So last week I went to get my meds. Oh dear, there was more stuff there than when I go to Whole Foods for groceries!! Three bagfuls of syringes, needles, assorted vials and pills. I know what they all are, and I can guess a rough timeline: the Lupron goes first, then the follistim and menopure (those in an unknown order), the antibiotics, the steroids, the pregnyl, the scary progesterone in oil (I'll have to give myself an intramuscular injection!! Special K will faint only thinking about the concept of a needle piercing some skin, so she will be no help there--but I love her anyway), the Crinone, a distant desire: if I get there it will mean I'm pregnant!
I went and dumped everything in the bathroom by the sink (we have a very old house and it came with a gigantic bathroom). The sum total of them all was this:
Then I thought about this and thought about this and came to the conclusion that I wanted to make it more fun than it currently feels like. I wanted to find colorful pots, bags or something happier, and remembered I have a whole lot of tiny chinese takeout boxes, so I moved the fridge items to the fridge and I redecorated, to get to this:
Better huh?!
I am now through the first week. Nothing has really changed in the photo as what I'm using is in the fridge: I completed the month birth control treatment and I started the Lupron. I am on Day 1 of period today, so next week the monitoring will start. I'm excited about that.
During the past couple of weeks we have also been doing a fair amount of thinking about fertility clinics, genetic screening, adoption and all that type of stuff, but I will write more about that later. I just wanted to introduce The Meds this time!
It's sunny out, a beautiful Fall weekend day, special K at almost arm's reach. What else could I want?
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