by "Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
Published 01/19/2017 at 23:19
by "Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
Published 01/19/2017 at 23:19
Tags: Stupid
STARS: 17
Or else you will end up in the hospital. Ask me how I know.
To make a few things clear, I did not intentionally drink antifreeze and I was not trying to hurt myself. This was simply a stupid mistake that I shall not live through again. Now onto the story.
This past Tuesday was like any normal day. I woke up, took a shower, got dressed, drove to school, grabbed a water bottle out of the back of my car, and walked inside.
Upon taking my first large sip of the water, I realized that something is way off. The water was extremely bitter and left my lips and tongue with a burning sensation that I most certainly did not enjoy. Not thinking about this, I take two more major sips of the water and experience the same thing: burning lips and tongue, except I’m starting to feel lightheaded and my stomach hurts. At this point I realize that I had consumed antifreeze.
How do I know this? Well, for some reason that I cannot explain, I keep (kept) a bottle of antifreeze in the same bin where I keep my water bottles in the cargo area of my V70. I deduce that somehow, some way, the antifreeze got into the water.
I go to the school’s office and tell the secretary what’s wrong with me, and she advises me to call my mother. My mother finds this situation hard to believe, but I keep on pressing her about it, and she sets up a doctor’s appointment for me in half an hour.
I check myself out from school and drive to the doctor’s. Upon arriving, my doctor calls Poison Control and requests their advice. I’m asked numerous questions by the lady on the phone (“Why did you do this,” “Did someone dare you to do this?”, and so on), and she tells the doctor and I that I should go to the emergency room. So I do.
My doctor advises that my mother drive me to the ER, as he does not want me to drive while I’m feeling lightheaded. While I’m waiting for my mother, I look through the bin to see if the antifreeze bottle is leaking. Low and behold, it is. There’s antifreeze all over the bottom of the bin, touching many bottles. At this point I get really scared and wonder what’s going to happen to me.
My mother arrives, and she rushes me to the ER, scolding me for what I’ve done. Much deserved scolding, if I’m going to be honest. We arrive at WakeMed in Raleigh, NC, where we are greeted by nurses who have already been briefed on the situation by Poison Control. We joke back and forth, and I’m taken back to a room where I have blood drawn, I’m hooked up to machines, and have an IV put in.
After watching, “Fixer Upper,” on HGTV for two hours with my mother (it really makes me wonder if Chip and Jo are going to flip every house in Waco, TX. Also, aren’t they part of some homophobic mega-church?), the blood results come back with good news: my kidneys aren’t ruined! The doctor tells me that I probably consumed a lot less antifreeze than I thought I did, but it’s still good that I came into the ER to make sure.
So what did I learn from all this? Don’t drink antifreeze, or else I’ll end up in the hospital.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
01/19/2017 at 23:23, STARS: 0
That must’ve been equal parts unpleasant and extremely scary. Glad you’re ok.
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
01/19/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 4
But it’s okay to drink brake fluid though. Because it’s easy to stop!
Duh dun tish!
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
01/19/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 17
The supposed-water tasted awful so you took two more sips. Now that’s a man that doesn’t quit when things get a little tough!
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
01/19/2017 at 23:26, STARS: 0
I would of donated one of my kidneys.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/19/2017 at 23:26, STARS: 2
At least now I won’t have to wear expensive jackets because I’ll never freeze.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/19/2017 at 23:27, STARS: 1
Thank you, and yes it was quite frightening.
"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
01/19/2017 at 23:27, STARS: 3
For future reference, ethanol is actually a medically accepted antidote for ethylene glycol poisoning. So if you actually consumed a lot of antifreeze, you can in fact chase it with high proof alcohol to minimize/eliminate its toxicity.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/19/2017 at 23:28, STARS: 3
Never give up. Never surrender.
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
01/19/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 1
Feel better and papa bless.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/19/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 0
My mom has a moonshine guy, so yeah that could have been helpful.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/19/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 0
Which kidney?
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/19/2017 at 23:31, STARS: 1
Thank you. I chased the antifreeze with a few sodie pops for good measure.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
01/19/2017 at 23:31, STARS: 0
Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed this.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/19/2017 at 23:32, STARS: 0
I can’t really recommend splashes of brake fluid or gasoline either. Had both of them in my mouth in minute quantity as well as antifreeze, both probably worse.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/19/2017 at 23:33, STARS: 0
Never gonna turn around and you’re gonna hurt yourself!
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/19/2017 at 23:34, STARS: 0
*chugs antifreeze*
Whelp, better remedy the situation!
