Friday surprises!

When I left my oncology appointment on Wednesday, I was told to schedule two other appointments to get ready for chemo. Luckily I was able to schedule them both on Friday.

The first appointment was for an echocardiogram.  I needed this because for the chemo they chose, my heart needs to be extra healthy. I wore my Wes Leonard Heart Team garb to bring me some extra support! I never heard how the echo went, but since chemo is still in the plans I guess it went fine!

The second appointment was a doozy! I had to head up to the Fertility Clinic in Grand Rapids. Now if you know me, I'm about as single as it gets. I have always wanted kids, but have always leaned more towards the adoption route than having my own. This cancer has made me have to think about some things I never really thought I would. After discussing some options, having an exam I was NOT mentally prepared for and realizing that chemo would start soon and there wouldn't be enough time to harvest eggs, it was decided that I would go on Depo Lupron.

Depo Lupron is a drug that shuts down your ovaries. This way, less blood is going to them and hopefully less chemo too! There is a big risk of young women who go through chemo having a hard time getting pregnant in the future, or going into early menopause, so this treatment decreases the likelihood of this happening. The doctor sent me to a pharmacy with a prescription for a shot and then told me to come back and they would administer it.

So off to the pharmacy I went, only to find that they didn't carry that medicine. I was pretty confused as to how the office didn't know that but.... So I headed back to the doctors office and the proceeded to call every pharmacy in the greater Grand Rapids, Holland and Kalamazoo area and found that nobody had it in stock. They finally were able to order it online.  On Saturday morning I received the shot via FedEx. Now the question was, how the heck was I going to take it?