Just Like That

The 10 days since my last appointment at the clinic seemed to stretch on forever, but Thursday I returned. Then, just like that, the cyst had resolved on its own; my antral follicle count was even better than the week before; my blood work confirmed I was still at baseline, and I was cleared to start stimming on Friday!  Friday came, and just like getting on a bicycle, I remembered how to work a Follistim Pen and mix Menopur, except that this time it's Repronex, since that's what the insurance covers.  Two days into it, I am thankfully free of headaches, though I still have some hot flashes.  I'm super happy to finally be stimming.  The one bad thing is that I'm having some injection site reactions from the Repronex.  It is leaving quarter-sized, painful red blotches around the injection site.  The package says, "approved for subcutaneous and intramuscular injection," so when I return to the clinic tomorrow, I'm going to ask what type of needle to use for an IM injection, and get some if I don't have them.  IM injections make me sore too, so it'll be a toss-up, but I might give it a try.  Just like that, it's finally, really, started!