I started my day with a trek to North Augusta SC to visit Covenant Family Allergy Clinic to get my first shots of Dupixent.
I received two pens yesterday, so I took them with me. The shots were administered in the back of each arm and stung, stung, stung like nobody's business!!!
I rewarded myself, following the 30-minute wait I had before leaving, by going to Taco Bell for a Nachos Supergrande and a Baja Blast.
Because the VA sent me only two pens...and both were required for the first treatment...I visited my reorder site to see if more pens had been mailed to me. I could not ascertain that they had, so I called, and was told the pens I had were all I would get for a month.
I explained to them that I was required to have two initial shots, and then I must do injections every two weeks. I was either talking to someone unaware of how Dupixent is administered or some foul-up has occurred as I was told I could reorder no earlier than February 4. My next injection should be on February 9, so there is a disconnect.
Am trying to sort it out with the prescribing physician who must go through the VA's community care office and clarify things for them.
Sigh.
Meantime, my arms are both sore, but oh, well.