Not for the Faint of Heart

Yes, that is my arm and my blood. This will be my life for the next few weeks. Unfortunately, I've been diagnosed with my second ectopic pregnancy. This time, they gave me a shot (actually two, one in each hip...owie) of methotrexate instead of surgery. I was a good candidate since I was not having any pain as of yet. My last one was in August of last year and I had to have emergency surgery. While I can't say I'm happy about it, I am thankful that this one does not seem like it will require more surgery.

So, I will have to get blood drawn regularly to make sure the medication is working like it's supposed to. The Dr. said it could drag on for as long as 6 weeks.
(and in case you're wondering, yes the nurse did look at me like I'd been hitting the pain pills too hard when I pulled my camera out and told her what I had in mind. But when I explained about the whole blog-thing, she was a good sport)

Oddly enough, it didn't hurt at all while I was taking a picture of it. Usually I don't look while they draw my blood, I look across the room and imagine myself far, far away, while biting the heck out of my lip. But this time, it was not painful at all. I think I'll take a picture every time I am having something medically-painful done. :) But don't worry, I won't share them all here. Only some of them.