Day 15 – Progesterone Shot
Thursday, May 31, 2012
The dreaded progesterone shot. OMG, and crappola the shot this evening was horrible. I prepped everything while Pete was on his way home. Warmed the syringe with a hot washcloth and iced the injection area. As soon as Pete walks in the door I have him put everything down and give me the shot right away. The sooner this shot is over the better.
We did the shot on my left side today and i flinched as the needle went in. I though that is weird the shot did not hurt like that yesterday. As soon as he pushed the medicine in I felt major stinging. About halfway through it was still stinging and I was feeling nauseous. When he pulled the needle out there was a lot of blood. Even Pete was like you are bleeding a lot. I got dizzy, clammy and went to the bathroom right away. I thought I was going to throw up. My arms and hands got tingly and numb like. I just took deep breaths as I was leaning over the toilet. I did not throw up and made my way back to the couch to sit on the heating pad.
I did some research and online and it turns out we may have hit the nerve that runs down the middle of the bum. I do not think I can keep doing these shots. I looked up alternatives and I found a vaginal gel that I could possibly use instead. I will be calling RMA first thing in the morning to see if I can use Crinone gel. http://www.crinoneusa.com/patients/progesterone_support.html
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