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Jonna — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:53:22 +0000

blood red lilies

I don’t know how I missed this experience. I know that it is common for doctors to prescribe an injection to be done at home. I think I’ve had one prescribed before and gotten the injection from the pharmacist. Not even sure about that though.

So, when the doctor asked me if I was all right with a shot a day for 5 days, I agreed without really thinking much about it. It was when I was driving home that it all got suddenly very real.

Mimi is out of town and I’ve never seen the little dressing room type thing in a pharmacy here where one can discreetly receive an injection. I was going to have to give myself a shot every night for 5 nights! Holy Guacamole!

I skipped the pharmacy and went and bought some lilies instead, then went home and arranged them. Funeral flowers right? I even asked Gaby if pharmacists gave shots here. She said she’d never seen that, she read my prescription, and laughed and said she thought I’d have to do it myself.

I put it off for hours, after all I had until I went to bed to get this stuff, right? Finally, about 8pm I went to the pharmacy. I knew there was no place for some discreet shot giving at my regular pharmacy and I thought I was resigned. I had the ladies who work there laughing because I wanted a smaller needle. They finally convinced me that a smaller one would not reach the bottom of the vial to get all the medication. Sheez!

look at the size of that puppy

As I was having this conversation, a woman walked over and asked me in English if I needed any help. I said no, it wasn’t a language problem it was a problem of nerve and the length of the needle. She showed me a trick of holding it so you can’t send the needle all the way to your bones and even offered to come to my house and give me the shot. That was a little much for me. I thanked her and said I would do this, I’m a grown woman. She agreed. OK, so I’m a big baby and a whiner.

It turned out she is a language teacher and she gave me her card. Not only does she think I’m a big baby and a whiner but I don’t do it gracefully in Spanish.

I recognized her name, she’s a friend of Theresa’s and actually she is really nice. I think Mimi is going to talk to her about lessons, I’m going to be a big girl and go off to the Uni for school, but that’s another post.

So, yeah, I gave myself a shot in the ass last night and I’m going to do it again tonight and for 3 more nights. Because… I am woman, hear me roar!! and whine. It worked pretty well although it bled for a long time and I forgot to do the alcohol thing beforehand. I have a huge bruise now so I’ll need to pick another spot. Luckily, I have lots of room in that area.

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