(TheHondaBro does not condone the drinking of any antifreeze solution. Please wrench responsibly.)
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
01/19/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 0
The left
Also top tip don’t get gas in your eye
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
01/19/2017 at 23:35, STARS: 0
Two more sips? I must be a wimp. A couple of weeks ago I opened a bottle of some Frappocino-type drink and took a swig. Something was a little off because it seemed slightly carbonated. Within milliseconds I heaved into the nearest trash can, much to the chagrin of my co-workers, although I think they would have been more pissed if I didn’t hit the can...
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/19/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 1
I got nitromethane splashed in my mouth one time. Does not taste good. 0/10 would not drink again.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/19/2017 at 23:36, STARS: 7
Donald Trump becomes president tomorrow. This is the America we now live in.
“That water tasted like poison and is lime green in color, I think I’ll drink more.”
-’murica
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/19/2017 at 23:37, STARS: 0
Damn that must’ve been frightening. Good thing your kidneys didn’t freeze up.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
01/19/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 0
Duly noted! Glad you’re OK.
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/19/2017 at 23:40, STARS: 0
Feel better and always go straight to the ER! Don’t waste time calling mom, your doctor, your priest, just go straight to the ER!
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/19/2017 at 23:41, STARS: 0
People in Flint have been doing this for years.
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
01/19/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 3
Did the antifreeze make your chin hair fall off?
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
01/19/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 1
When are you cleared from the hosital? Join us on oppowonk to pass time if you’re there for a while.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/19/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 0
I would have to assume that nitromethane + alcohol + oil model airplane fuels are also out. Not that I couldn’t have guessed that from the smell.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/19/2017 at 23:44, STARS: 0
Friend of mine was trying to refuel his RC car when he dropped the bottle. A little bit got into my mouth.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/19/2017 at 23:48, STARS: 0
I’ve heard that a peeing reflex can be triggered by a mother licking the stomach of her young. Were you licking the RC car’s tummy at the time? WELL, obviously not, but you should tell the story that way anyway.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/19/2017 at 23:48, STARS: 0
For a second there I thought you were going to recommend a swig of gasoline.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/19/2017 at 23:49, STARS: 1
Seeing what brake fluid can do to a concrete floor I really don’t want to see what it can do to my inards.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
01/19/2017 at 23:50, STARS: 1
“Kids, back in my day, we licked our RC cars to get a good peein’”
They’re just going to think I’m talking in period slang.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/19/2017 at 23:54, STARS: 0
You idiot but good to hear you’re okay
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
01/19/2017 at 23:54, STARS: 1
Fuckin’ hipsters.
"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
01/19/2017 at 23:54, STARS: 0
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. I never wish to have that happen.
"Spridget" (dustbustervans)
01/20/2017 at 00:01, STARS: 2
This sounds like an episode of “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.” You and Mac even have similar hair.
In all seriousness, get well soon.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
01/20/2017 at 00:03, STARS: 0
“really makes me wonder if Chip and Jo are going to flip every house in Waco”
haha. i always wondered if people try to use that as a selling boost “you know this house was feature..” “yeah so were 3 others”
good to hear you are safe.
"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
01/20/2017 at 00:04, STARS: 0
Yikes, glad you’re ok. In the long run it’s no stupider than anything I’ve done to end up in the hospital, just a lot less expected.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
01/20/2017 at 00:08, STARS: 0
Or don’t drive a Volvo.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
01/20/2017 at 00:10, STARS: 2
‘Postrophe or not, Murica should be capitalised. There are some things not even Donald Trump can change. Sad!
"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
01/20/2017 at 00:31, STARS: 0
Man, hope you feel better soon.
My best feat was disconnecting what I had not realised was a pressurised R134a line in my MB CLK430 many years ago. This was to change spark plugs. All over my face and a couple sips too. Eventually my socket drive got stuck on one of the rearward spark plugs and I had to get the car towed to the shop in shame.
1/10 would not recommend, neither the Freon nor the idea of DIY changing 16 spark plugs in a tiny engine bay. The shop charged me $1100 and I think he deserved that money.
"MyJeepGetsStuckInTheSnow" (myjeepgetsstuckinthesnow)
01/20/2017 at 00:35, STARS: 0
Wow! That is some spectacular facial hair.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
01/20/2017 at 01:01, STARS: 0
Or your armpit, that hurts like hell.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/20/2017 at 01:13, STARS: 0
1) I miss the delicious antifreeze from my youth. Used to get it in my mouth when working on cars. Can still taste it in my mind.
