Abdul Aziz 1946 – 2008

My father passed away on Sunday June 29th 2008.
I know I have not updated this blog since November last year. I will fill in the gaps as soon as I am ready. I have requested medical records and scan results for all treatment post January.
These last 10 months have been a roller coaster. I dragged dad all [...]

Tarceva – Round 2

We picked up the Tarceva 150mg tablets from Boots this afternoon. Boots have been very kind and were able to order the Tarceva within 48 hours. All be it, it cost us £1980.
We will start the treatment tomorrow morning.

High Calcium in blood

My father was admitted to hospital today due to  extremely high calcium levels in his blood. Luckily this was picked up in a blood test performed at the LOC last Tuesday.
I received an email from the LOC yesterday raising concern that my fathers calcium was at 3.57 which is very high. We managed [...]

Cancer drug now available to NHS patients

Published Date: 16 November 2007
Location: Sunderland
 
A life-saving cancer drug is now available on the NHS for patients in Sunderland and Durham.
Erlotinib – known as Tarceva – is being offered to patients on the NHS in the North East after manufacturers agreed to cut its cost.The decision comes after consultation with the North East [...]

Update: Tarceva complete and the new Oncologist

I know I have not written for a while, so this is going to be a long post.
The Tarceva treatment is/was going well. My father has developed a rash and was reasonably well although quite weak. The night sweats had reduced but his rash coupled with the pain in his recovering knee made his [...]

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 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 [...]

Cancer patients claim drug victory

THOUSANDS of lung cancer patients in Scotland are to be given access to the world’s first once-a-day pill to treat the disease, after many were denied it on the NHS.
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) yesterday approved the drug Tarceva for use by patients with an advanced form of the most common type of lung cancer.
This [...]

The Results – Part 2

Mentally drained after seeing the GP we rushed to Carmarthen for our consultation with the private Orthopedic surgeon. When we finally got there the meeting went well. My fathers GP had recommended him and has sent all the relevant details. The GP understood my fathers position and was very empathic. He put us all at [...]

Tarceva

Speaking to the respiratory nurse our lung specialist has said that Tarceva has had mixed results and he didn’t seem too positive about it. We are still awaiting the results of the PET scan but I am little confused about Tarceva now. I’ll do some research of my own to gain a better understanding.