Any good ways to conceal the weight loss injection pen?

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Considering starting Mounjaro or similar but know that DH will take a very dim view as he's the sort with the willpower to just exercise it all off and nor do I really want my teen girls to be aware of it.
It's got to be kept in a fridge apparently. Anyone found an alternative solution that works? I can't think of a single place I could stash a mini fridge and I'm not the sort of person who even applies fancy face creams never mind buys an actual fridge to store it in. 😂

It only needs to be stored in the fridge if unopened. Thereafter you can store anywhere at room temperature. I hide mine in a box under the bed, my partner wouldn't like knowing I inject myself and honestly I'd be embarrassed if he knew!

It only has to be kept in a fridge before you first use it - after that you can stash it anywhere 🙂

It has to be kept in the fridge before use, once you have started using it you have 30 days to take the remaining 3 doses and it can be kept at room temp if you choose.

I would suggest a food package/box that is something that your DH or teenage girls would not normally pick up and use, or be interested in. Then you could leave it in your fridge, and hope that no one investigates it.

Perhaps you could talk to your DH about it after a while when you are happy that it's working for you.

Mine is in the back of the fridge, hidden behind lesser used jars. Might not work if your fridge is more organised than mine.

There was another thread the other day so I'm repeating my answer here but what about something like this https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1833850519 in a neutral colour (black/white) tucked behind something. Or you could put it in this in a drawer maybe (when open)? I searched Etsy and there's lots of other storage boxes but they are all cases that are bigger/more obvious and fit the needles too. I also really like this but not at all subtle!!! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1848677493

Sadly we are very active users of the fridge [probably why I need to shed a shit ton of weight] so it would be spotted within days.😂

Make it look like a cheap vibrator?

I never kept mine in fridge. It was hidden in my knicker drawer.

Great - thank you all. I'll have a hunt for the other thread too.

Much reassured that this could be managed with some careful planning assuming we don't have a heatwave. The Etsy stuff looks really useful too if I go down the new face cream regime route :) DD would be straight in there with her nail varnishes given any knowledge of its existence !

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weight-loss-injections/5275434-good-decoy-storage-container-for-the-fridge

The other thread

Just wanted to say that my Dad was a bit like your DH about will power and would absolutely comment non stop about it and do hints etc.even if promised not to so I wouldn’t tell your DH even half way if you didn’t want DDs to know. Tbh I would rather explain it to your daughters first and keep it from DH.

Good luck! You need a lot of willpower to face your weight issue so be proud of yourself.

If money is not an issue then you can use asda and can just collect when you need it, no need to store in fridge then.. but they about 50 or 6p quid more money..

I’ve never stored mine in a fridge, i use oushk so I can choose my delivery day and it lives in one of my desk drawers.

I think we have all been through the stage of being ashamed of our obesity and admitting it is an issue to others, even those closest to us who should be there to support us, think.

I ordered before telling dh and hid in the fridge for a couple of weeks before I was ready to use. By the time I was ready to use I was also more knowledgeable on the medication and also ready to tell him and ds. The only other people I have told is a couple of family members I am very close to. I haven't told any of my siblings.

Obesity is a chronic disease. He may find it easy to maintain his weight. For some people whether it is physiological or psychological you cannot do the same and it is impacting your health. I explained this to dh, with all the relevant information. You are not to blame and should not feel or be made to feel ashamed.

You are being proactive at protecting your health by looking into tools that can help you. You have (hopefully) fully researched the medications available and balanced the risks between obesity and the taking the medication and you can explain these to him.

He can be concerned for you, he can have questions about how they work and the risks, or even the financial commitment. You are not being unreasonable to expect him to understand obesity is a serious health risk and expect him to support you the same way you would support him if he had a health condition. You should also expect him to respect your privacy and not discuss with anyone else.

When I was thinking about how/whether to tell my dh, I also thought, if dh had a health condition and kept it from me I would feel upset that he felt he couldn't talk to me about it.

Obviously up to you who you tell and it may take sometime for you to get to that point, but do think seriously why you need to hide it from your dh. If you have any unpleasant side effects (fairly common in first weeks/going up doses) you will need to lie to him about them. If you have serious side effects (very rare) he can help you.

Possibly show him this -

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Unused pens do need to be stored in the fridge, and can be stored there until their expiry date which is usually several months away. You will potentially at some point have two pens to store, the one you are currently using and an unopened new pen.

It’s also useful to keep the previous pen boxes with the prescription label on them, as evidence of your previous prescriptions should you ever want to change suppliers.

Underwear drawer? My Mum used to store unused insulin pens in a ziplock bag at the back of the fridge

My go to is an empty Stork Margarine tub - with a full one on top just in case hell froze over and anyone else decided to bake a cake.

If I need to keep mine in the fridge for a few days I stuff it under the bag of carrots in the vegetable drawer. No one other than me ever goes in that drawer.

I read on here that someone stores theirs in a tomato puree box which would certainly be a good disguise in my house.

My husband would die of shock if I cooked anything or baked a cake so hiding anything in the fridge is tricky 😂 maybe if I sort HRT at the same time…. 🙄

anyway. Thanks all for the useful suggestions. Have a good weekend!

This is what I do. It has gone unnoticed for 6 months so far

Mine is in my wardrobe. It's ok to keep out of fridge while you use it over the 4 weeks.

I won’t start about why you shouldn’t have to hide it as that isn’t what you’ve asked.
What about buying a big tube of thrush cream and storing the pen in the box the cream comes in? Surely your husband won’t look in there?!

I've seen people have a mini fridge to keep their skincare and makeup in could you get a small one to keep in your room and say it was for that and put a bunch of face cream and maybe some water etc in there .

I keep mine in my old metal water bottle in the fridge. I’m 9 months in and nobody has found it yet. Although I am notorious for hoarding but not using leftovers so my family are loathe to open any unmarked containers. They probably think it’s old gravy!