You’re standing in the kitchen at 11pm. The instructions say to give the injection at exactly 11pm. Not 10:30pm. Not 11:30pm. 11pm. You wonder whether two minutes late last night actually mattered. You wonder whether it matters right now. Two Categories of IVF Medication Timing IVF protocols typically involve multiple medications, given at different points...Read More

I have given injections in emergency departments. I have inserted intravenous lines into necks and chests for chemotherapy. I have drained fluid from abdomens and lungs, done core biopsies of liver tissue and breast lumps, inserted urinary catheters, performed autopsies. I spent years in pathology dissecting specimens. Then came the day I had to give...Read More