Filters aren't meant to be drawn from — you push the liquid through them.
Wow, do I ever feel dumb
haha, thanks a lot.
No problem at all, these things happen.Spendejo said:
Wow, do I ever feel dumb
I have the vials and all the supplies. I even sat through a video that demonstrated the process, but somewhere along the line I must have gotten a wire crossed, or maybe I just wasn't focused during that part of the video. Tonight I'll be reconstituting again, so my hope is that doing it this way makes things much simpler.
Once you've done a few, it'll feel completely automatic.
I made the mistake of flipping the vial while the vent was still attached, and I spilled some ONCE. It's a lesson you learn the hard way.sheilarae74 said:
You'll pick it up soon enough. Every one of us has struggled with this at some point. Pushing during filtration can be tough at times, but avoid using too much force, or you'll rupture the filter.
Back when I was first filtering into pen cartridges, I didn't pull the venting needle out far enough. By the time I reached the end, some pep would escape through the venting needle.
True, I had 3 vials going at the same time — mixing and filtering. 3 vials to reconstitute, 3 fresh vials, syringes, and luer lock needles scattered all over. It got so muddled, and all of it was Reta, just different mg. These days I still handle 2 at once, one for my wife and one for me, but I keep each set apart and complete one before starting the next.Grogu said:
And even when you've gone through the filtering process many times, a session can still take a wrong turn.
A week ago I had several things I was reconstituting simultaneously (which was mistake number one for me) and I thought I'd come up with a genius shortcut to simplify everything, which wound up with me burning through a ton of sryringes and needles and now I'm sitting here trying to figure out what on earth I did. Somehow I filtered everything back into the original vial despite having labeled a fresh sterile one. Since the vials are clear, I suppose I'll still use them, but...
OP - like @HereKittyKitty mentioned, it's great that you're filtering! Good on you for doing it. A lot of people just grip and rip.
This hits home for me.Grogu said:
And even when you've gone through the filtering process many times, a session can still take a wrong turn.
A week ago I had several things I was reconstituting simultaneously (which was mistake number one for me) and I thought I'd come up with a genius shortcut to simplify everything, which wound up with me burning through a ton of sryringes and needles and now I'm sitting here trying to figure out what on earth I did. Somehow I filtered everything back into the original vial despite having labeled a fresh sterile one. Since the vials are clear, I suppose I'll still use them, but...
OP - like @HereKittyKitty mentioned, it's great that you're filtering! Good on you for doing it. A lot of people just grip and rip.
Grogu said:
And even when you've gone through the filtering process many times, a session can still take a wrong turn.
A week ago I had several things I was reconstituting simultaneously (which was mistake number one for me) and I thought I'd come up with a genius shortcut to simplify everything, which wound up with me burning through a ton of sryringes and needles and now I'm sitting here trying to figure out what on earth I did. Somehow I filtered everything back into the original vial despite having labeled a fresh sterile one. Since the vials are clear, I suppose I'll still use them, but...
OP - like @HereKittyKitty mentioned, it's great that you're filtering! Good on you for doing it. A lot of people just grip and rip.
Yeah, the version he posted on YT was superior.
Just as the others have mentioned, great job on the filtering!!
That's exactly how it was for me.AriaKbye said:
