… to keep creams and ointments this far beyond their expiration date.
This picture is of the ones we’ve saved over the years. The baggie we’ve stored them in is so greasy, you can hardly see through the bag any more.
I’ve been treating a rash with the hydrocortisone ointment, which is highlighted in green.
I mentioned to Bob that maybe we should go ahead and let a few go — if not most or all of them, and he agreed.
Just for the heck of it, before we threw them out, he did an inventory of their expiration dates:
| March 1997 (28 years ago) | July 2000 (25 years ago) |
| September 2003 (22 years ago) | May 2004 (21 years ago) |
| May 2009 (16 years ago) | March 2011 (14 years ago) |
| March 2012 (13 years ago) | April 2013 (12 years ago) |
| February 2018 (7 years ago) | February 2020 (5 years ago) |
The highlighted one was the 14-year-old ointment I was using. I don’t know why it wasn’t healing my rash. 😂 😂 😂
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You didn’t want to donate any to the Smithsonian?
👀 I’m glad it didn’t make the rash worse and I’m so glad you didn’t use the 1997 one. The bacteria would have loved you.