The Heparin Shots

Oh my. Not cheap eh. 
So Marc had the appointment to see a heparin specialist today (poor thing spent literally half the day at the doctors) and he was also able to give himself a shot. It was to see if he would react badly to the shot. he said giving himself the shot was not as bad as he thought.
There is a strict schedule he as to follow while taking these shots:
 6 and 7,  i take nothing (no pills no shots)
 8 (Saturday) I take a shot of 20,000 units.
9 (Sunday) I take a shot of 10,000 units.
 (day of) I get no shot, and start taking my pills that night
 11 (Tuesday) still no shot, take a pill and a half (cuz Tuesday is pill and a half day) -- again pills will be at night, and from now on.
12 - 17 pill and shot (20,000 units)
I'm a little nervous of him not taking any medication for two days but I guess that is to let the blood thicken a bit before the procedure.
Anyway it shouldn't be too bad.
The price of these buggers are 80$ for two needles and the dose. So we are paying about 333$ for all this. WOW. At least the insurance gives us 80% back so overall not to bad. I told Marc if he wasn't sure I would go in to start the process of getting an IUD but he wouldn't let me. I'll check again in a few days and again a bit before the procedure.
The heparin shots he is getting are called: Innohep and he is taking 20,000 units (well he is buying that amount because they come in packs of two and the nurse told him instead of wasting needles he can just push out the extra amount to get the 10,000 units).
Marc may have more to add so this post may be updated or he will make his own.
Besides that we are sad to know that our favorite restaurant is in fact closed on Christmas Eve so we are either going somewhere else or making our own romantic dinner here at home. We shall see what happens.
O and I also passed three of my classes, I am still waiting for one more mark and it's for the class I think I failed too :(