2) Blue loc tite is still delicious.
Glad you’re okay!
"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes)
01/20/2017 at 02:30, STARS: 0
So when you say the aintfreeze got into the water bottles are we talking store bought sealed water bottles or a refillable one? Also this is crazy.
So what was the treatment? Drink a bunch of vodka or did they pump your stomach or make you puke?
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 06:30, STARS: 1
Lead is much more subtle than antifreeze, amd they didn’t have a choice. I would say “too soon” only because Flint residents still don’t have clean running water.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:02, STARS: 0
Store bought sealed bottles. My treatment was two bags of saline.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:03, STARS: 0
It wasn’t like green.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:04, STARS: 0
See the left kidney is a good kidney. Thank you. Thanks for the advixe.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
01/20/2017 at 07:06, STARS: 1
Is Oppowonk our Slack channel...?
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
01/20/2017 at 07:07, STARS: 0
Wow! Glad you’re OK! 0_o
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 0
That’s impossible.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 1
Thanks.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 1
Happy to help, thank you.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 0
Trust me. Not good.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 0
Thanks, and very true.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:09, STARS: 0
I asked my kidneys how they feel, and they said that they’re fine. Thanks for the concern.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:09, STARS: 0
You’re right. I didn’t know what to do in that situation.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 1
My chin naturally hates me.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:10, STARS: 0
Oddly enough, my physics teacher told me that I look like Mac yesterday.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 07:11, STARS: 0
I don’t think I’ll be drinking any antifreeze anymore.
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
01/20/2017 at 07:13, STARS: 0
Yes.
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
01/20/2017 at 07:34, STARS: 4
Also, aren’t they part of some homophobic mega-church?
Yes, yes they are. Why the fuck else would anyone willingly live in Waco?
Also, good to hear you’re OK. Ethylene glycol is no fucking joke.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
01/20/2017 at 07:42, STARS: 1
Thought so - haven’t been on in awhile, but just making sure! :P
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 08:10, STARS: 0
I have a friend from Waco, and some considered her a cult member because she was Catholic...
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
01/20/2017 at 08:12, STARS: 1
Did they call her a cross worshipper as well? That’s something a lot of hardcore protestants and Evangelicals seem to use as an insult for Catholics.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 08:26, STARS: 0
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 08:28, STARS: 0
My mother, a Catholic, got ridiculed at her fer former job for being Catholic.
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
01/20/2017 at 08:38, STARS: 0
Oh god, why did you remind me of that?
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 08:39, STARS: 0
We must all be continually reminded of this.
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
01/20/2017 at 08:44, STARS: 0
I’ll never be able to understand the amount of hatred and indoctrination that someone has to have to do that.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/20/2017 at 08:44, STARS: 0
Yeah. Not something I’d do, but it used to taste good so you might not have even realized much aside from an odd flavor. You probably wouldn’t have bothered to go to the doctor or hospital for it...
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 08:46, STARS: 0
I’d say it’s very un-Christian of them, but yaknow
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 08:47, STARS: 0
Thankfully I did, because I would have been in much worse shape.
"they-will-know-my-velocity" (velocitah)
01/20/2017 at 09:01, STARS: 0
Twisted Root has good burgers. And I use a shop there for my alarm and some lighting modifications. Literally the only reason I go to Waco.
"spanfucker retire bitch" (lelykon)
01/20/2017 at 09:06, STARS: 0
But you don’t
live
there.
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
01/20/2017 at 09:21, STARS: 0
That is really scary! Glad you’re okay.
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/20/2017 at 09:28, STARS: 1
I know I made the joke as a play on what you were saying.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 09:29, STARS: 1
I know, I think my response came out more serious than I meant it to.
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/20/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 1
I also edited my response to you because I thought my tone came off a bit aggressive. Let’s be frank here though, the situation in Flint is a horrible and a national embarrassment in my opinion. If the Donald wants to start getting in people’s good graces I really hope he focuses on issues such as these affecting people’s day to day lives.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 09:37, STARS: 1
No, it wasn’t bad. I responded to you at 4:30 am as my coffee was brewing which accounts for why my tone seemed off. It was actually a funny joke.
The Donald knows how to play the game. I could see him fixing the current drama in Flint while also selling off public water rights to private companies, Mexico style. Good short term gain with some seriously terrifying long term prospects.
