Today, I started my first training day using an MRI machine and completely forgot to remove my nipple piercings before I went in. I've never experienced a pain so vile and lingering in my life. 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 blanked and forgot to take out my piercing before going for my MRI, even though the nurses asked me multiple times to make sure I had no metal on me before entering, you know, the big machine made of massive electromagnets. The piercing was on my clitoris. FML
Today, as I was translating for a patient to get an MRI, the tech asked if I had metal in my body. In front of the patient, I had to disclose that my nipples were pierced, so I couldn’t accompany the patient bedside. FML
Today, I got a nipple piercing. My girlfriend thought I was pranking her with a fake piercing, because I wouldn’t be "daft enough" to get a real one, and she yanked it off, or rather through, my nipple. Yes, it cut my poor nip in half, and I now have two nipples where once I had only one. FML
Today, I learned I'm claustrophobic by having a raging oh-god-I'm-gonna-fucking-die panic attack while I was stuck inside an MRI scanner. FML
Today, I went to a seamstress to be fitted for my wedding dress and left with a pierced nipple. FML
Today, I nearly sliced my nipple off while shaving my chest and had to go to the ER. Turns out it was a teaching hospital so I got to explain in front of two doctors and eight med students how, even though I'm a woman, my nipples are so hairy I have to shave them. FML
Today, I spent the first day of my senior year in the ER because my new ear piercing got so infected that the doctors had to cut the earring out. FML
Today, I posted a question on a forum asking if my week-old nipple piercing would get hooked on anything easily. People assured me that it would be fine. An hour later, I had to climb over a wall to get something and in lowering myself down I forgot about it and dragged my nipple along the wall. FML
Today, I went to get an MRI for preventive care. The diagnosis was great, but I ended up having complications with the contrast, so now I have terrible muscle pain and have to see more doctors. I have mixed feelings. FML
Today, I went to the dentist to get a cavity filled. As the dentist was drilling, he accidentally hit a nerve and I ended up screaming in pain. The whole office heard me and now I'm too embarrassed to go back. FML
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angelnursery 18
Aaaaand today I learned that if I take a MRI I have to remember to take out my nipple piercings.
ThunderLightTSV 31
Why do people get their nipples pierced??? I'm not against it or anything but It just seems like it'd hurt more than it's worth.
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angelnursery 18
Aaaaand today I learned that if I take a MRI I have to remember to take out my nipple piercings.
muncherofice 19
whats MRI?
grtfuldeadlovr 27
Look it up.
TrippingOnAcid 29
#2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging. It's a type of medical scanning that uses a large magnetic field, hence no metal should be worn.
youdontsay123456 21
It's practically a big magnet. Metal piercings attached to skin, in a big magnet. You do the math
TXlove 6
Don't worry, they remind you before you go in.
Zilten 10
I'm pretty sure you mean Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
ertyert 12
well....hope your nipples get better? but foreal tho that sucks OP I can't imagine the pain...
Ashael 5
Hope you didn't damage the machine.
Ash1179 17
they're super expensive and weak- easy to break
InnocenceBlue 38
Ouch, I've caught mine on a loofah in the shower...and that's bloody painful. I can only imagine what you're going through. Hopefully your nip nop heals up quick :)
Kittyphysics 21
lmfao @ "nip nop"
EatZombies 10
I second your lmfao xD
clair_brodie 35
I got mine stuck on a hanger once as I was hanging up close. I can not even imagine the pain from an MRI.
buckstop1 37
But why?
Chikiriwak 17
Wow... I can't imagine that pain, and how can you concentrate in writing this after that.
Colon_Man 17
#19; Winner, Best in Show.
snarkytruth 37
Don't understand the hate #7 is getting? He gave a good setup for a great visual joke from #19. #7 deserves a little love too. Great job though #19. When you text is it automatically considered sexting?
