Today, I painfully watched my doctor burn a hole in my nail to drain the blood underneath. This is the prescribed treatment for the injury of hammering your thumb. 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 had surgery done to fix an ingrown toenail. When the doctor started cutting the nail, my toe wasn't entirely numb. FML
Today, I now know how it feels to have a splinter of wood hammered a full inch underneath your fingernail. FML
Today, while observing a surgery, I was asked to open a glass ampule of adrenaline. Not only did I break it and get it everywhere, I sliced open my thumb bad enough to need stitches. FML
Today, I was clipping my nails. When I got to my toenail, the whole thing somehow ripped right out. I'm in agony. FML
Today, I sliced a deep gash into my thumb while carving up bagels. After putting a plaster on, I returned to my room to relax, where I lit a candle. The flame from my new lighter shot up, and set fire to the plaster on my thumb. Now I have a cut AND several burns. FML
Today, I went to the hospital to get my ingrown toenail removed. The doctors put me on a little surgery table and told me to relax. They then injected anesthetic into my toe four times and used a pair of scissors to slowly cut through my nail. Only, the anesthetic hadn't started to work just yet. FML
Today, my husband stabbed me with his unusually long, nasty toenails in the leg while he slept. It took 3 stitches to fix it up, my husband and doctor laughed the entire time. He still refuses to cut them. FML
Today, I learned what a nail gun shooting my leg feels like. FML
Today, I noticed one of my toenails was getting super long, so I cut it. In doing so, I accidentally ripped it off and it started bleeding. As I went to get something to stop it from bleeding, I got a huge splinter in my little toe, causing a painful infection. I think I should just go back to bed. FML
Today, years after I stepped on a nail and had the wound stitched, I got an X-ray. I've had serious trouble walking, and it turns out I had 2.5 inches of nail living in the sole of my foot, stabbing up into my ankle joint. I now need major surgery. FML
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vreid 20
Nailed it.
CruelGuy 19
The pain sucks at first, but it'll be much better than the pain the swelling would have caused.
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Comments (89)
91hayek 31
Sounds positively medieval. Still, that's a badass story for Christmas when everyone gets together and asks what happened to your thumb.
dabaerju 23
The blood being sucked fron your nail makes me imagine like your nail is being sucked dry, much like those unblown balloons in cartoons.
Red_Curls1995 28
It may suck but I've been told bad shit can happen if the blood gathers under your nail and swells. But still that really sucks.
Polar577 7
I had the same thing happen to my pinkie after I slammed it in a car door. just be glad your father didn't want to do it himself at home with a nail and hammer.
bandaidstations 28
that's horrifying. I'd run like hell.
Mysterious_one 26
Lucky u didn't lose your finger
ARetardedSeal 24
I smashed my thumb open with a hammer once, you'll survive it don't worry!
Tomato_Cheese 22
Toughen up. Back in my day we did syit
organolithium_fml 9
Happened to me once. Went to the doctor and imagined the worst, just for her to pull out a paper clip and a lighter. I just thought "What? Is she serious?". It was over before I knew it :)
mixximoo 24
Ouch! I hope your nail feels better soon OP
petert71 10
last time this happened to me l just drilled a hole in the nail (don't use a drill just the bit). No doctor required.