Aggravation On A Monday!!

I woke up this morning all excited about calling the office of the PH specialist here in Buffalo. I am getting my Revatio tomorrow from Accredo, so I needed to call to see when I might be able to come in an take the first dose. I stated before that my PH specialist at the Cleveland Clinic likes to have patients starting Revatio to come in to take the first dose. They monitor blood pressure, and check other stats for a couple hours after taking it, to make sure the patient is ok on it. Being that the Clinic is a bit over a 3 hour drive from my house, going back there to take one pill is a bit inconvenient. So, I had asked about taking it at the office of the specialist here, and my doctor said that would be fine.

So, I called this morning, and the nurse manager for patients on Revatio told me that I would have to start the pill with my own doctor, since he is the one who is going to be monitoring me. She didn't even seem to care that I have to drive 3 hours for one pill. She did seem surprised that I have to even go into an office to take the first dose, and honestly, it surprises me, too. I'm all for my doctor and Cleveland playing it safe and monitoring someone new on this medicine, but when I have to drive all that way to do it, it's rather aggravating to say the least!

Anyway, I put a call into my PH specialist's nurse, and hopefully she'll get back to me today about it. I just don't have time to drive to Cleveland any time soon. So although I'll be getting Revatio tomorrow, it looks like I still won't be taking it any time soon. UGH!!!!!

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