today is the third day of the injections, and i've got it down to a 5 minute process. i'm going to see how much more time i can shave off as we continue on. my friend from work, who has (sadly) been doing this for months, explained the one part that was tricky for me yesterday; i did remember correctly that the nurse tipped the vial upside down to withdraw the solution into the syringe. i just didn't have the needle positioned correctly, so it wasn't working for me. but now that i know you have to put the needle just above the surface of the solution and then pull the plunger back, it's all easy peasy.
i started taking the two other new prescriptions (pills) yesterday and today. i took the super duper folic acid this morning for the first time and don't anticipate any problems from that. the metformin, though, i was supposed to ease into because it often causes stomach upset. eventually i'm supposed to take two a day, but the nurse told me to start with one. so i took one last night and another this morning, and i think i may be suffering the effects of it now. my stomach has felt a little weird for hours, and then it transitioned into some cramping and finally diarrhea. sigh. so we'll see how that one goes, i guess. other than my belly putting a damper on our saturday night, things are going well.
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