Has it metastasized? Gulp.

We don't know yet. Apprently when prostate cancer advances it heads to the lymph nodes and to bone. Unfortunately this is way too familiar to me and my family since we saw our father through this progression. It's not comfortable, that bone cancer. It's a deep aching pain that can't be relieved with massage.

The next step is a bone scan, set for Thursday, September 7, at Stanford. We're hoping for a cancellation before that so we can have the results early in the day when we meet again with Dr. Gill. It's hard to wait.