I ordered my medicines from two different pharmacies, Freedom and Kerr Speciality. Most of them arrived on Wednesday but I waited until Friday morning to check the boxes, only to notice that one of the medicines was not shipped. I quickly got on the phone with Kerr Specialty to see if I could get them over-nighted but the lady said the pharmacy did not ship on Fridays. I was such an emotional mess and start crying on the phone because there was no way I could make it completely to the other side of the county by closing time, even if I left work right after carpool. I was transferred to the supervising pharmacist who was so sweet and offered to drop it by the Kerr Drug near my house later that evening. Needless to say, this morning I picked up the meds and all was fine!
John and I spent the rest of the day running all the errands we never have time for: oil change, tailor, JoAnns, getting my retail pharmacy scripts filled, grocery store, and house stuff. We even walked around the mall and my sweetheart of a husband talked me into buying a new dress. There must be something wrong with me? When have I ever needed to be talked into shopping?
Tonight we cooked a delicious dinner together, watched football and enjoyed the fabulous fall-like weather! I made my meds check-list and organized all of the meds. There are only about 2 more meds I won't have until later this week but I feel like I already have my own pharmacy.
I should have documented the process with pictures tonight while I was mixing vials and prepping needles but it took all my concentration to make sure everything was perfect. The menopur wasn't so bad since I had done a round of it earlier this year; the only real difference was mixing in 3 vials instead of 1. However, the TepTropin was a whole different story. After frustration of not being given the right caps to withdraw the saline to mix with the powder, John's medical background came to the rescue! With his advice I finally was able to get everything mixed and ready to go! Because I had to give myself 2 shots I decided to be brave and try giving one in my stomach (the other I gave in my thigh, like I always have). Now that I have finally been able to put on some weight the stomach shot wasn't nearly as bad as I had imagined!
Day 1 down .... who-knows-how-many-more to go! :)
To end this post I wanted to share today's devotional. "Receive my peace. It's My continual gift to you. The best way to receive this gift is to sit quietly in My Presence, trusting Me in every area of your life. Quietness and trust accomplish far more than you can imagine: not only in you, but also on earth and in heaven. When you trust Me in a given area, you release the problem or person into My care."
I love this for so many reasons; one being that yesterday in my prayer group the focus was on faith and trusting in God. The leader, a friend and co-worker, said God really had laid it on her heart to make this the focus. It was exactly what I needed and actually on my way home from a friend's jewelry party last night I felt the desire to give all my stress re: this situation to Him! Then this morning I had such a surprise (maybe I will post on that later this week); I truly felt like it was God showing me how putting my problem in His hands will make everything work out perfectly the way He has it planned.
Today's devotional was just another reminder that I don't have to worry or stress anymore. My job is to praise Him and trust Him... and that's exactly what I am going to do!
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