One and a half inches

I learned on Monday that I will be administering vitamin B12 shots to myself, on a weekly basis for 8 weeks, then monthly for who-knows-how-long. The needle is to be plunged into my thigh muscle (until I feel the resistance,) and is one and a half inches long. I've mostly only considered that to be a short distance. Not any more.

I stopped at Walgreen's pick-up window to get the needles, along with a couple of other things. I was told, after waiting for some time, that insurance wouldn't pay for the needles. Interesting, since they paid for the B12. But whatever, she said it would only be $21.99. I said fine, and asked for how many? She said ONE HUNDRED. That makes the cost per unit excellent, but I wasn't planning on doing this a hundred times, I'll tell you that. This was sobering. Then we learned that the box was so big it wouldn't fit in the slide out drawer at the drive-up window. So I had to park and go in after all, wondering the whole time what I'd do with all the leftover needles.

Delusional much?

Jenny

PS: I'm assured by the doctor that grown physicians have trouble with the injection procedure. Apparently we humans are not just not wired to plunge a needle into our bodies, we are wired to NOT plunge a needle in our bodies. Know what I mean? Hmf.