Only 392 more times...but who is counting.

I have this thing called Factor V Leiden - it sounds like some sort of mutant power, but it really is just some lame genetic disorder. The doctors think that this lame genetic disorder is what has caused me to have trouble with miscarriages and so their solution has always been for me to give myself shots when I'm pregnant.

When I was pregnant with Sophia I took a shot everyday called Lovenox. This drug is super duper expensive, but I was fortunate enough with Sophia to have a $45 maximum co-pay for a good chunk of my pregnancy. This time around, I have a high deductible health plan where I pay for the drugs and then get reimbursed a few weeks later and that up front cost is $930. Lovenox is this really well packaged individually wrapped package. 

Doesn't that look easy? Well...easy as far as shots go. 

The $930 was really bothering me though, so in a rare moment of bravery I went to my doctor and told him that I didn't want to pay this much for shots and were they really necessary and did I have to do it? In my mind my doctor was going to say "what those shots are expensive? Let's just not even do the shots. You'll be fine without the shots, don't worry about it." Instead he said "Yeah, that's fine. We'll just do Heparin. It is way cheaper and it is just a two a day shot instead of a one a day shot. Oh yeah, you also have to fill the syringe with the heparin, but you can totally do it."

Before I had one needle and that was it - well a needle and an alcohol swab. Now I have a needle, a bottle of heparin, an alcohol swab, and a laundry detergent bottle to put all the needles in. This seems complicated. 

I've done this four times now and I only have 392 more times to go. Give or take a week. Like Rosie the Riveter I can do it. It doesn't mean that I have to like it.