Am I strange?

lyse2143

Because I can't stand to see the little bit left in my gonal f pens go to waste? Like Mdluvie said, that stuff is like liquid gold, I wish I could take the little bit from each pen and use it!

njohnson1972

Why can't you?  I use all my extra in my Follistim pen.  I have never done Gonal-F.

lyse2143

How do I know the exact dosage left? I mean maybe I am overthinking it, but don't they put some extra in, or just assume its 900 and do the math? I think I have 75 in one, and not sure about the other.

robynss

My RE nurse said that there is usually about 37 mm still in the tube even though it doesn't tell you that.  I have mine still in the fridge...hoping of course that i don't need them again!!!  I understand completely! 

LnR70707

njohnson1972:

Why can't you?  I use all my extra in my Follistim pen.  I have never done Gonal-F.

You use that tiny bit in the end after you've pushed the pen down as far as it will go?  I'd have to extract that with another needle...and then what do you do with it, keep it in a syringe until you have enough extra to inject?

vanessagorc

I was soooo mad that i had to open a whole follistim pen cartridge to take ! shot!!!!

I wanted to donate it to someone else, it was full!!  Then i had to take one more shot grrrrrrrrrrr!

illinigal

I hate wasting anything but I've never done Gonal-F.  I have always found it odd that there is extra Follistim in those cartridges, but I use it.  My last Follistim was supposed to have 900, but I got 5 dosages of 200 (total of 1000) out of it.  Then I heard that sometimes there is extra.  WooT!

Yellow_Daisy

My nurse told me to bring all the leftovers back to the office and they would empty them into a vial so we could use it if we need it.  She also said gonal f is like liquid gold.  I would guess by looking at the leftovers that I have 200 or so IUs in leftover.

lyse2143

Yellow_Daisy:

My nurse told me to bring all the leftovers back to the office and they would empty them into a vial so we could use it if we need it.

Oh well that's good to know! I mean I have 2 pens left, so I should be good. I just wanted to see if I had any left over to donate. 

ej708

Lyse, I just saw your post about increasing your dosage!  I hope it's just what you need!  Good luck!!

njohnson1972

With the Follistim pen, you just click and each click is a pre-measured amount.  You keep using until you can't click anymore.  There is about 100 IU extra in Follistim.

kkghotty

Hope its ok that I respond...my clinic would have me bring in my pens and they would draw out the excess with a syringe.  That way, if you have to stim longer than the amount of medicine you have, they can get as much as they can.  Call your clinic and see what they can do for you!

lyse2143

kkghotty:

Hope its ok that I respond...my clinic would have me bring in my pens and they would draw out the excess with a syringe.  That way, if you have to stim longer than the amount of medicine you have, they can get as much as they can.  Call your clinic and see what they can do for you!

Of course its ok for you to respond! Thank you!

mdluv21

I have the gonal - f vials so it is a little easier for me to make sure I am getting it all.  I miss it with menopur each night so that I only have to do one shot.  You can't waste the liquid gold!!!

 

lyse2143

mdluv21:

I have the gonal - f vials so it is a little easier for me to make sure I am getting it all.  I miss it with menopur each night so that I only have to do one shot.  You can't waste the liquid gold!!!

 

No wasting!! No no I won't! I will ask for an extra vial or something on Wednesday. I have plenty of needles. 

Sarah&royale

yes, that stuff is so expensive!  Sometimes when I would have a little bit extra, i'd just inject it all in.  I didn't know that you could bring into dr's office to get the extra little bit out.  My dr never mentioned it but it's good to know there's that option.

SNB2B

Not strange at all! The price we pay for this stuff makes me want to lick the dust from my pill bottles lol.