I just got back from the neurologist's office, where the nurse showed me how to use the self-injecting pen with my new medication. It was all easy, but one thing I didn't know ahead of time is that I have to wrap my fingers around the device before using my thumb to push the button.
This is very different than the process with the first MS drug I was on, Avonex (an intramuscular injection, and a very visible needle. This is subcutaneous, and I never even saw the little needle. The nurse said I can inject it anywhere that's convenient. I'm going to either do the injections myself, or get![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cattitude or adrian_turtle to do them for me, but the nurse said she has a patient who comes in every Wednesday to have her inject the drug.
I then asked when/whether I need to contact the specialty pharmacy for refills; she said yes, and she'd advise doing it when I do the next injection, a week from now. (The first few doses are given close together, then it's monthly.) I also asked her if she'd heard from the disability lawyer about the forms for my appeal. She talked to the lawyer a week ago, but has not yet received the paperwork he said he was going to send. I am still waiting for him to answer my email, and think I will call him tomorrow if I don't hear from him first.
This is very different than the process with the first MS drug I was on, Avonex (an intramuscular injection, and a very visible needle. This is subcutaneous, and I never even saw the little needle. The nurse said I can inject it anywhere that's convenient. I'm going to either do the injections myself, or get
cattitude or adrian_turtle to do them for me, but the nurse said she has a patient who comes in every Wednesday to have her inject the drug.I then asked when/whether I need to contact the specialty pharmacy for refills; she said yes, and she'd advise doing it when I do the next injection, a week from now. (The first few doses are given close together, then it's monthly.) I also asked her if she'd heard from the disability lawyer about the forms for my appeal. She talked to the lawyer a week ago, but has not yet received the paperwork he said he was going to send. I am still waiting for him to answer my email, and think I will call him tomorrow if I don't hear from him first.