Burn Baby Burn, Gotta Love Those Stim Shots

So last night was the first night of my stim shots. I also reduced the lupron shot from 10cc to 5cc. I was more nervous about mixing all the medicines than I was about the actual shot. Thank God for Youtube because there was a girl that showed me how to do it :)To get the stim shots ready there are a total of 4 vials. 1 vial of sodium chloride, 2 vials of a powder drug called Bravelle and 1 vial of another powder drug called menopur. To mix these you start by taking a big needle off a syringe, there are things called q-caps which fit on the top of the vials. The syringe screws on the top of the q-cap. Next you place the q-cap on the bottle of sodium chloride, draw up 1cc of liquid. Then you put the q-cap on the next vial and squirt in the liquid. You continue to do that through each vial until they are all mixed together. Then you remove the syringe from the q-cap and screw on a small needle on to the syringe. Now it is finally time to give yourself the shot. This shot is a lot different than giving myself the lupron shot. The lupron shot is a really small amount and the liquid comes out quickly. The stim shot is another story, it is a lot more liquid and it comes out very slowly. Plus it burns while going in. Overall, I have to say it has been so far so good. I haven't had any side effects yet but it is also only day two.