STAPES OUT! & SO ARE WE

Roger and I went to the VA for his post op appt and to get the staples removed from his shoulder......wound is healing good.....I finally got to met the Phantom Doctor who did the surgery....seems like an OK guy. I even got to ask him some questions....
1. Why didn't you take the tumor out?
answer: Was in a very unusal place and was metastisized to the bone so that if they did start the removal Roger would definitely been impaired with his movement of his arm...they want to do radiation to make sure that the tumor is destroyed completely and that it will help ease the pain of movement. (Cryotherapy was the only answer for where this was)
2. Other test for proteins in the blood( they were concerned with came out normal )to my understanding...( this was a 24 hour urine collection test)
Prostate cancer is very wide ranged and with no cure for those experiencing reoocurance.
With Roger, they are still scratching their heads because of where this tumor decided to appear and it did come back denoting the cells were that of prostate cancer cells.
Roger took himself off Morphine and percocet on Sunday and is trying to get by with extra strength tylenol and ibuprofen.....He is having some trouble with the side effects of getting off narcotics....chills, upset stomach, diarreah
we are anxious to talk with Dr. Barnett tomorrow to get his opinion on the course of treatment and what suggestions he might have....If in fact he does do the radiation, hopefully we can do this at the HOPE cancer center , where Roger did his last series of radiation a few years ago.
we try to keep our spirits high...laugh a little, hug a little and eat, sleep and wait for the next day to let us know anything is possible with Love and hope.......
It is very hard watching someone you love in pain and yearning to be normal and to do normal things...I had to blindfold him when we went by the golf courses today. He soooo wants to be out there with his buddies.....we will see.
thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers........love you all ! ! ! Dianne and Roger