*I wrote this last night and forgot to post it.*

So Den tried injecting slower today, in the hopes that it wouldn’t hurt as much. Umm, it didn’t work. It started off fine, then got worse, and then I was really making a face and wishing he’d pull the damn thing out of me. And it turned all red and blotchy afterwards. No blood this time, though.

I’m blaming the menopur. The lupron was obviously not a big deal. The follistim isn’t much more fluid either. But the menopur comes in a vial of powder and a vial of diluent. My instructions are to use 1 cc of diluent and inject it into the vial of powder… and then inject all of that (plus the lupron and the follistim) into me. Do you know how much 1 cc is? Well it’s a lot. And you know, a part of me thinks, well, it says you can mix several vials of powder with 1 cc of fluid. So if you only need one vial of powder, you should be able to use less, yes? I mean, logically. But of course I will keep shooting myself up with enough fluid to make my stomach cry because that’s what the instructions say. It does not, however, tell you it will hurt. Nope. Left that part out.

I am also confused about the baby aspirin and antibioitics. I have them. I know I’m supposed to take them at some point. But no one has mentioned them to me. I’m thinking I’m going to have to call the nurses tomorrow to find out.