CrohnieToo
08-24-2005, 07:42 PM
Well, I managed to pull a real boner. Sigh. Yesterday was a pretty busy day and I was tired. I did my Forteo deed .... and don't ask me how or why I managed to do it, but I managed to go back upstairs w/o putting the Forteo back in the frige and left it laying on the kitchen snack bar in its open travel case w/cold packs. All night long.
Fortunately, there was that delay between picking up the Forteo script and actually taking the first dose .... so I'm able to get the second fill of the Forteo script now. God looks after fools and I sure must keep him busy!
Altho the house is cool and the pen was in the travel case with the cool packs, the case was left open, laid out flat, so I just can't be sure that the Forteo wasn't "ruined". Gads, I think of all the money.... (Don't tell my insurance company I pulled such a stupid boner!).
:confused: :rolleyes: :o :nono:
Fortunately, there was that delay between picking up the Forteo script and actually taking the first dose .... so I'm able to get the second fill of the Forteo script now. God looks after fools and I sure must keep him busy!
Altho the house is cool and the pen was in the travel case with the cool packs, the case was left open, laid out flat, so I just can't be sure that the Forteo wasn't "ruined". Gads, I think of all the money.... (Don't tell my insurance company I pulled such a stupid boner!).
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taape
08-24-2005, 10:17 PM
Oh, ChronieToo,
I'm sorry to hear that you forgot about putting the pen back in the refirgerator. Are you keeping the pen in the travel case all the time? Don't worry as doing the shot and putting the pen back in the refrigerator will become habit. I can't even forget my routine of the shot, the pen, etc., even if I try after a year of this. Last year I had a disagreement with the Endocrinologist about how long the pen could be out of the refrigerator for traveling. I called Eli Lilly and never got a definite yes or no, just keep it cool. He insisted that it was ok to have the pen out in 70 degree temperature for up to 14 hours per month. If your house was cooler than that maybe the pen was still good to use. But I prefer to just keep it cool.
I'm sorry to hear that you forgot about putting the pen back in the refirgerator. Are you keeping the pen in the travel case all the time? Don't worry as doing the shot and putting the pen back in the refrigerator will become habit. I can't even forget my routine of the shot, the pen, etc., even if I try after a year of this. Last year I had a disagreement with the Endocrinologist about how long the pen could be out of the refrigerator for traveling. I called Eli Lilly and never got a definite yes or no, just keep it cool. He insisted that it was ok to have the pen out in 70 degree temperature for up to 14 hours per month. If your house was cooler than that maybe the pen was still good to use. But I prefer to just keep it cool.
CrohnieToo
08-24-2005, 11:44 PM
Am sure house was below 70 most of the 9-10 hours but that was continuous rather than accumulative 14 hours, if you understand what I'm trying to say. I'm just so darned disgusted w/myself for doing something so stupid. Ah well, off to bed I go. Hope you all rest well tonight.TTYT.
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taape
08-25-2005, 01:45 AM
ChronieToo,
Don't get too down on yourself. We all make mistakes. I had a real rocky start with the Forteo thinking that there was something wrong with the pen and had to be off of it while a replacement was sent. 2 months later after it was analyzed --"no problem" from the manufacturer. Boy, I felt stupid but then I didn't know what to do so erred on the safe side like your doing.
Don't get too down on yourself. We all make mistakes. I had a real rocky start with the Forteo thinking that there was something wrong with the pen and had to be off of it while a replacement was sent. 2 months later after it was analyzed --"no problem" from the manufacturer. Boy, I felt stupid but then I didn't know what to do so erred on the safe side like your doing.
newbones
08-25-2005, 01:18 PM
Crohnie Too,
First of all, I want to congratulate you on finally doing "it" and becoming one of the group!
Secondly, don't be too hard on yourself for your goof. As taape says "We all make mistakes." Let me tell you about my big goof. We just returned from our road trip which I had been worried about regarding keeping the Forteo cool while on the road for several days. Well, I had decided that I would put the pen in the little travel case with the cool packs and put that in the styrofoam chest with the ice packs from the specialty pharmacy and switch to ice later on if necessary. My husband later convinced me that a six-pack cooler would work just as well and fit more conveniently in our car. The day before we were to leave I put the travel case with the cold packs in the fridge to get cold. That night I took my Forteo injection and put the pen back in the fridge (I should have put it in the travel bag then, but I didn't, thinking that I would get it all ready the next morning. Duh!). The next morning, as I was getting ready to leave, my husband, trying to be helpful, took the travel bag out of the fridge and put it in the cooler with the ice packs. He told me what he had done and I didn't think anything about it until we were about 3 hours into our trip. Suddenly, a light went off and I said "I don't think I have my Forteo." My husband asked if it wasn't in the travel bag and I told him that I hadn't put it in there, and, of course, he didn't think to look! Just to be sure I hadn't done it and forgotten about it, I checked the cooler and sure enough, it wasn't there. My husband asked if we needed to go back to get it, but that would have pretty much wasted our first day as it would have taken at least 9 hours to get 3 hours down the road. I thought about calling my doctor when we got to our destination to see if I could get a prescription there since we were going to be gone two weeks. But I figured my insurance wouldn't pay for it as I'm not due for a refill for another month. So I decided to just not worry about it until I got back home. Unfortunately, I had just started a new pen a few days before we left, so now after 28 days I will have only used about half the pen. I just hope the two-week interruption won't set me back.
First of all, I want to congratulate you on finally doing "it" and becoming one of the group!
