Today, I arrived for the two-week scuba diving vacation I spent months saving, planning, and looking forward to. Today, I also developed an ear infection and can't scuba dive for 2 weeks. 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 have to reschedule the vacation I had planned for eight months because I have the flu, and feel too sick to go and enjoy myself at a waterpark. This vacation is the only thing that's kept me sane these last two months. FML
Today, after an 8-month wait, I went on my big vacation. The beach, the sea, the dive, the jellyfish, the allergic reaction, the hospital. FML
Today, during my honeymoon, my wife and I finally went scuba-diving. My nose was too big to fit in the face goggles, so I couldn't go. My wife went without me anyway. FML
Today, I got my first positive Covid test. It's also the first day of a week-long vacation that included two things I'd been planning for weeks that I haven't done in years, and a trip somewhere I've been looking forward to for months. All shot to hell right before it began. FML
Today, I went scuba diving for the first time. The diver took me down some 3 meters and I started showing the thumbs up. He thought I was excited. My breather wasn't working and I was using the sign he told me to use to go up. FML
Today, three days into my vacation, I ended up spraining not one, but BOTH of my ankles. Now my entire vacation will be spent healing. FML
Today, I landed in Hawaii for my vacation. I have a really bad ear infection, and to top my day off, my girlfriend blurted out mid-flight that she thinks we're not going to work out. Aloha! FML
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, my husband is finally fully recovered from getting decompression sickness during our scuba diving vacation. Today is also the day I snapped my femur in half while skiing. FML
Today, after a year and a half of overexploitation at work without getting paid for it, I can finally have a deserved vacation. Why? I caught Covid. FML
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Top comments
thejonac 21
that's such a pity; maybe you could try getting a refund?
DrafteeSelf 24
Damn that sucks. Hope you can still enjoy your trip OP!
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Comments (18)
petert71 10
That really sucks, I've been in the same situation.
ADOG2645 17
That must have been bad to hear
EmiEvelyn 12
Stop
thejonac 21
that's such a pity; maybe you could try getting a refund?
DrafteeSelf 24
Damn that sucks. Hope you can still enjoy your trip OP!
SpyroMello 29
Not sure how if the trip was based around scuba diving
Mpii 11
If you're at a place where you can scuba dive, you can probably do other things too.
MikaykayUnicorn 36
I don't condone this so don't shoot me if someone does it and ***** their ear up worse, but I've been in a situation like this and I just used those weird orange clay - like earplugs and I was fine. Again, don't blame me if you do it, just saying an experience I had.
Dale_shackleford 13
Those are fine for swimming pools and the like, but you would probably seriously **** yourself up if you tried that scuba diving.
Magnoxidans 19
I had a similar problem. When I spoke to them they told me if I get a doctors certificate that advised me not to dive they would honor it as a matter of legality and help me reschedule or give me a refund. Maybe you could do the same?
Mauskau 36
That's the kind of crap my body would troll me with too. I had this when learning to swim as a kid, I ended up having to use earplugs and swimming caps to keep water out of my ears. It might work with scuba diving too.
petert71 10
Ear plugs don't work for diving unfortunately. The ears need to be clear to equalize. OP could take some meds to allow diving but it could be dangerous and lead to permanent damage.
tomatosz 23
She probably can't/shouldn't clear her ears, making scuba diving impossible even with earplugs.
MrConfusion 21
Meds are highly unrecommended for diving though, which can wear off during the dive and cause over expansion of the lungs
Dale_shackleford 13
First hing I was straight when I was getting certified was that if you had an issue that required medication, don't risk seriously hurting yourself or dying.
Mynamewontfi 40
I'm sorry to ear that, talk about bad luck.
ER1C_fml 22
You can get a special wax to put in your ear so water does net get in. It was made for people with ear infections or people that the water pressure hurts their ears.
catanita 18
Can you rent a diver's suit that covers the entire head or buy a swim helmet? That shout keep the water away.
haiHowAreYa 23
Get ear plugs?
spaholla04 13
Maybe if you had gone scuba diving you would've been eaten by a shark, in that case you should be grateful!! Seriously though, that really sucks.