Today, I went to the hospital with a broken hand. They gave me a cast and some prescription pain medication. The only problem is that the bottle of medication is child-proof, I live alone and I can't open it with one hand. 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 tore a muscle in my back. At the hospital, I was prescribed some pain medication. My husband got me settled at home, with everything I needed within reach, and left for work. As I picked up the bottle to take the first pill, I knocked it on the floor. It rolled under the couch. FML
Today, my doctor finally prescribed me some medication for my arthritis. The cap was insanely well-secured, and my hands were too racked with pain to get it off. FML
Today, I struggled to open a childproof bottle, which, by the way, had the instructions printed on the lid. 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, while helping a child through a tantrum, I was kicked and my hand broke. The bone is completely in half and fixing it will require plates, screws, and surgery along with months of recovery. Another day on the job. FML
Today, I fell down the stairs and broke my arm. I went into hospital to get it put in a cast, but still went into school afterwards. I got written up for truancy because I didn't have a doctor's note. The cast was still on my arm. FML
Today, my doctor called and asked me when I could have my broken hand x-rayed again. I said the ER staff had told me it was a bad sprain over two weeks ago. I'm now in a full cast, and have to have my partially healed bones re-broken. There goes my summer. FML
Today, I was laying on the couch with a cast on my broken ankle. My brother thought it would be funny to shoot my cast with a high-powered pellet gun. It went straight through the cast and now I need to go back to the hospital. FML
Today, after years of being terrified of those biscuit cans that pop when you unwrap them, I finally decided I'd open one myself. I'm sitting in the hospital with a sliced hand from the lid and can feel therapy in my future. FML
Today, I cut myself with child-proof scissors. FML
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klol_fml 11
thats not very handy
minichu 4
I think the best solution is hold the bottle between your thighs while sitting down and then twist the cap. Seems like it might work. Good luck!
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Comments (202)
breathemein 10
Typing this FMl probably too long
Dreamer1990 4
Never thought to use your teeth? To grip the cap
mootheone 0
Sorry I'd help if I could
MyBrainHurts2 1
Had the same issue when I was 18. Took more than an hour to get the bottle open and I had to rip out the childproofing crap in the cap. Since it's been 17 years, I don't remember how I got it open in the first place.
k34nu 7
Put it on your bed or something soft.. Push down hard on the top and twist. Has always worked for me?..
i_kno_im_young_b 3
I have the same problem right now!! xP
cmabmb112210 0
Use ur mouth open it once and put the pills in a different container?
bad_company69 0
u totally deserve it ur a dumbass hold the tab wit ur thumb n twist wit the index
SilverBelle13 0
Hold it between ur legs then open it with ur free hand while it's secured.
shrdlu 28
Ask a neighbor to open it for you, then pour the pills into a better container. BTW a person can ask the pharmacist for non-child-proof bottles.