When I got to the motel there was an issue with my room - they had mistakenly booked me a regular room rather than one with a kitchenette. Calling central reservations ended up bringing out the customer with expectations monster in me and, after expressing myself very clearly over the phone, the manager on duty honored my original reservation. So, in the end, I got the kitchenette room at the rate of a regular room.
I didn't get much sleep last night so slowly meandered my way over the border at about 9:00. I walked again and it was fine. During my appointment I asked Dr Garza about the safety of walking to his office. He said it was perfectly safe - and said to just avoid engaging with the homeless. I specifically asked if someone was going to pull out a gun or knife on me and he laughed as he shook his head. That is all.
During my appointment he did another sonogram and ran some more blood work. He was hoping for five follicles and, while it's still too early to know if they will all make it to retrieval day, there were in fact five growing today. Yay! Of course, even if all five make it to retrieval - they may or may not fertilize. We'll just have to wait and see. It simetimes happens thst not even a single egg is viable.
Dr Garza prescribed a new set of shots for me to start. I was doing morning and evening shots. Now I'm going to have two in the morning and one at night. They all go into my stomach which is looking a little spotty these days.
One of the injections requires a mixing of liquid and powders. The nurse, Ari, demonstrated the mixing of the meds so that I could learn. She broke open a glass vial of liquid and then sucked the liquid into the syringe. She then injected the liquid into a vial of powder. Next Ari sucked that mixture back into the syringe and repeated this with two more vials of powder. Once all was well mixed together she gave me the shot.
I've been following other patients' experiences with this medication and I'm hoping I can do it right. Ari made it look easy but apparently it's also pretty easy to shatter the glass vial of liquid when you break the top off. Alternatively, if you are more inclined towards injuries, you can slice your fingers in the process. One patient has advised wrapping the glass vial in a paper towel to add protection. Seems like sound advice.
It was mid day when I left the office and Dr Garza sent me to the border in the medical district van. There was a bit if a line getting back over and I assumed I needed to stand in it. During this time I had a nice chat with a lady who lives in Mexico but comes over the border to shop. She had four empty shopping bags in hand along with two of her grandsons.
When I asked her what she shops for in the US she responded with, "Oh, some things I buy here and some things I buy there. For example, they (pointing to her grandchildren) really love Doritos. We can buy them in Mexico but they just don't taste the same." Then she chuckled and added, "I like Doritos too."
We went on to talk about my treatment and she told me about her uterine reconstruction surgery that she had in Mexico as well. They did a really good job and she was able to get pregnant. Unfortunately the pregnancy was ectopic and she had to have emergency surgery to avoid bleeding out. The experience was so traumatic for her that now, as a mother of five and a grandmother of nine, the thought of getting pregnant again terrifies her.
And on that interesting note, I finally realized that I was standing in the line for non-US citizens. There was in fact no line for passport holders so I said my goodbyes and walked on over to the US of A.
The border agent felt like I was familiar to him. We chatted a bit about which days are the busiest on the bridge - he said they all are - and he looked at my meds before waving me through.
My next appointment is Wednesday. I'm thinking about how to spend my time tomorrow.
Tootles!
One of the injections requires a mixing of liquid and powders. The nurse, Ari, demonstrated the mixing of the meds so that I could learn. She broke open a glass vial of liquid and then sucked the liquid into the syringe. She then injected the liquid into a vial of powder. Next Ari sucked that mixture back into the syringe and repeated this with two more vials of powder. Once all was well mixed together she gave me the shot.
I've been following other patients' experiences with this medication and I'm hoping I can do it right. Ari made it look easy but apparently it's also pretty easy to shatter the glass vial of liquid when you break the top off. Alternatively, if you are more inclined towards injuries, you can slice your fingers in the process. One patient has advised wrapping the glass vial in a paper towel to add protection. Seems like sound advice.
It was mid day when I left the office and Dr Garza sent me to the border in the medical district van. There was a bit if a line getting back over and I assumed I needed to stand in it. During this time I had a nice chat with a lady who lives in Mexico but comes over the border to shop. She had four empty shopping bags in hand along with two of her grandsons.
When I asked her what she shops for in the US she responded with, "Oh, some things I buy here and some things I buy there. For example, they (pointing to her grandchildren) really love Doritos. We can buy them in Mexico but they just don't taste the same." Then she chuckled and added, "I like Doritos too."
We went on to talk about my treatment and she told me about her uterine reconstruction surgery that she had in Mexico as well. They did a really good job and she was able to get pregnant. Unfortunately the pregnancy was ectopic and she had to have emergency surgery to avoid bleeding out. The experience was so traumatic for her that now, as a mother of five and a grandmother of nine, the thought of getting pregnant again terrifies her.
And on that interesting note, I finally realized that I was standing in the line for non-US citizens. There was in fact no line for passport holders so I said my goodbyes and walked on over to the US of A.
The border agent felt like I was familiar to him. We chatted a bit about which days are the busiest on the bridge - he said they all are - and he looked at my meds before waving me through.
My next appointment is Wednesday. I'm thinking about how to spend my time tomorrow.
Tootles!
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