Tarceva 150mg Day (4)

Dad felt very up beat today. He did not suffer any pain in his stomach during  the night and all day. He has finally got some of his appetite back and has found a taste for herbal tea…not sure how long that will last.
Not sure if the Tarceva is working as he has not developed [...]

Tarceva 150mg Day (3)

Spoke too soon yesterday. I received a call at 3.30am from dad who was complaining about a very painful stomach and aching knee. I cave him some warm water with a coupe of co-codamol pils. He settled down and fell asleep after an hour or so. 
The rest of the day he felt ok. There [...]

Tarceva 150mg Day (2)

Gave dad his second dose of Tarceva this morning. We also decided to give him a water only diet with plenty of warm water until 12pm. I think that, coupled with the herbal tea helped to detoxify him. He told me today that he did not have any stomach pains.
With regards to the Tarceva, so [...]

Tarceva 150mg Day (1)

I was  quite hesitant in starting the Tarceva today as my father still has problems with his stomach and digestive system. I just didn’t want to exacerbate the issue. However, this morning as soon as dad got up he said he wanted to start the Tarceva. We had to start it someday and today was a [...]

Stomach Pains

Over the last two days my father has been constipated and has a constant pain in his  stomach. Sometimes this has been quite unbearable sometimes just hanging in the background. When it get’s too bad, dad goes to the toilet and then comes back unsuccessfully.
Yesterday we called in the new GP who looked quite worried [...]

Returning home

I brought my father home from the hospital today and thank god he is feeling a lot better. The problem  with hospitalization is that for some reason the patient feels worse as time goes on. I just hope he starts to eat regularly at home. I’ll wait a day and slowly begin the nutritional program. [...]

Tarceva 150mg 30 tablets, 1 a day = £1989.00

I manage to pick up the Tarceva tablets this evening. Probably the most amount ever I have spent on….something so small.
It’s just a white box with some pills in. I knew they were expensive but hey, for £2000 you would expect something a little more attractive no?
I guess not.
I’ve decided to wait until [...]

Looking very tired

After yesterdays positive day, dad looked absolutely shattered and weak today. Apparently the nurses had kept him up since 9am and did not allow him to sleep. He had to sit and walk. This was of course to stop any DVT occurring.
The head nurse told me that he needs a lot of encouragement to [...]

Tired and fed-up

We saw my father today and he didn’t look too good. The effect of the anesthetic quickly wore off and he has been in pain ever since. The nurses and doctors insist that he flexes the knee all the time and are adamant that he must walk to the toilet instead of taking the easy [...]

The king and his own private room

My fathers surgery was successfully completed today at 3pm. He subsequently received 2 units of blood as his HG levels were 10.1 before the operation.
We managed to see him at 7pm and he was in good spirits. In fact he was in really good spirits. In his happy state he kept singing and saying that [...]