A story of two pots

Some good news! My wife's scan went well yesterday. After our ectopic pregnancy earlier in the year it was a relief to see a tiny flicker of a heartbeat against a small grey smudge on the scan machine. All is going well for our second child so far. There was a humerous moment too when the nurse at the baby scanning unit nearly sent me back to my ward as I was obviously being delivered on my wheelchair to the wrong place - we don't scan men here!



Another positive was being discharged from hospital last night. My kidney function has improved well enough for them to let me leave armed with a carrier bag full of pills, injections and a sharps bin. I really don't like self-injecting into my stomach. The injection itself doesn't hurt that much, but it aches badly for about 30min afterwards! It is a psychological hurdle I need to overcome as I need to psyc myself up and take a few deep breaths before doing it!

Unpacking my sharps bucket was a moment of disaster! I've never encountered one before. As I got it out of its box I noticed the little plastic slidey-top-thingy was ajar. So I decided to shut it until I needed to put something in it. CLICK! Only then did I realise I had accidentally closed it permanently and there is no budging it (believe me I have tried)! So I am on the hunt for a replacement.

So today my wife and I journeyed across green country lanes towards Cambridge. We arrive at a very posh manor house that has been converted into a swish fertility clinic. A surreal experience to say the least! An hour of form filling later and I was presented with my second pot of the day and escorted to a very clinical room where I was to perform my duty and leave a deposit in the pot whilst following all sorts of clinical rules and procedures. Hardly a romantic or natural setting for such a thing. It wasn't easy, but job done. Hopefully the possibility of future children remains open to us if the chemo does affect my fertility.

Speaking of chemo, my treatment is now due to begin on Thursday next week.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and messages of support. You are all truly valued.

#2miraclesinthemaking


Comments

  1. Linda F26 May 2016 at 20:18

    Matt if you take your sharps bucket to the pharmacist they will replace it for you

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