Today, I'm having heart surgery. The doc came in, donut in one hand and papers in another. While I was filling them out, his hands kept trembling, and he dropped the donut on the floor. He fumbled to pick it up and kept eating. The guy I'm entrusting my life to doesn't even respect the five-second rule. 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, I got in trouble with my doctor for eating too soon after surgery. Why was I eating? Because the nurses brought me food, which apparently I should've known not to eat. FML
Today, my husband came home from the hospital after having 6 gangrenous toes amputated because he hasn't been treating his diabetes properly. Not half an hour after he got home, I caught him sneaking sweets from a hiding place in his toolbox. He's already lost the bag with his medication in it. Again. FML
Today, my surgeon was talking to me about my upcoming heart bypass operation. I was extremely nervous from the start, but he somehow managed to keep saying things like "death", "fatalities", "high-risk", and "never wake up" throughout. FML
Today, I took my friend to the emergency room because he was having heart problems. The doctors recognized him, and one of them had something to say: "Charles, can you not wait until you're practically dying to seek medical treatment?" This is gonna be a long day. FML
Today, I awoke after 4 hours of surgery. The male nurse taking care of me is cute, very cute. I'm trying my best to seem fine and dandy when he tells me that I can't eat anything before my next poop, adding, "And don't flush it, OK? I need to check." FML
Today, I went to the dentist to get a tooth filled. The nurse just finished taking my info when the doctor came in and started drilling. Through my chorus of screams he realized he'd forgotten to numb me. His only response was, "Guess I forgot to numb ya, huh?" while giggling. FML
Today, I cut my finger open with a spoon. After waiting for 4 hours in the emergency room, the doctor told me I was missing too much flesh to qualify for stitches. He then called 2 other doctors in to examine it. Apparently they had a contest for patient with most ridiculous injury. I won. FML
Today, I was waiting in a doctor's office when I was approached by an elderly woman. She told me all about the ripping of her stitches in a very private place, in exhaustive detail. Of course, today was the day my doctor chose to be an hour late. FML
Today, I got surgery on one of my hands. I opted for a local anesthetic instead of being put all the way under. I soon discovered my hand hadn't gone completely numb when the doctor started slicing into the finger that needed operating on. FML
Today, while my boyfriend and I were having sex, he stopped, got off, walked into the kitchen grabbed a doughnut, and came back to finish while he ate it. FML
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thundergirl_fml 2
I'd be more concerned about his trembling hands considering you're having heart surgery...
torio123 27
#70, yes. You're the only one.
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Comments (156)
kait314 6
run. run as fast as you can.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man!
DKjazz 20
He has a weak heart...
olpally 33
I hope your username(deadman) doesn't become a reality op... Good luck buddy!
BrosephHarris 2
If it was that doctor, he obviously did a good enough job. You're still here to write this FML after all.
DracoSpirita 21
OP could have written the FML before the operation started.
Inediblepeaches 15
49 is right. OP may have had the FML app and could've easily posted it as his last dying words before surgery.
WiseGuy79 14
Is it Dr. Nick performing your surgery?? Good luck you poor bastard
kumar1995 4
good luck with ur surgery
olivialanee_ 0
I would be more worried about the fact that his hands were shaking..
babalooisbabaloo 5
You can request a different doctor in most hospitals. I hope you made the smart decision.
DracoSpirita 21
If he screws up, perhaps you'll go to the trauma ward. Maybe then DocBastard will do your surgery. :)
DocBastard 40
Eating anything in front of a patient who has been fasting overnight is cruel, showing the trembling hands is silly, but eating something off a hospital floor is despicable. This story hurts me so much I can't even make a joke out of it. When you go for you follow up appointment, make sure to thank him on my behalf for making surgeons look like assholes.
unknown_user5566 27
After seeing your replies to many of the health related FML posts, I have to say I honestly respect you as a doctor. You seem to actually value what being a doctor means, instead of joining the profession to simply hold a prestigious title or make a lot of money. I've dealt with many doctors who either discriminate against me due to my age, or throw a random concoction of pills at me and hope they work. I learned my two most recent prescriptions, when mixed, increase the chance of having a seizure by quite a bit (Tramadol and a cyclobenzaprene). It's just nice knowing some doctors do actually care. Kudos to you, Doc.
MetalOcelot 5
It's not like the donut was sterile anyways, and unless he dropped it into a pool of pathogenic bacteria, you probably don't have anything to worry about since you need a certain number of bacteria to cause an infection anyways. I'd be more concerned about the fact that he was shaking so hard that he dropped the donut in the first place. Or that he was joking about it at all.