Dr. Dave

Last night Dave did his first shot on me. It was like something out of Dumb and Dumber. First of all, I had the nurse teach me how to prep the shot. So as I was getting the shot ready, I took the cap off the needle. And it was hard for me to get the cap off, so when I finally pulled it off I stabbed my finger! I don't even know how that happened. Then I saw the size of the needle. I didn't see it last time, but when I saw how thick it was I thought I might die! This is a picture of the same size needle as mine, and no... that's not a micro mini syringe, it's a regular sized syringe with a big fat needle. Dave even said, "That's not a needle!"
Then Dave got nervous about the whole thing and pretty much forgot everything he was taught. At one point he even asked me if he should suck the syringe back out before he took it out of me. NO! We bantered back and forth and were really close to just quitting and visiting the nurse tomorrow. Finally, I leaned over and bit on my hand and told him to just do it. I was leaning over for a long time, and at last I looked up and he told me it was done. I honestly didn't even feel it. It hurt quite badly when the nurse did it, but it was painless when Dave did it! I couldn't even believe it.

So my husband is an excellent shot giver! What a man! Here's to at least 3 more pain free shots... (BTW I researched it and found out that if you get the shot before you go to bed, most of the pain of the shot absorbing is gone by the morning. It worked pretty well, this is much better than last time.)