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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Top comments
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)
doglady 16
This is the appropriate treatment to prevent pressure building up from bleeding under the nail. Making a small hole allows the blood to drain and relieves the pressure. Trust me, I'm a doctor. Seriously. An MD
solarsanteria 15
my dad drilled a hole in my nail, didn't hurt and felt so much better after.
shittykittymeow 11
I had the same thing happen but I smashed my finger in a door. It got infected since I had a cut under my nail and after he burnt a hole in my nail he had to squeeze my finger like a pimple and holy hell it hurt like a bitch!!!! Worst experience I have ever had
CrazyCatLady 19
nailed it
deamonic 8
wait, but nails melt >.> (i know that cause accidently melted part of my tub nail)... and last time I did something like that my mom removed my entire mail (ring finger)... it felt really weird
tiibo 1
They did not recieve pain meds and were prolly laughed it for going to the doctor instead of just doing it at home for free.
AbbotsfordVandal 14
I dropped a full can of spraypaint on my toe one time but couldn't get to the hospital, so I heated up the end of a paper clip with a lighter and pushed it through the nail. I gotta say, it hurt, but nothing feels better than all that pressure relieving, and after about 10 minutes it just feels a little sore, not like your toe is gonna explode.