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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
Lalala579121 28
Sounds hot.
shitstorm28 11
it helps if you just don't do that.
daniel271 13
Oh dear.
sassypizza 16
Oh wow. The exact same thing happened to me except they didn't really drill a hole in it. They just left it alone for 3 days until the skin came off on its own along with the dried blood. Sucks to hear that you had to go through such pain.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
So it wasn't really the same thing, just similar in that you smashed an appendage with something.
originalunicorn 20
my dad uses a tiny drill bit & drains them himself when he hits his thumb (he's a mechanic), it's not that bad..
dragoongirl90 34
Or you could just let the thing heal.
writergirl1029 17
In many cases you can't. Too much pressure can build up under the nail after a minor injury like that and cause further issues.
pixierara 28
I've done that numerous times (quite sadly) and i just let it grow out, it corrected itself for me.
Makaze 12
I don't see how this is an FML. This is quite normal. People in my job drill holes in their nails themselves when this happens. The fact you went to a doctor means it was bad enough to need attention and I'm willing to bet your finger felt a million times better after. Stop whining to get posted on FML.
GhostFox 34
Pretty sure that injuries in general suck, and having a procedure like that done can be really stressful to people who don't injure themselves in such a way on a routine bases. especially since the human brain would literally be blaring alarms about how a hole is being put in a body part.
pax14 10
I had this happen to me, except I got a hole drilled in my nail, not burned
tennis238 5
I slammed my middle finger in the car door. I had to reopen the door to get it out.