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From: Julie Bove on 5 Oct 2008 22:43 My prescriptions are a source of annoyance because they do not all run out at the same time and it seems every time I turn around, I am refilling something. And I've made repeated trips to the pharmacy either because they haven't filled my prescription yet (Dr. didn't call right away) or they are out of something. Today I went to pick up both kinds of insulin, needles and some pills. And guess what they were out of? The needles! I am down to my last few too. Now I have to go back again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a busy day and I really haven't got time to go back there, but... If I don't I will totally be out of needles. Guess I should have called that one in sooner.
From: anon aka on 6 Oct 2008 01:29 "Julie Bove" <juliebove(a)verizon.net> wrote in message news:gcbtvu$tgf$1(a)aioe.org... > My prescriptions are a source of annoyance because they do not all run > out at the same time and it seems every time I turn around, I am > refilling something. And I've made repeated trips to the pharmacy > either because they haven't filled my prescription yet (Dr. didn't call > right away) or they are out of something. > > Today I went to pick up both kinds of insulin, needles and some pills. > And guess what they were out of? The needles! I am down to my last few > too. Now I have to go back again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a busy day > and I really haven't got time to go back there, but... If I don't I > will totally be out of needles. Guess I should have called that one in > sooner. You can reuse the needles. I do in a pinch. "Carefully" put only the large plastic cover on the needle and screw it off. Set it in a safe place and use it for your next shot. If you use two different insulin's, save separate needles and make sure to use the right one. I have used a pen needle 8-10 times when I ran out.
From: Julie Bove on 6 Oct 2008 01:35 "anon aka" <anon_aka(a)rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:goCdnWWhzeSjP3TVnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Julie Bove" <juliebove(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > news:gcbtvu$tgf$1(a)aioe.org... >> My prescriptions are a source of annoyance because they do not all run >> out at the same time and it seems every time I turn around, I am >> refilling something. And I've made repeated trips to the pharmacy either >> because they haven't filled my prescription yet (Dr. didn't call right >> away) or they are out of something. >> >> Today I went to pick up both kinds of insulin, needles and some pills. >> And guess what they were out of? The needles! I am down to my last few >> too. Now I have to go back again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a busy day >> and I really haven't got time to go back there, but... If I don't I will >> totally be out of needles. Guess I should have called that one in >> sooner. > > You can reuse the needles. I do in a pinch. "Carefully" put only the large > plastic cover on the needle and screw it off. Set it in a safe place and > use it for your next shot. If you use two different insulin's, save > separate needles and make sure to use the right one. I have used a pen > needle 8-10 times when I ran out. Nope. I won't do that. I reused them a couple of times and it was very painful. Plus I got huge bruises.
From: DonnaB shallotpeel on 6 Oct 2008 03:56 On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 19:43:10 -0700, in <gcbtvu$tgf$1(a)aioe.org> "Julie Bove" <juliebove(a)verizon.net> wrote: >My prescriptions are a source of annoyance because they do not all run out >at the same time and it seems every time I turn around, I am refilling >something. And I've made repeated trips to the pharmacy either because they >haven't filled my prescription yet (Dr. didn't call right away) or they are >out of something. > >Today I went to pick up both kinds of insulin, needles and some pills. And >guess what they were out of? The needles! I am down to my last few too. >Now I have to go back again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a busy day and I >really haven't got time to go back there, but... If I don't I will totally >be out of needles. Guess I should have called that one in sooner. Your pharmacy has no kind of 'auto-refill' status? It still drives me crazy that they all become available at different times although I have worked a bunch of them into major hunks. And, it still drives me crazy with Rx that aren't refilled for long enough to make auto-refill truly effective, ... but that's not usually the case. -- DonnaB shallotpeel : ^> USA <*> 06-07-06 Diagnosis T2 HbA1c 8.1, D&E & Metformin 500mg Current ................... HbA1c 5.8 Byetta 5x2 begun 08-01-08
From: hemyd on 6 Oct 2008 06:06
"anon aka" <anon_aka(a)rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:goCdnWWhzeSjP3TVnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Julie Bove" <juliebove(a)verizon.net> wrote in message > news:gcbtvu$tgf$1(a)aioe.org... >> My prescriptions are a source of annoyance because they do not all run >> out at the same time and it seems every time I turn around, I am >> refilling something. And I've made repeated trips to the pharmacy either >> because they haven't filled my prescription yet (Dr. didn't call right >> away) or they are out of something. >> >> Today I went to pick up both kinds of insulin, needles and some pills. >> And guess what they were out of? The needles! I am down to my last few >> too. Now I have to go back again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a busy day >> and I really haven't got time to go back there, but... If I don't I will >> totally be out of needles. Guess I should have called that one in >> sooner. > > You can reuse the needles. I do in a pinch. "Carefully" put only the large > plastic cover on the needle and screw it off. Set it in a safe place and > use it for your next shot. If you use two different insulin's, save > separate needles and make sure to use the right one. I have used a pen > needle 8-10 times when I ran out. > > I make it a rule never to use the same needle more than three dozen times.............. Henry Mydlarz |