Little bit of a whirlwind over the last week or so. We met with the Surgical Urologist on Monday April 5th and he recommended a procedure called the GreenLight Laser. It is usually for Enlarged Prostate to alleviate constricted urinary symptoms. We decided on Wednesday April 7th. I went in to Barnes-Jewi​sh Hospital early on Wednesday and the procedure went well. The Prostate wasn't as large as they thought it might be, so there wasn't as much roto-rootin​g as they planned. Kind of a good news, bad news thing. The tumor has spread to the bladder and looked like an enlarged prostate, but really it is just one area encompassin​g both. They used the scope to determine that the cancer had not penetrated the bladder wall from the outside in (good news). The biopsy on that tissue should come back early this week. I ended up with a catheter and had to spend Wednesday night in the hospital. Miserable. I was very happy to be paroled the next morning. It stayed uncomfortab​le for the next few days, but seems to be getting better each day. I am writing this at 3:45 am because my hip and back pain have returned and even with the pain meds, I can't sleep. I'm hoping this is a temporary problem. I did receive the Lupron injection on Monday April 5th and will know in the next week or so if it is helping or not. Also scheduled for a bone scan on Monday April 12th. The CT Scan said that it looked like the bone mets had increased so the bone scan should answer that definitivel​y for us. A prayer or two on that one would help. Things seem to be settling down on this treatment, but that test is a game change​r if it isn't good. All for now. Hope all is well with all of you. Will post bone scan results as soon as I know.
Brian.