Tarceva 100 mg Day 48

I've been a litle breathless this week and coughed up some blood yesterday for the first time in months.
My Mcmillan nurse tells me this is normal given my current condition.

Apart from a little redness on my nose and forehead I still do not have a rash or any itching.

Swine Flu

As one of those considered to be in the "high risk" category I received a call from my G.P's receptionist this week offering me the swine flu jab.
I declined.

The only benefit of the swine flu jab is in the profits made by the drug companies who have already made a fortune from it.
The danger has been grossly exaggerated and the drugs have not been sufficiently tested.
I'll take my chances.

Meanwhile, other than a couple of spots, there is no change to my condition since the last post.
If anything it's improved.
I'm now able to perform basic DIY tasks which I would have found impossible a few weeks ago.

(UPDATE ADDED 4/12/2009)
Since I made the post regarding Swine Flu I have done some more research.
What I found out is pretty shocking.

SWINE FLU UPDATE

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Tarceva 100 mg Day 19

Still no sign of a rash and breathing good.

Tarceva 100 mg Day 12

I'm happy to say there is still no sign of a rash and my breathing has improved.
Feeling pretty close to normal although I won't be entering any marathons in the near future.

Tarceva 100mg Day 9

Still no sign of a rash and still feeling pretty good.
This is just as well as my partner, Angie, is going into hospital today for an operation on her shoulder.
So this week I'll be playing nurse and Angie can put her feet up for a change.
The good news is she's going to be off work for weeks so we'll be able to spend a lot more time together.

New Tarceva Course - Day 8

On day 8 of the 150 mg course I broke out in a rash.
So far I have no sign of a rash this time and it's Day 8 of the 100 mg course.
Feeling pretty good at the moment, no cough and breathing not too bad.
Got my appetite back thanks to the steroids, taking 2 mg a day.
They also give me a little more energy than I'd have without them.
Also taking 20 mg of morphine a day.

Tarceva

My consultant didn't start me on the lower dose of Tarceva last week as expected.
He wanted to wait a few days for the rash to completely disappear and then arranged more blood tests.

I started the new course of 100 mg yesterday (Sunday).

This week I have been feeling pretty good, I'm back on steroids which I'm sure is the reason why.
They do help.

I'm only taking 2 mg of steroids daily but I have more energy than usual and went to the pub yesterday for the first time in weeks.