Tonight was my first nightly dose of Lupron. For the first few seconds after wiping the injection site, I hesitated. I guess that since it has been almost a year since my last injection, I was a bit timid about the first stick. Would it hurt more or less than I remembered? Well - the verdict is that, just like the last time, it wasn't that bad.
But, on to the title of this post. The strangest part about this round of meds has been where to "stash" them. The last time we did any sort of ART, our house wasn't on the market. I stored all my meds (even the ones that I wasn't currently taking) and my sharps container in the kitchen on a designated cabinet shelf. It was quite convenient that way.
But this time our house is on the market. There is a chance, no matter how slight, that they will show our house and the potential buyer will open the *right* cabinet door to reveal my plethora of drugs and sharps container.
I am fairly certain that the typical fertile home buyer probably wouldn't know that we were pursuing infertility treatments just by looking in that cabinet. And it isn't like I haven't been very open about our infertility and treatments with people we know.
But there was just something that didn't settle well with me about having my used needles and my progesterone vaginal inserts in a place that strangers may see. It isn't just because I don't want the potential buyer to picture me with my feet in the stirrups. And it isn't just because I don't want for someone to open that cabinet door and think "what kind of people ARE these???" Maybe it is a combination of both, combined with the lack of privacy you have when your home could be shown to a stranger any given day.
So, for now, I have the meds that aren't currently being taken in a non-descript box in the hall closet. (Actually, the one I originally "Packed My Infertility In" several months ago). There is an overflow box of just unused syringes. So hiding everything in the non-descript box isn't really an option unless I buy either a bigger box or I take a 3rd box and put it in the closet. I am not really happy with either of those options.
The meds that I am currently taking are all either injectable or in pill format. So, I have my sharps container and syringes in the bathroom in a cabinet. I am hoping that perhaps the lack of the other drugs will make someone think that perhaps I am diabetic or something.
And, if that lucky couple happens to also open a specific drawer in the bathroom, they will find my birth control pills and my prenatal vitamins (which I am sure would raise a few eyebrows...). But at least it isn't coupled with the vaginal inserts, right???
Hey, does anyone know what I can do with all of these unused syringes?
7 comments:
If people open your BATHROOM cabinets, they are pretty damn nosy people. Seriously- who does that???
I'll be checking back to see what suggestions you get on the unused syringes- I want to know how the heck to get rid of my USED syringes too. I was planning on bringing them to the hospital when I delivered and slowly depositing them in the room's sharps container, but other things were at the forefront of my mind then.
I have no idea what to tell you to do with the un-used syringes. Mine are just in a giant ziploc bag, and stored in my kitchen pantry, but my house isn't on the market either. As for the used syringes, I put all of mine in a coffee can with a lid on it, duct taped it up like crazy and then just threw it away. My clinic also allowed me to bring my first sharps container to them and they disposed of it there. Hope this helps someone!
LOL. That would be funny for them to find. I'd say the bathroom cabinet, behind some towels or something.
I couldn't help but laugh at picturing someone rummaging through your cabinets wondering why you had all this stuff! Sounds like you have all your good stored properly.
ahhh, the things that us IF people have to do, including hiding our stash of ivf meds!! i had a girlfriend stay over a few weeks ago from out of town. i was afraid she'd be a "snooper", during my early morning monitoring appts, so we taped up the box every day :o) can we say paranoia???
i've caught up on your blog finally. i have my fingers and toes crossed for you on this cycle and will be following along to cheer you on :o)
Unused syringes... if they are still in the packaging, your local veterinary clinic may be happy to take them. I don't know if laws prevent human clinics might prevent them from taking those kinds of donations. But at the vet clinic I worked at, we took them all the time. They probably wouldn't be as happy to take your sharps containers off your hands, though.
I'm sorry you're having to get secretive about your stash. I hope the current scenario works out. I get what Katie's saying about people looking through your cabinets, but after what I found in my oven after I bought my current house, I can promise you that no door or drawer will go unopened for me the next time! Do you have a safe or a lock box? LOL
The vulnerability a person can feel with their house on the market is stress enough without IF meds and such. I do not envy you for coming up with a way to keep your business private.
I had to laugh with the comment about the plan of bringing the syringes to the hospital to secretly discard of them there. Hope you find a place for them!
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