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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/GOIwithBennettFoddy on 2026-03-29 05:21:05+00:00.
Hi all. Obligatory this happened to me years ago, but why not make a post about it.
So, over 13 years ago I was a college student working at a gym. We’d hourly go through the weight room and sanitize machines with this DILUTED spray by Brighton. I think it was called something else before they changed formulas and renamed it Lemon DC Plus. But, someone had left an expensive water bottle, and it was in the lost and found.
I was on a sport team, and kept my eye on it; and you can bet once it timed out, I scooped it up. Yeah my boss told me I should clean it out before using it, and “duh. Obviously. Let me use the concentrated version of this medical grade sanitizer to clean it out.”
I washed it out until all the soap suds stopped showing up. I used it for one full day. Mostly at work. Little did he know, that the stuff binds to plastics, or the things it comes into contact with to maintain sanitation. The water had a strange taste, but it was small, so I ignored it. Big Mrs. Steak. (Insert picture.)
Fast forward to the next day, and my esophagus and stomach lining are worn away, and I’m eating spicy tacos with a friend, and don’t feel well. I excuse myself and proceed to vomit in the bathroom toilet. Then it’s just blood. Then more blood. Dear god this is so much blood. I finally finish committing, tell my buddy, “hey man, I just threw up a ton of blood. I think I need to go to the hospital.l his reply, “alright man see you later!”
Cue 3 colonoscopies before 23, 2 endoscopies still before 23, and a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, gastritis, polyps, and a new diet that excludes dairy, caffeine, alcohol, acidic foods, red meat, oily food, and spicy foods.
Oh well.
TL;DR poisoned myself by mistake over a water bottle I wanted, and now I live a life of bland foods that if I ignore will cause me to hit the toilet like a shotgun blast.