Secondly, don't be too hard on yourself for your goof. As taape says "We all make mistakes." Let me tell you about my big goof. We just returned from our road trip which I had been worried about regarding keeping the Forteo cool while on the road for several days. Well, I had decided that I would put the pen in the little travel case with the cool packs and put that in the styrofoam chest with the ice packs from the specialty pharmacy and switch to ice later on if necessary. My husband later convinced me that a six-pack cooler would work just as well and fit more conveniently in our car. The day before we were to leave I put the travel case with the cold packs in the fridge to get cold. That night I took my Forteo injection and put the pen back in the fridge (I should have put it in the travel bag then, but I didn't, thinking that I would get it all ready the next morning. Duh!). The next morning, as I was getting ready to leave, my husband, trying to be helpful, took the travel bag out of the fridge and put it in the cooler with the ice packs. He told me what he had done and I didn't think anything about it until we were about 3 hours into our trip. Suddenly, a light went off and I said "I don't think I have my Forteo." My husband asked if it wasn't in the travel bag and I told him that I hadn't put it in there, and, of course, he didn't think to look! Just to be sure I hadn't done it and forgotten about it, I checked the cooler and sure enough, it wasn't there. My husband asked if we needed to go back to get it, but that would have pretty much wasted our first day as it would have taken at least 9 hours to get 3 hours down the road. I thought about calling my doctor when we got to our destination to see if I could get a prescription there since we were going to be gone two weeks. But I figured my insurance wouldn't pay for it as I'm not due for a refill for another month. So I decided to just not worry about it until I got back home. Unfortunately, I had just started a new pen a few days before we left, so now after 28 days I will have only used about half the pen. I just hope the two-week interruption won't set me back.
CrohnieToo
08-25-2005, 04:21 PM
Ahhhh, NewBones, that sounds so much like one of my escapades. Each year until the last two, my daughter and granddaughters and I have gone to Lexington, KY for the Rolex **** Three Day Events at KY Horse Park. The Horse Park has an excellent campgrounds and we camp out there in our old, old RV. 2003 my daughter had the RV to her house for last minute packing. I had packed all my stuff the previous day. Except my meds, of course. Come time to leave I drove over to her house and off we went to KY. Its an 8 hour drive. Guess who left her entire week's supply of medications in her car in her daughter's driveway??? You guessed it. And this was the end of April. I had "just" started on an immuno-suppressant for the Crohn's disease the week before. Don't it figure??
You have to admit: life is never boring!!! At least not around here. Not too often but everyone in a while my hubby will get in a real twit with me, just furious, and then he will burst out laughing and say: life has never been boring since I met you. Thank goodness he has a good sense of humor!!!
You have to admit: life is never boring!!! At least not around here. Not too often but everyone in a while my hubby will get in a real twit with me, just furious, and then he will burst out laughing and say: life has never been boring since I met you. Thank goodness he has a good sense of humor!!!
PatNJ
08-26-2005, 10:08 PM
Poor Chronie. What are we going to do with you? :p
I don't know about anybody else, but I just keep my pen in its box and put the box in the refrigerator. I also "do it" :cool: late evening on my bed, so if I forget to put the pen in the box or the box back in the refrigerator, then I'm certainly aware of it by the time I'm actually going nitey-nite.
I don't know about anybody else, but I just keep my pen in its box and put the box in the refrigerator. I also "do it" :cool: late evening on my bed, so if I forget to put the pen in the box or the box back in the refrigerator, then I'm certainly aware of it by the time I'm actually going nitey-nite.
spinewhine
08-28-2005, 08:42 PM
[QUOTE=CrohnieToo]Well, I managed to pull a real boner. Sigh. Yesterday was a pretty busy day and I was tired. I did my Forteo deed .... and don't ask me how or why I managed to do it, but I managed to go back upstairs w/o putting the Forteo back in the frige and left it laying on the kitchen snack bar in its open travel case w/cold packs. All night long.
Chronie, I had a Forteo adventure on vacation too. One morning, I wake up and there's my Forteo travel kit, not zipped, on the counter over the fridge. I yell at my husband that my Forteo was out of the fridge and he said he'd gotten up for some O.J. at 7:00 and must have left it out. It was about 8:45 when I found it and the little thermometer was near 60 degrees. Panic city.
Well, I remembered Taape's information that the pen would keep for a few hours but I was still unsure and upset. I have my Forteo hotline card in my wallet and I called. The rep had to check (that was unsettling) but then came back on the line and said her information was that the pen would still be all right to use if unrefrigerated for two hours at about 60 degrees. I said I hadn't looked too carefully at the thermometer and the room was about 70 degrees. She said it should still be okay at 70 degrees for two hours.
So, I will continue to use this pen and hope that I'm not shooting a useless solution into myself for the next three weeks til it's time for a new pen. Like you say, life is never boring.
Someone was in the doghouse for a while that day.
Chronie, I had a Forteo adventure on vacation too. One morning, I wake up and there's my Forteo travel kit, not zipped, on the counter over the fridge. I yell at my husband that my Forteo was out of the fridge and he said he'd gotten up for some O.J. at 7:00 and must have left it out. It was about 8:45 when I found it and the little thermometer was near 60 degrees. Panic city.
Well, I remembered Taape's information that the pen would keep for a few hours but I was still unsure and upset. I have my Forteo hotline card in my wallet and I called. The rep had to check (that was unsettling) but then came back on the line and said her information was that the pen would still be all right to use if unrefrigerated for two hours at about 60 degrees. I said I hadn't looked too carefully at the thermometer and the room was about 70 degrees. She said it should still be okay at 70 degrees for two hours.
So, I will continue to use this pen and hope that I'm not shooting a useless solution into myself for the next three weeks til it's time for a new pen. Like you say, life is never boring.
Someone was in the doghouse for a while that day.
PatNJ
08-28-2005, 09:20 PM
Spinewhine, your Forteo should be fine, but what about your husband??!! :D