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On holiday. Forgot a needle

6 replies

AlPaccacino · 24/03/2026 00:37

I’m such an idiot. Packed my pen carefully in a frio bag and currently in Antalya. Just realised I forgot to pack a needle. Due to jab on Thursday and I fly back on Sunday night, landing early Monday morning

Will it matter too much if I’m 4 days late and/or should I carry on with my normal Thursday jab?

I'm going shopping tomorrow so wondering if I can get a needle for my pen at a pharmacy here?

OP posts:
corblimeyguvnr · 24/03/2026 00:42

It should be easily available.

healthanxietynightmare · 24/03/2026 03:28

Monday will be fine. I done it late preciously when I had been on holiday

AlPaccacino · 24/03/2026 07:28

Thanks. I’ll wait until Monday. Don’t know if I’ll be going out today anyway. Woken up with the mother of all airplane colds today. Ugh!

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GiveMeWordGames · 24/03/2026 07:47

Yep, jab on Monday then - if you particularly like/want Thursday as your normal jab day - you can work your way back to it over the next couple of weeks (rather than jabbing again after only three days).

WappityWabbit · 24/03/2026 15:14

When I jabbed a few days later than normal, I only used approx half my normal dose (2mg) then jabbed again the full dose (3.75mg) on my normal jab day. I click count normally so it was easy enough to do and seemed to work fine for me.

Johnogroats · 24/03/2026 15:37

I missed a full week in Turkey last summer (we were on a yacht, no fridge and it was 40+) and for me it was fine. Carried on as normal the following week.

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