The injections were supposed to start yesterday, but for an unknown reason, it was requested that the donation be moved to Thursday so the injections will begin today.
The outpatient infusion clinic I was supposed to go to for the injections is closed today and all of the VNAs kept bailing out, therefore, I will be giving myself the injections. Lucky for me I've been trained to give flu shots, I work with needles when making IVs and I've also had a lot of practice giving subq injections to other people. The filgrastim is a subcutaneous injection which is basically the fat layer of your skin; it's directly below the dermis and epidermis so the needle is pretty small. I am a little nervous because I've never given myself an injection before so we will see how it goes... I'm kind of eager to just get it done and over with. I'm thinking I'll start taking some tylenol beforehand to try to avoid some of the aching side-effects I'm expecting to experience.
I'll be back later to update!
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