Shhh! whisper! she hears everything.i can't blog for long... she'll be home soon.
Mrs. Beans is 5 days deep in a Gonal-F/Repron fog... i've... i've noticed some changes.
it usually starts with a headache...
Wait! Did you hear something? Stay absolutely still. It can sense your fear...
Whew, okay, just the neighbors cat. Easy Frank.
Anyway, it started with the headaches, then she started forgetting things... stopping mid-sentence, going into rooms, but not knowing why...
Next it was... well the destruction. The drugs seem to have wreaked havoc with her equilibrium. Running into tables, knives being dropped, a bottle of nail polish on our carpet (I am calling it a Pollock).
But it's the emotions that scare me the most. The laughing jags for no apparent reason. Not a lilting girlish laugh mind you, but a deep guttural laugh... like the laugh of a scary, murderous clown out on parole.
Am I in danger? Yes, I think so.
For now I am fending her off with pints of Ben and Jerry's but my supply is running low. I am not sure how much longer I can last.
p.s. these shots are a real bitch. We are encountering a lot of resistance when we push down on the plunger of the syringe. In the video it looks like a smooth continuous motion, but in our experience it is more a series of jerky stops and starts. Are we doing something wrong?
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Oh jesus, you're telling me exactly what I'm afraid I'll become on shots! Ack!
Re doing them right/wrong, I don't know squat yet but someone helpful will comment:-)
I'll talk softly...
I usually *do* do the injections in stops and starts, so don't worry about that, as long as it all gets in.
I can think of two reasons you might be encountering a surprising amount of resistance.
1. Check the angle of your needle. Fatty subcutaneous tissue is easier to inject into than dermis (too shallow) or muscle (too deep). You won't fuck up your cycle like this, but it will make it harder to do the injections.
2. Are you still pinching the skin as you inject? That will make it harder. You can pinch less hard or not at all, or keep pinching and just press harder on the plunger.
3. (Yeah, well, maths isn't my strong point.) The solution is harder to inject than you anticipated, and it's actually just normal.
Bea
P.S. If you're not sure, for heaven's sake phone the clinic and harrass them. You're paying them a lot of money, and they'll be happy to double-check your technique in person.
Bea
Try playing with the syringe a little before you start putting the meds in it. Sometimes that makes it work more smoothly.
I have discovered that not all syringes are made equal and that I liked some brands better than others. I remember one really cheap brand of insulin needles that drove me crazy because the syringe wouldn't go down. Ended up giving me some bruises. You could try asking for a different brand of syringes, it may help.
I'm not sure if this would affect it but did you get all/any air bubbles out?
I don't recall myself or hubby encountering much resistance though it's hard to tell when someone else is doing it and it was back in July.
I did get some of those bruises Samantha mentioned. My abdomen started looking somewhat like a battlefield by the end of the injection part of the cycle!
Haha! My husband read the Ben and Jerrys line and exclaimed, "The fool! I use flowers."
I hope the rest of the shots go well. Those big ones are my greatest fear out of all the treatment procedures, and I have the utmost respect for anybody who has to go through them -- on both ends of the syringe. All the best to you.
You may have all heard already, but just in case...
When it came to the big nasty HCG injection (in the butt - with 1.5" needle for me) it really helped to put an ice pack on the area for 5-10 minutes beforehand and then lie face down on my bed with my toes turned inward (pigeon-toed). I barely felt a thing. Which was wonderful since I have this thing about needles, along with hearing from a friend how horrible it was, so I was so worked up about it that I was actually crying into a pillow. I was almost pleasantly surprised.
I start injections soon and had my husband read your post...I think he's more scared than I am now!!
Don't have any advice on the injections but thanks for the laugh!
Are you talking about the pre-filled Gonal-F pens? If so, when you go to press the top of the pen to actually inject the solution, it has a surprisingly strong resistance. I've used both Gonal F pens and Puregon pens (which you have to load with a catridge) and the Gonal F were definitely a lot harder to use. I actually asked my IVF nurse about it and she told the reason why (but I can't remember) It sounds like you are doing it right
Don't know about the injections but am laughing at this post.
I love that the label you use for this post is "crazy". No better word for it...says the voice of experience.
Are you leaving the syringe (meds) out for 5 to 10 minutes?
Good luck! FYI, I always got bruised by the experience.
Not sure about the injections...but all I can picture is you fighting for your life with a stockade of Ben and Jerry's.
~Carole
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OMG, I am so late in reading this but how scary! Yikes! I hope Mrs. Hyde, I mean Mrs. Beans, is back to her normal self soon.
You are a saint to bless her with some good 'ole B&J's though. Kudos to you!
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