Happy Valentines' day!We've had a nice day: we drove out to the country and a Ploughman's in a country pub. It nearly ended in tears though! H told me last night that he had forgotten to get me a card, and although I tried not to mind, I felt a bit hurt. Turns out he was just joking, and out came a lovely card and some smellies this morning.
Anyway, back to the drugs. We unpacked the box of medication last night and had a good look at what everything is for. All seems present and correct: three vials of Suprecur for 'downregging' to shut down my hormonal system, plus syringes to use with that; five boxes of Menopur to use for 'stimming' to get lots of egg follicles growing, and the needles and syringes to go with that; some progesterone pessaries to use after embryo transfer; some drawing up needles and a sharps bin.
The drawing up needles are used to squirt in the diluting substance into the solid Menopur drug in its vial. They are bloody big and thick and when I first saw them my heart skipped a beat as I thought that these were the needles I would be sticking in me! It was a relief when I realised that actually, the needles used for downregging are very small and the ones used for stimming are a bit bigger but still fairly small. I will post some pictures of the different needles next to my thumb for size comparison.
We have actually managed to mess something up before we even start on the jabs. We have managed to get the lid jammed onto the sharps bin with all of the drugs and needles still inside. We did manage to get the drugs out through the small hole in the top, but it's not a good start, is it!?
Never mind, all the drugs are set out ready for Thursday. We are all set.
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