Today, I sliced my arm open on the weekend, patched it with a fabric bandaid. Had an allergic reaction to the bandaid, arm now swollen, blistering and keeping-me-awake itchy. Pharmacist's advice? "Oooh, that looks bad. Better put a bandaid on that." 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 finally went to have blood taken for an allergy test I really need. Afterwards, I had an allergic reaction to the bandaid they used on my arm. FML
Today, I got a bug bite on my boob. I scratched it so much it started bleeding so I put a bandaid on it. Turns out the band-aid had latex in it and I got an allergic reaction to it. The bug bite is still bleeding and the top half of my boob is swollen. FML
Today, I discovered that I'm allergic to band-aids. I now have a band-aid shaped rash around a tiny cut on my leg. Oh the irony. FML
Today, I went to the store and bought some cream to help with a sunburn I'd gotten a few days ago. What's worse than having red, peeling, and painful skin? An allergic reaction on top of it. 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 got a paper cut while opening my box of Band-Aids. FML
Today, I was riding a longboard down a hill and I fell off. I was all scraped up so I made sure to clean my wounds and put bandages on them. Turns out I'm allergic to the glue on the bandages and I have itchy hives all over and around my open wounds. FML
Today, I had an allergic reaction to my deodorant. My armpits wouldn't stop itching, and by the time my shift was over, they were raw and bloody. FML
Today, as I peeled a now soggy Band-Aid off my finger, I discovered that in the dim light of yesterday evening, I had, with great anxiety, wrapped it around the wrong finger. FML
Today, I was told I needed to start carrying bandaids with me at work because practically every day I hurt myself. FML
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Top comments
The1337sandwich 0
hmmm...Maybe, you should have gone to the freakin doctor if you sliced your arm that badly idiot! Your pharmacist's job is to give you medicine, not diagnose you.
pharmboy32 0
A pharmacist (at least one who paid attention in school) should know that you need to probably talk to your doctor. They can at least recommed hydrocortisone to help the itch. they should also be able to tell you a type of band-aid to use. if its bad enough though, you should prolly just go to the doctor, stitches or glue would do wonders, and no allergic reaction haha
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Comments (25)
boredgirl_02 14
yeah im allergic to bandaid glue so i avoid getting cuts, and when I get one that i need to cover I use gauze and medical tape. I know there are some bandaids that i could use but I end up needing one when im no where near hypoallergenic bandaids, but all the medical kits have the gauze and tape.
califormula 0
Even YOU didn't know you were allergic to bandaids, douche. Cut the guy some slack. Thats what 99.9% of what a person would say in that situation anyways, dick.
RonnieMacabre 0
if this was your first reaction to a bandaide id more likely suspect infection from the cut... see a doc before jumping to such conclusions... and further try hypoallergenic sterile gauze and gauze wrap if it is infact an allergic contact reaction
daughterofabitch 4
in some places that's what you do first then go to the doctor
ArielTheMermaid 17
I'd feel bad if you had used complete sentences.
jaclynrose15 5
Y didn't u just go to a DOCTOR dumb ass?
Silenthunter 0
In places other than the US the pharmacists dual as doctors. It's cheaper than going to see a real doctor and they can write and dispense the prescription.
brocker17 0
know your alkergies and dont keep allergens around
brown4lifejot 1
We get it easy, its free :|
JVIarijke 24
Am I the only one who thinks this is a very badly written FML? Why did it pass through?