Today, at the age of 27, I learnt that your tonsils aren't the dangly bit at the back of your throat. I work in healthcare. 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 learned that I have a sinus infection, ear infection and bronchitis so bad it was on the verge of pneumonia. My work won't let me call in sick. I work with kids. Lovely. FML
Today, I came home from surgery to remove my tonsils. It's a much better surgery to have as a kid, because when you get older it's much more painful. I didn't know my mom liked pain killers. I do now, because I have none left and I haven't even taken any yet. FML
Today, and for the past 2 weeks, I've had a massive pain in my throat. It went down for a while with antibiotics, but when it came back I had to go to the hospital for an emergency surgery. There was a 3 cm abscess growing in my throat. Happy birthday to me! FML
Today, I was working at a daycare. There was a 6-year-old boy pretending to be my doctor, holding a little, plastic thermometer. He then, without warning, quickly shoved it deep into my ear. The last thing I heard was his giggle. I think I'm deaf. FML
Today, I was volunteering at a local hospital. I was eagerly introducing myself to all the nurses, as I would be working with them all summer. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered the giant piece of lettuce stuck in my front teeth. So much for first impressions. FML
Today, I got bitten at work. Not by a patient's mouth, but by the false teeth they were holding in their hand as they clamped down on my arm. FML
Today, my tonsils swelled to roughly the size of golf balls. My mom refuses to take me to the hospital because she's convinced I got it from kissing someone, and until I "fess up", she's not budging. FML
Today, I'd finally had enough of feeling awful and went to urgent care. As it turns out, the reason my throat was sore was because I have a sinus infection. The doctor explained my nose is producing pus, and that's what I'm swallowing and coughing up. Yuck. I also have pink eye on top of that. FML
Today, I got a one-inch fish bone stuck in my throat. I went to the doctor, who claimed he couldn't see the long white thing embedded next to my tonsil. He charged me $70, and told me to eat some bread. I had to pull it out myself with a pair of tweezers. FML
Today, I learned that even though they say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, it doesn't keep him from putting a Q-tip up your ass. FML
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Top comments
kingdomgirl94 29
Didn't you ever see Monster House? That's totally where I learned about the uvula from!
RememberSchlitz 9
This is why they call what doctors do, "practice".
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RememberSchlitz 9
This is why they call what doctors do, "practice".
Iwannarock1 19
Who said op was a Dr?
kingdomgirl94 29
Didn't you ever see Monster House? That's totally where I learned about the uvula from!
EwahWeeWah 21
I saw that movie too! It was a great one, had a gripping, in-depth and emotional story :D
LostInTheZone11 29
Oh, so it's a girl house.
katydid91 31
I learned about the Uvula from Jimmy Neutron.
KVKdragon 26
I'm really glad your comment is a top comment. I love that movie XD
WatchDoge28 4
That's exactly what I just thought too.
ThatLastKid 21
I don't even know which to rate this as.
ericanicole1 12
Both
peckerbeak22 14
Learned*
russellohh 2
:- Doesn't it just feel awful when you try to correct someone, but have no idea what you're talking about? I have no idea, since... I can read.
okaydisarray 17
Looks like you learned something new today, 4.
CSSDimian 6
Funny thing about that is America actually speaks proper English. What you are calling the Queen's English is a dialect created by the aristocracy in the late 19th century to set themselves apart while the Queen at the time disapproved.
tj4234 36
Both are acceptable. Same with "spelt" and "spelled".
themermaid_a 14
#15 Doesn't it feel awful when you try to make a sarcastic remark to make someone feel bad, only to discover that nobody likes it? I wouldn't know, since... I'm not an a**
CoffeeChickBlows 13
#21, good job showing that you only need to SOUND like you know what you're talking about, in order to get a bunch of upvotes for talking complete bullshit.
MAT1218 7
#39 Yeah you are cause you commented a sarcastic remark about a sarcastic remark........... nice try idiot.
prostar9993 15
Since op is from the states she did in fact use it improperly
Sirin_fml 47
Not true. Since when is Bath and North East Somerset in the US, anyway?
Weasely 11
Where's the "you deserve it"? (For working in something that probably required anatomy classes at least)
zeffra13 31
I have the iOS app & this one comes up with FYL & YDI as the options for me, though not all do since the update.
bbambastic 16
Same
InfiniteSunshine 32
I really hope your area of expertise is not in oral healthcare.
Goblin182 27
I hope OP is a receptionist.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Good thing you don't preform tonsillectomies (I hope).
neuronerd 29
By "work in healthcare," I hope you mean medical billing or something. Any doctor, nurse, PA, or even medical assistant should know what tonsils are.
yerawizardlizzy 27
Shit, I studied to be a pharmacy tech and learned that in anatomy.
kirkaygri 18
My mother does medical billing and even she had to study anatomy...
Mortimer14 9
It could be worse. You could be 40 and a licensed physician.