"Shane MacGowan's Teeth" (shaneteeth)
01/20/2017 at 10:18, STARS: 0
Red is better
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/20/2017 at 10:19, STARS: 0
Lol I can’t even function at that time, you’re a trooper! Ahh don’t say that, I hope that isn’t the case. As I just told one of my coworkers - DT loves his ego and knowing him he wants to go down in the history books as “The Greatest President of all time” which is hopefully enough to keep him from doing too many awful things. Can’t be considered greatest of all time if 90% of the country despises the things you do so fingers crossed.
"Rico" (ricorich)
01/20/2017 at 10:20, STARS: 0
Point is you’re okay! Can’t be losing our Oppos!
"they-will-know-my-velocity" (velocitah)
01/20/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 1
Oh no, fuck that.
"they-will-know-my-velocity" (velocitah)
01/20/2017 at 10:44, STARS: 0
Also, Fisher Stevens + Clifton Collins Jr.
+
= OP
"PotbellyJoe and 42 others" (potbellyjoe)
01/20/2017 at 10:53, STARS: 0
As an evangelical (not capital ‘E’ vangelical ) Christian it pains me to read about stuff like this. My wife was raised Catholic and was welcomed with open arms to our church as all people should be.
I had never really understood the distaste for Catholicism although I grew up in Dutch-Reformed country of SW Michigan. And now being in NJ all it is is Catholics.
I got in a fight with a mother of a girl I dated in college when, while we were cleaning dishes in their kitchen in April of 2005, shortly after Pope John Paul II was buried, when she let, “It’s too bad he’s in Hell.” slip. I asked her on what grounds she felt she had the right to judge another’s spiritual standing with Jesus and God.
The church that family went to has caused other problems with friends I know, so I am comfortable with the fact that it never worked out between me and her daughter.
I believe in a universal, non-denominational church. It’s actually biblical, unlike what many of these Big E Evangelicals profess. Shameful of them.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/20/2017 at 11:58, STARS: 0
I haven’t tried both back-to-back. I usually only use blue because I like to get things apart later.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
01/20/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 0
I was raised in a little e evangelical church. The rest of my family is Catholic, and no one cared. However, I sat through more than one sermon where the preacher attacked Mormons. I always thought that it was pretty ignorant especially since half my friends growing up were Mormon.
"PotbellyJoe and 42 others" (potbellyjoe)
01/20/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 1
Yeah, I don’t like attacks from the pulpit, just like I don’t enjoy fans cheering against the other team more than they cheer for their own.
That being said, I am not inclusive of the teachings of the LDS church when it comes to Christianity. I’m not going to bash them from a pulpit, though.
I have serious issues with the Big E evangelical political movement, it terrifies me, quite frankly.
"Jack Does Cars" (jackdoescars)
01/20/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 1
Thank you, and Oppo can never die.
"S65" (granthp)
01/20/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 0
Dat solo jazz cup behind you, also how is the Volvo
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
01/20/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 0
If only you had read this post you would’ve known to drink booze to flush out the antifreeze.
"random001" (random001)
01/20/2017 at 12:50, STARS: 0
Funny story about antifreeze from my wife, a nurse. So some lady was trying to kill her husband, so she was putting antifreeze into his gatorade. Little did she know, he was an alcoholic, and always spiked his gatorade with vodka. As everyone knows, if you drink antifreeze, the antidote is actually alcohol. Nurses keep some whiskey in the ER for this reason. Anyway, so she was trying to poison him, but he was self-administering the antidote to the poison. So eventually she killed him by stabbing him like 17 times, and complained to the police that “He wouldn’t die!”
So if you drink antifreeze, take a shot of something good to counteract the effects.
"InfinityAero" (infinityaero)
01/20/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 0
Stick to transmission fluid-- it’s like a lovely gelatin coating for your digestive system!
"for Michigan" (formichigan)
01/20/2017 at 12:55, STARS: 0
It’s actually anti-Christian, but they’d have to actually read the Bible to figure that out.
"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
01/20/2017 at 13:00, STARS: 1
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Also, you remind me of “The Patient” in the beginning of the music video for Welcome To The Black Parade.
"cluelessk" (cluelessk)
01/20/2017 at 13:18, STARS: 0
My Brother got a drop of antifreeze in his mouth while on a service call. He had an empty stomach and said he got lightheaded right away.
I’ve heard stories of kittens drinking it and not making it farther than a couple of steps.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
01/20/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 0
The ER should have been the first trip.WThou any delay.
For what it’s worth I have the number to the local to me poison control programmed into mine and my wife’s phones.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
01/20/2017 at 14:22, STARS: 1
Now you will survive, IMMUNE TO THE COLD! behold, the origin of Captain Body-Temperature!