Posted 7/18/2013 3:51 PM (GMT 0)
I started on Humira about six weeks ago, so I'm still working out the kinks. Anyway, yesterday we had severe thunderstorms in our area, leaving us without power. I completely didn't know how to handle this, Humira being in the fridge and all. My husband was quite a bit calmer than I was, and suggested that I could take the shot a day early and not have to worry about it. I was very much NOT okay with the idea of stabbing myself by candlelight.
After the power being out for a couple of hours, we wound up taking the pen out of the fridge, and throwing it in a cooler with a bunch of icepacks from the freezer. After about 6 hours the power came back on, and we gave the fridge about a half hour to cool down, and moved the pen back in there,with an icepack resting near it.
I'm more or less sure that this was all okay...but the situation caught me completely offguard. I wanted to check in and see how other people have responded in similar situations, and see if anyone had any tips for taking care of your Humira with no power.