2 minutes flat!

I've been on the Lupron for 6 days as of Thanksgiving. I am on 20units and the injections go in my belly, where I can pinch an inch. Plenty of inch, I assure you. These injections are not bad at all. They don't burn going in, and the needles for subQ injections are very fine. Sometimes, about 1-3 minutes after the injection, I get a small whelp that itches. It feels sort of like a misquito bite. It goes away as quickly as comes. When the medical assistant (finally found out her name is Jodi) gave me my instructions at my last appointment, she told me I'd probably start my period. Yah, I didn't believe her. I didn't get my peroid the last time I did this. Well, I was at the gym this past Monday and sure enough, I got home and there it was. Two (.) in one month. Ugh! The worst thing about this part of the cycle is the headaches. I had 3 migraines in the beginning when I was on the BCPs. I got another headache on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. These were by far, the worst two I've ever had in my life. I keep remembering and episode of Law and Order: SVU where a woman has a brain aneurysm from taking fertility medication. OMG! I need to stop watching that crap.

It works out that we are going to Deanna's for Thanksgiving which is only 26 minutes away from the clinic (according to my GPS) and I had to have an appointment for bloodwork to check my E2/FSH level to make sure I'm fully suppressed and that I can continue with the study. I believe this is the final screening phase so I've been feeling very nervous. Not to mention the range of emotions from sad, to angry, excited to manic. My emotions have been all over the board. I prepared my food for Thanksgiving the night before: dressing and sausage cheese balls, and packed everything to make the apple pie. I drove from Rockwall to Bedford, about an hours drive. My appointment was at 11am. I hit a little traffice in downtown Dallas, so at 11:04 I was hitting the exit. My cell phone started to ring; it was the clinic. I answered it and it was a woman named Laurel who was calling to see where I was. Apparently, my appointment was at 10:45! I apologized and told her my worksheet/calendar said 11am.

When I got there, I was the only one in the waiting room. I took my seat, the same one I always sit in. It's strange, its like assigned seating from elementary school that noone ever assigned, but I feel compelled to sit there because its where I sat for my very first appointment. I was sitting there, reading a Travel and Leisure magazine about roadtripping through Florida thinking that I wouldn't have much to blog about except how the injections and this appointment went. Then this dude walked in. And I mean, not strolling in, he was booking it. I never seen strides so fast except at the gym. He was carrying a brown paper lunch sack. I had a feeling he sure wasn't here for a picnic. Poor guy, had to stop at the front desk and check in. I really thought he must have had to go to the bathroom or was totally embarassed about having to drop off his specimen because he was sure in a hurry. Laurel was not quiet but tried desperately to be discreet. She had to ask him about labels on the cup, and then sent him to the back. Of course, I could overhear the directions she gave him to the room. Yep, he was there to visit the "Library". Pretty sure he wasn't checking out any books. He was walking back out the door in two minutes flat! I was impressed. I'd bet he had a pregame workup, probably in the car on the way to the office. That-a-girl! Way to help your man out! He didn't make eye contact with anyone on the way out.

It was my turn to go back. The girl who took me back acknowledged that I was there to get bloodworkbut she never told me her name. She took me to the lab chair (across from the Library) and drew my blood with a butterfly. It hurt a little more than when Dimples did it. She had me confirm my information on the sticker and that was it. I was done. She told me I'd get a call later on the day.

Of course, I missed the call because we were watching the game. I checked my VM and the woman had said my levels were perfect and that they would see me Black Friday for my baseline ultrasound and to start the FSH/LH injections. I was in!!!!

And, I thought I wouldn't have anything to blog about.