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)
texaschick29 2
You coulda drilled it out with a drill bit
WardenWolf 26
The best way to deal with it is a pin vise (small hand-turned drill) and a small drill bit. Carefully drill into the nail to relieve the pressure. Or you can just spin the bit by itself.
Richard6036 13
Wow I don't know what sounds more painful the hammering of your thumb , or the burning a hole through your nail either way I feel for you
ShyVi 18
It looks like you hammered the wrong nail.
FalloutScrolls 25
I cringed reading this. I've never hammered my thumb, but I have slammed my finger in a car door once. You never realize how much force you use until you unwittingly do it to yourself. Hopefully that painful process speeds up the healing process. Get well soon!
ValleyHockey12 14
oh, see now I just filed it down with a wood filer (great thinking) and drained it out myself. promptly folio we'd by my wife asking why I had a hole in me toe.
Bigfabthetruth52 22
they bunt a hole in your nail? wtf why is that a treatment. I thought dropping a sewer lid on my finger and having to peel it all the way off was painful but that shit sounds unbearable.(by the way I was like 9 at the time)
militarybrat 21
Its to relieve pressure. Brain injuries require it too.
Headcrab 29
I waited it out. 6 months and a new nail later all traces of it ever happening were gone.
Tacogamer20 14
IAak yourself this, would you rather have the pain of a hole in your nail or the pain of the absence of a nail. The pressure from the blood will cause the nail to fall off if not relieved. Best of luck, and try to aim for the correct nail next time.
militarybrat 21
Try having your toenails ripped out. And not properly i might add. Drilling? Eh i did it all the time on purpose lol.
militarybrat 21
Not drilling, burning. Ugh yeah thats worse. I hope they numbed it first.