Our local urologist seemed to have lost interest in us. He started us on Lupron back in Nov. but does not communicate well
and any topics are forced to discussion by us alone. Maybe it is because we went out of state for RP. I'm not sure.
One week ago we visited a local RO for the first time and he said radiation is needed now. This past Tuesday we traveled to
the University of Chicago Medical Center to see a well known MED/ONC. The first thing he said basically was no radiation, explaining that he thought we would have a less than 10 percent chance of getting all the cancer and that the possible side affects would not be worth it. All else after that message was positive ,including much hope for all the more recently developed drugs , those presently available and hopefully soon to be available. The radiologist was nice and seemed caring and knowledgable but the
MED/ONC just seemed like someone I could trust with my life. He spoke of possible decades left for me, (at 63) and that's what I want to hear. I'm proud now to call him my doctor. Hope everyone here can find such a person.
Jim