Today, I went to a fast-food joint and ordered off the $1.00 menu to save money. Five hours later I go to the hospital with food-poisoning. After a whole day of not eating, crapping, puking, having tests, and a bunch of IV fluids, my $1.00 burger ended up costing me $2,000 in bills. Really. 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 went out to eat to celebrate getting over the stomach flu. I hadn't eaten solid food in over a week, so I was really excited and ordered my favorite dish. It gave me food poisoning. FML
Today, I had a stomach bug, but despite it I swallowed a mouthful of habanero sauce on a dare. I ended up projectile vomiting on a wall outside, lost my sense of balance and fell over on the sidewalk, almost blacked out from the tightness in my chest, and had to refuse an ambulance that somebody had called. All for $5. FML
Today, I wrecked my car on the way to work, all because I could get free food from a restaurant for my team winning a game. My husband suggested it. Now I’m without a car, with massive hospital bills, all for the most expensive fast food. FML
Today, I went to the Cheesecake Factory and treated myself to an appetizer, an entree, a dessert, and some cocktails. The bill was higher than I expected and I was $50 short. I faked having a food allergy and had the staff call 911 so they could take me to the hospital, so I would get out of paying. It worked. FML
Today, after months of avoiding fast food, I decided to eat some McDonald's french fries. Though the fries were delicious, they were not worth the agonizing 15 minutes I spent on the toilet afterwards. FML
Today, after struggling with anorexia for months, I got food poisoning. FML
Today, I had horrible pains in my stomach area so I went to the doctors. They couldn't find anything wrong and sent me to the Emergency Room for X-rays. After spending the entire day in the hospital, they tell me I'm slightly constipated. I had to pay $400 to find out I had to take a shit. FML
Today, I didn't feel like cooking when I got home from work, so I decided to go to the local restaurant nearby and do my part in supporting small businesses. Long story short, I woke up later feeling like absolute shit. Hello, food poisoning. FML
Today, I took my boyfriend out to dinner to an expensive restaurant. He overate, and now I have to nurse him through food poisoning. FML
Today, I was fired from the restaurant I work at because I missed my shift. I missed it because I was in the hospital for food poisoning from the meal I ate at work last night. FML
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Top comments
Shaiath 0
Ouch, that must really suck. D= Was it from McDonalds by chance?
seventeen_fml 0
sue the restaurant :)
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jkcmutch 0
sue them! get your 24k back AND buy yourself something nice!
ZH13 0
this has nothing to do with this FML, i just really wanted to leave a comment for #253 on the last one. i agree, he's an idiot for not knowing that mouth wash has alcohol in it, but the number you blow on a breatalizer IS the percentage of alcohol in the blood. way to go dumbass. about this FML, sue the restaraunt.
alewiina 0
Uh how could food poisoning cost you 24k in hospital bills? They charge that much to but a limb back on if its severed...
deceptivebeauty 0
Okay, to all of you asking how 36 hours ago can be today? It's a standard beginning thrown on to stories for the purpose of the site. Seriously? Are you that dense?
natalielovesben4 0
just so you know, it takes 24-48 hours for food poisoning to set in. So it wasn't from the fast-food you ate that same day. If that makes you feel any better. I am sorry about the bill though. :(
rachelbrianna25 0
I agree with 213. LOL.
chicka18 0
deceptivebeauty. you are idiotic. in ALL nursing classes, we are told that FP takes more that 12-24 hours for FP to become absorped in the intestines and stomach, which is why bile is a main part of FP and why you know you have it. idk what your mom had but it wasnt FP. sorry.
uhhuh1013 0
Healthcare is not a right in the US. Many people get their healthcare either by their job or some relative (a parent or spouse). If the OP is unemployed or works somewhere that doesn't offer health benefits, it is totally possible s/he does not have health insurance. Also $24,000 is possible. In college, I was once rushed to the emergency for drinking too much (sorority hazing gone wrong) and even though all the doctor did was take my blood to check my BAC and give me a cup of water, the bill came out to $650 plus an additional $400 for the ambulance ride. $1100 so that the doctor could hand me a cup of water and tell me to keep drinking until my BAC was below the legal limit.
lazylacey 0
that's it no more fast food for me. haha. it gets me sick anyways.
Trigger_fml 0
Man, and I thought the $45 cheeseburger after getting an overdraft charge on McD's was bad. And $24k is very believable- a hospital bed cost thousands a night, not to mention all the tests. And for those doubting food poisoning kicking in so fast, it's possible, there's two different types, fast onset caused by the toxins left behind by the microorganisms, sets in within hours, and the slow onset, caused by the microorganisms them selves takes a day or two to set in.