Phantomsnake 10
Most facilities have two types of "Emergency Stop" buttons, wasn't there any? I hope you get better.
orangejubejube 20
They probably wouldn't suspect to need it right away and don't keep a hand hovering over the button. By the time they realized what was happening someone would have pushed it, but the damage would already be done.
theblondeone 16
You can't "turn off" the magnet in an MRI. That's why there's usually 4 zones you have to pass through before entering the MRI room.
ThrottleJockey 36
Don't lie, you got wood from it. ;-)
epeeftw 16
Nope. Just you.
ThunderLightTSV 31
Why do people get their nipples pierced??? I'm not against it or anything but It just seems like it'd hurt more than it's worth.
hotmessguy 13
Some people like the look, the increased sensation when touched, and the odd few with inverted nipples find that the bar keeps them out :) each to their own!
BlasterPrime 11
I personally don't like piercings anywhere but the ears but that's just me
negb 30
In my opinion, they don't hurt much. I expected a lot worse. Nowhere near my most painful piercing.
harperska 10
When you really think about it, why should impaling your flesh in only one specific location be considered normal and acceptable, while impaling your flesh anywhere else on your body is considered weird and deviant? If you have no problems with ear lobe piercing, logically you should have no problems with any other body piercing.
olillia 16
My cartilage on my ear easily hurt more than my breasts, but men have more nerve endings there than women (breastfeeding and all). For SOME people it increases sensation when they're touched. For SOME people, it's a good way to reverse inverted nipples. A lot of women see better milk flow after having their nipples pierced. Some do it for their partner. Some people do it for themselves, whether because they think it's pretty or to give them more confidence in their body, whether someone else is seeing it or not. Nose piercings hurt WAY worse. I'm covered in piercings and my nipples were definitely one of the least painful
negb 30
38 - I'm glad someone agrees with me about the nostril hurting more!
Weasely 11
You could ask that about literally any piercing.. It's because they like it.
ThunderLightTSV 31
34 - Exactly why I said I wasn't against it. It just came to mind and brought about my curiosity. Needless to say, my mind has been expanded greatly.
ABlindMan 17
15 - Not sure how that relates in any way whatsoever. Female personal preference was being discussed, not what a dude likes on a girl.
joeyl2008 29
64- You are correct in saying "personal preference was being discussed" but it doesn't have to just be a woman's. Men also have nipples.
kibble50 11
personally I don't feel like they have hurt that bad and I've had them pierced twice. I also got mine redone because of the confidence I saw after the first time( first time was in rebellion to parents to show freedom of being 18)
J352SAURUS 30
My nose piercing didn't hurt at all. The one that kind-of hurt for me was at the top of my ear lobe. I think there's a pressure point there.
negb 30
85 - definitely agree with the confidence thing (and rebelling lol) 86 - It all depends on the person, I guess. My nostril hurt way more than expected but wasn't my most painful. I think I expected it to not hurt cause so many people have it.
ghostoflalonde 12
If pierced correctly it shouldn't hurt all that bad. The problem is that a lot of pierced don't adjust for the specific person's body and often -- especially on men -- end up piercing too deep into the flesh. That's why some people say that theirs took forever to heal and may or may not still have problems with them in the long run. Mine barely hurt at all and took a very short time to heal.
negb 30
100 - I don't think it depends on if it was properly pierced. Of course that matters but that doesn't stop the pain. It would obviously hurt more if done wrong but you can't say that there's hardly any pain if done properly. Everyone has different pain levels. I've never heard of the whole "too deep" thing.
Mathalamus 25
isnt that among the first things you do when you work near an MRI machine? if i was being assigned, there, i would be triple checking myself for anything metallic. and then wondering if my own head counts as metallic. its pretty dense. :P
punkinpolo69_fml 14
Don't you mean you would be *nipple* checking ;) I'll see myself out..
punkinpolo69_fml 14
More like *nipple* checking, amirite?! ..I'll see myself out.
danceinconverse 25
Well, guess you don't have to worry about removing them anymore.