Not as bad as I thought

OK, for those of you who know me, I'm completely neurotic. Which today, happened to work to my advantage. I had myself completely worked up about this "stitch" procedure I had to have today. I had made myself so sick that by this morning I thought I was getting the flu. Of course the doctor and the nurse practitioner kept saying, "it's not bad. I promise," but I can promise you that neither one of them have had this done. However, they were right. It wasn't horrible. There was a little pinching, but nothing that made my eyes tear up. It really took all of 5-10 minutes and I was done. So, for anyone who has to have this done, never fear. Take it from someone who has actually had it done. You'll spend more time freaking out and making it worse in your head than it will actually be. I also had my first progesterone injection today. That also, was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. I was really expecting to feel like I was being stabbed, and I barely felt it. Fortunately my friend from work is a nurse and she's got a great touch. Now, I expect that my hips are going to get quite sore after a time, but my doctor gave me a prescription for some kind of cream that you put on the injection site about an hour before you get the shot and it numbs the area. You have to put some kind of plastic wrap or plastic bandage over the cream. I haven't done it yet, but I'll let you know how it works. Friday's the big day! And a ticket to lounge in bed all weekend. We'll see how well that works out :)