Saturday, May 30, 2009

Hey everyone!

Hey everybody,
Its phil here. Just thought i would right a quick update on how things r going.

I start radiation on thursday. Its going fine. Im only in the hospital for about twenty minutes a day so it gets pretty boring during the rest of the day.
Mum and I are staying with some friends down there. Their cat likes me, but not mum.

So things are going good with me, im not feeling to bad, but my appetite isnt great. Everyone else is good.

Just a couple of prayer points before i go.
Melinda, Kristen and Sherryn all have exams coming up. That the radiation will not make my throat sore, so i can keep eating normal food and just for the Dad, jenny and melinda while mum is not around.


Anyway I am trying to follow Valkyrie at the same time as writing this and its not going to well,

Thanks for the prayers guys,
Cheers, Phil

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Starting tomorrow...

Hey all... (I'm sitting in the library at college...studying..) thought I would write a quick update.

Phil is starting some radiation treatment tomorrow...on the lump on his shoulder. He will be having a few weeks of treatment, meaning that they will be staying in Melbourne 5 days a week for that time.

It shouldn't have any really bad side effects, there is a chance he will get a sore throat cause the radiation will be near that area but they said if it is bad they will give him a few days rest.

As far as I can tell they are a bit unsure as to what is going on with this swollen gland. Phil told me the doctor thinks it could be a mutating lymph node, and it is possible that that is what is causing Phil to feel unwell.

Thanks for your prayers.

Back to the books for me.
Kris x

Thursday, May 21, 2009

today's news

Hullo all.  Phil had a routine appointment with his oncologist today, he had a chest x-ray to see how things are going too.  The nodules on his lungs aren't doing much at the moment, they haven't really grown since the last scan which is good.  I think Kris mentioned in the last blog that Phil has a lump kind of between his shoulder and neck which has been giving him a bit of discomfort, not too bad, just annoying and a little painful.  The oncologist looked at it today and said he thinks Phil should have some radiotherapy on it to reduce it.  So he's got an appointment with a radiotherapist in Moorabbin (I think?) sometime soon to figure out when that will happen.  Last time he had radio it was at Peter Mac, but they decided this is a bit closer, which will be much easier.  
That's about it for now, Phil is doing ok, hasn't been able to make it to school yet this term, he is usually feeling a bit unwell when he wakes up, but he's chugging along, as are the rest of us.  
Thanks for reading, and for your support.
All for now, Melinda xx

Thursday, May 7, 2009

So I thought I would write a post cause it has been a while.
Mum, Dad, Phil and Jenny had a great time away in Tasmania...hopefully we will get some photos up soon, I need to be in the same place as the pictures are.

Melinda and I had a great Easter with friends from college and some other places going down to Warragul for fun times. We had a great family lunch on the Sunday.

Anyway Phil has had some chest pain. He went to the doctor who gave him some Otopocide...I think that is how it is spelt..it is an oral chemotherapy, not too strong, not meant to have side effects. The dr thought the pain might have been being caused by a lump pressing on his ribs. Phil has tried the chemo, but it made him sick so he hasn't continued it.

He also has a swollen gland on his shoulder...not really sure what is causing it..but apparently it is quite obvious. weird. Still he has a specialist appointment in a couple of weeks so we will know more from there.

So he hasn't been too great, but he still looks well which is nice.

Thanks for prayers and support. We really appreciate you all.

Love Kris