1. Ganirelix: peel pre-filled syringe, tap and push out air bubble, find sweet spot on thigh, cleanse with alcohol wipe, stab thigh, push drug, enjoy the high! Ahhh....air bubble on thigh. Someday I'll get it right!
2. Untwist cap, take doxycycline -- wait...remember the incessant vomiting spell on Saturday? Oh no, not falling for that again. Spit out pill. Run downstairs for food....anything...ahh, a boiled egg. Inhale boiled egg, grab water, try again....pill swallowed. Success!
3. Hours later, adjust dose on Follistim pen, find sweet spot on lower abdomen. Wait....did I inject on the left or right side last night? Shyt...I can't remember. Pick a spot, wipe with alcohol, insert needle cap onto pen, pinch skin, stab! Ok...that stings!
4. Pull out long needle from new syringe, discard in cute biohazard container. Twist plastic cap, insert in liquid menopur, pull liquid, then insert in powdered vial, mix, pull mixture, replace syringe with smaller needle, find sweet spot on abdomen......yet again.....stab, push medicine....try not to flinch!
5. Take another doxycycline pill.
6. Carry on with the day.
FYI: I'm deathly afraid of needles. Ha! Gotta love God's sense of humor!
How do I feel today? Crazy! I'm pretty convinced half these drugs are stimulants and totally suppressing my appetite and the other half are depressants and make me want to eat chips and ice cream (specifically ice cream sandwiches) between the hours of 4:15pm - 6:35pm daily. Weird!
While chatting with nurse, she asked if I watch the Lifetime Network (really awesome tv network full of sappy woe-is-me movies, great for a good cry after a nasty break up, and a sad depiction of Tori Spelling's train-wreck of a life....omg have you seen that show??? poor girl. anyway....I digress). In any case, she cautioned against it, or making any important life decisions in the next 2-3 weeks, or engaging in emotionally charged discussions. "The drugs will make you crazy. Think about what's happening...we're completely manipulating your body with drugs, stopping it from undergoing normal processes in any given cycle, telling it when to produce eggs, how many to produce, how large to make them, and oh by the way, don't ovulate until we say so....you're not yourself, so don't try to be. You're undergoing a major, albeit temporary, change and you'll feel and act out in ways you never have. Best advice for [him] is to respond 'yes dear' to every single request for the next two weeks."
Ha! This is going to be
The possibilities are endless....new shoes, new car, endless massages, breakfast, lunch & dinner in bed, ICE CREAM IN BED.....maybe even a new house....HA! *insert evil laugh here*
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