I've decided my blog is a bit boring without any pictures, so to start off with some visuals, I thought I'd post some photos of my Lupron injections. As you know, I've been on Lupron shots for two weeks (10 mg injected subcutaneously into the belly each night before bed). The injections actually haven't been as unpleasant as I'd thought they'd be. Sometimes the injection site will sting, burn, or itch a little, but otherwise it really hasn't been all that bad. As for the side effects, I definitely get hot a lot more easily (although this might also be from the Thyroid medication I'm now taking), and I'm starting to feel a bit more weepy and sensitive (kind of like with PMS). I also now have a nice little bruise on the left side of my belly (my first war wound from my battle with infertility :) The needle (featured below) is the same one diabetics use to inject their insulin. It's hard to believe that some diabetics have to do this every day of their lives, several times a day! I definitely have a new appreciation for what they must go through in order to stay healthy.

And now I'll just shut up and let the pictures speak their thousand words (by the way, those are my dad's enormous hands! :)