ago, started to decline in health and passed away, The day before she died I thought my girlfriend was so sweet because she took a leading role in her care, just to find out she didn’t care about her at all. It was just an act to steal her pain medication. FML
Today, I got to work in the ER at the local hospital. A lady came in with high blood sugar. She was concerned because the same thing happened to her husband. I reassured her, telling her she'd be back with her husband in an hour or so. Her husband died four years ago from something similar. FML
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Welshite 40
I feel terrible for the elderly man. I couldn't imagine eating a half-cup of garlic a day. That in itself is torture.
Schiffy 18
Does Australia have anything on criminally negligent homicide?
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Comments (68)
mask724 7
The patient had a heart attack, caused from clogged arteries. Excessive plack(spelling) buildup& possible high cholesterol. If the doc had just cleaned the the buildups & lowered the patients cholesterol, the daughter might not have gone down that path. But, a dialysis treatment would have helped tremendously. Problem is, most Dr.'s have to adhere to the standard play book. The daughter screwed up bad & the Dr. could only do what they know. Everyone lost that battle
Elfkid21 19
the stupidity of some people is effing depressing!!! even more so when it effects someone's condition of living.
empbob 20
Sounds like murder... Life insurance policy denied...
Ki11erC 18
Sorry but how does this not count as murder? At the very least manslaughter, stupidity is not an excuse.
jamal0000007 4
She could probably be charged with murder
edmunson 22
Just goes to to show what a mistake it s for some people to breed...
1known_fml 8
That person was old. Maybe it was only time for him/her to die. Don't think that one medicine or another will have changed something.
Funnyguyproblems 1
I don't see why it's fml. His daughter is a ******* moron and should go to he'll for her stupidity.
din365 5
that would have been manslaughter over here
emilyclocke 1
I don't know about Australia law, but in Canada that's voluntary manslaughter. Maybe even second degree murder. I'd turn her in to the cops.