Rough day at the Ofiice

Just wanted to let all of you know that are following this blog and care very much for Roger, that we went to his oncologist today. He came right in a blurted it out that the news he had was not that good....Roger's cancer is definitely spread to his bones in certain areas....the rib, the lower spine and under his left arm.....He is not having any symptoms other than his left upper shoulder /arm of which he has had surgery, cyotherapy and now 10 days of intensive radiation....His pain seems to be a ltitle better and the doc says that he is convinced that he will continue to be better as the days go on....as for future ....again there is no cure, just keeping him under control and hopefully pain managed...they will continue to treat him with hormone therapy until it has completely convinced the doc that it is not helping anymore...The VA Docs and their systems have not left us with a good taste for what they did to Roger and how they went about his treatment with him, but that is neither here nor there now....the cyrotherapy according to Dr. Barnett was just unnecessary and he would have gone right to radiation.....OH WELL....this whole time Roger and I have learned so much that do not let INSURANCE dictate to you the kind of care you need to have......NEXT...Roger took the news like I knew he would....Like a man and then just wanted to eat some lunch and go home...they will also be treating his bones with an intavenous drug that will keep them from becoming too brittle and subject to breaking...that he will endure once a month and will also continue hormone shots....they really have nothing else to offer at this point....If you know or have read anything at all about prostate cancer you would know that there is no cure and that the oncologists around the country are just trying everything to prolong life until they find THE CURE......Roger is not bed ridden and would love to see any of you....just call, and if it is a good day he and Iwould love to see any of you.....love Roger and Dianne